• A 20/20 renewable fuel vision for the US and Europe 
• Forecasting global demand for fossil and bio fuel
• Regional approaches to subsidies and tax concessions
• Lessons from ‘best practice’ in the region

• Challenges for listed biofuel producers
• What government needs to be doing to promote biofuels
• Transforming Australia to an outward looking biofuel producer
• Is there enough scale in Australia to support a multitude of biofuel players?

• Biofuel’s place in the global renewable fuels mix
• Is Brazil a relevant role model for Australasia?
• The US model: Is a massive market critical? 
• Does Australia need to be outward looking in its approach?

• Cool climate challenges
• Retailing and distribution 
• End user uptake of biodiesel

• What debt providers seek in biofuel projects
• Meeting the equity market’s expectations for ROI 
• How government policy affects investment decision
• Australasian projects versus international projects
• The current market outlook 

• Different types of private funding for different projects: R&D versus infrastructure
• Private equity return requirements from biofuel projects
• Examples of private equity investments in biofuels

•     Finding alternate feedstocks
• Sustainability of the biofuels industry
• Setting and applying reference standards for biofuels
• 2nd Generation biofuels: butanol, methanol & MTHF

• Mandates: A short-term boost or long-term option
• Regional flow on of a thriving biofuel industry
• Government’s role in supporting all rural producers 
• Victoria’s road map for biofuels

• A financial market view on the future of biofuels 
• Business models to attract private investment 
• Government’s role in attracting biofuel investment 

• Current fuels situation in Australia
• Land and resource management
• Supply and demand-side management
• Global supply and demand issues

• Feedstock options and challenges 
• Optimal distribution strategies 
• Market growth or mandate growth?

• The future fuels mix: fossil, biofuels, synthetic, gas, hydrogen and electricity   
• Biofuel vehicles: creating demand or responding to it
• Global lessons from biofuel vehicle production & marketing

• How oil companies will cope with mandates
• Biofuels: alternative or additive?
• Building brands and creating consumer confidence

• Meeting the Kiwi challenges: setting the scene for energy and transport 
• Government mandates and biofuels in a land of milk and meat
• Ethanol challenges for New Zealand’s unique fleet

• What are the viable feedstock options for a growing biofuel industry?
• Biofuel opportunities for the rural sector
• Risks to other rural sectors 
• How would farmers like to see a balance struck between food and fuel?

• Food or fuel: has this argument been oversimplified? 
• New alternatives to mainstream feedstock 
• The direction of biofuel production technology

• The price sensitivities of biofuel feedstock
• The economic viability of grain v sugar in ethanol production 
• World commodity price movements and their effect on biofuels

Round Table One — Attracting private investment
Mark McKenzie, Principal, Rare Consulting

Round Table Two — Role of policy makers
Tony Frost, Senior Adviser Fuels, NZ Ministry of Transport

Round Table Three — Biofuel vehicle standards
Jack Haley, Policy Specialist, NRMA

Round Table Four — Long-term feedstock outlook
Terry Sheales, Chief Commodity Analyst, Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE)

• The impact of the Fuel Tax Bill 2006
•  Biodiesel blends and the end user
•  Requirements on biofuel producers

• The carbon impact of alternate fuel production methods 
• Opportunities for biofuel producers in a carbon trading environment 
• Large fleet operators and the goal of emissions reduction

•     Moving from biofuels as additives to alternatives 
• Bringing fuel to the market or bringing the market to fuel?
• The perspective of motoring groups 
• The auto maker perspective on future growth