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Conference programme

Day 1: 28 September 2010
TANK STORAGE STREAM
BIOFUELS STREAM
SESSION ONE: MARKET TRENDS

9.00 Chairman’s opening remarks

09.10 Market outlook for tank storage in a post recession environment
Scott Mackenzie, President, Westway Terminal Company LLC

09.40 Bulk liquid storage expansion projects in North America
  • Planning
  • Infrastructure
  • Time frame for completion
Lawrence Waldron, Vopak

10.10 Networking break in exhibition hall

11.00 Tank storage and shipping - supply and demand
  • The effect of the oil price
  • Short term/medium term effect
Urs Dur, SVP Senior Equity Analyst, Lazard Capital Markets (invited)

11.30 Oil and gas transportation projects
  • Transportation
  • Distribution

12.00 Networking lunch in exhibition hall

SESSION TWO: CONTAINING DISASTER

14.00 Opening remarks from the chairman

14.10 Tank safety: Buncefield requirements - CA Containment Policy
  • Overfill prevention
  • Product transfer protocol
  • Integrity of mechanical installation
  • Secondary containment
  • Emergency response
Martyn Lyons, Managing Director, Simon Storage

14.40 Functional integrity for overflow protection
Chris O’Brien, Exida Consulting

15.10 Networking break in exhibition hall

16.00 Most effective methods of vapour recovery
Melissa Lenhart, Product Director, John Zink Company

16.30 Cutting terminal emissions
Ken Rochow, Area Manager, HMT

17.00 Fire protection systems

   SESSION ONE: BIOFUEL MARKETS - IDENTIFYING THE DRIVERS

9.00 Opening remarks from the chairman

9.10 Canada Government's Renewable Fuels Strategy
  • Incentive programmes
  • Updates on feasibility of biodiesel in Canada
  • Update on timing of mandatory biodiesel blends

09:40 The US regulatory environment
The U.S. is producing 12 billion gallons per year of biofuels and is hoping to reach 36 billion gallons by 2022. How is the regulatory climate developing alongside the growth of the industry?
  • Environmental pledges
  • Higher blend threshold
  • Recovery and Reinvestment Act and its impact
  • Aid for biorefinery projects
Bob Dinneen, President and Ceo, Renewable Fuels Association (invited)

10:10 Networking break in exhibition hall

11:00 Review of ethanol, biodiesel and bio energy markets
Meghan Starbuck, Director of Economics, National Alliance for Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts

11:30 Biofuels inventories: The potential for bio fuel production distribution and exports
  • Days of supply
  • Importing or exporting bio diesel surplus
  • Biodiesel export potential
Kelsey Prenevost, CEO, Kyoto Fuels (invited)

12.00 Networking lunch in exhibition hall

SESSION TWO: NEW BIO FUEL RESOURCES 14:00 Chairman’s opening remarks

14.10 Next generation biofuels
  • Yield
  • Capacity
  • Properties
  • Waste
William T Coyle, Senior Economist, USDA (confirmed subject to conditions)

14:40 Developing a cellulose-based biorefinery platform for fuel and chemical production
  • Feedstock strategy and flexibility
  • Sustainability
  • Unique hybrid process
  • Yield factor
  • Diverse product platform
  • Update on demonstration plant
ZeaChem

15.10 Networking break in exhibition hall

16.00 Biobutanol - a new stand alone fuel meeting demand for fossil fuel alternatives?
  • Renewable sources: Sugar cane, energy grasses, used oil or dead pine and other mill residues
  • Yield
  • Different uses
  • Blend potential
Rick Wilson, CEO, Cobalt Biofuels

16:30 Synthetic fuel using animal fat
  • Synthetic fuel standards
Dynamic Fuels (invited)

17.00 Bioenergy: Turning waste into energy - biogas development potential
Jim Ireland, President and CEO, Prairie Biogas Ltd (invited)

17.30 Close of conference day 1:


Day 2: 29 September 2010
TANK STORAGE STREAM
BIOFUELS STREAM
09:00-12:30 SESSION 3: NEW TERMINALS – CASE STUDIES

09.00 Opening remarks from the chairman

09.10 LNG import and regasification
  • Terminal complex
  • Seaward and landside infrastructure
  • Tank technology
  • Safety considerations
  • Distribution
  • Markets
Martin Ugarte, Operations Manager, Canaport LNG

09.40 New Florida terminal
  • Storage capacity
  • Product range
  • Transportation infrastructure
  • Environmental protection
Merlin Figueira, General Manager, Seaport Canaveral (Vitol)

10.10 Networking break in the exhibition hall

SESSION 4: TANK STORAGE DESIGN AND BEST PRACTICE

11.00 Analysing tank failures
  • Spills and leakage
  • Vapours from overflowing tanks
  • Mechanical failure
  • Plus environmental audits
John Cornell, Storage Tanks Specialist, H.I.R. Technical Services

11.30 Analysing API tank shell stress
  • Tank repair and effects of partial low lifts
  • Finite element analysis
  • Deformations, strains and stresses
  • Tank management program
Alex Fereidooni, PhD, P.Eng, Head, Tank Management Program, Teng and Associates

12.00 Networking lunch in the exhibition hall

SESSION 4: TANK STORAGE DESIGN AND BEST PRACTICE (CONTINUES)

14.00 Opening remarks from the chairman

14.10 Maintenance schedules
Tackling the increasing danger of ageing plants being pushed beyond their planned life
  • Steel piping
  • Tank bottom leaks

14:40 Storage tank design and construction by jacking up method
G.S. Raghavan, Manager Marketing & Trading, Cylingas Company

15.10 Networking break in exhibition hall

16.00 Alternative to Steel - HDPE pipe systems
  • Benefits vs steel
  • Technical specifications
  • Rheomax Applications
  • Case Studies
Glyn Owens, Commercial Director, PetroTechnik

16.30 Static elimination
Jim Grasty, Application Engineer, Alltec Corporation

17.00 Close of conference

  SESSION THREE: BIOFUEL CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

09:00 Opening remarks from the chairman

09:10 Making bionergy more competitive
  • Innovation and technological excellence
  • Cost efficiency
  • Viable commercial approach: greater yields and lower production costs
  • Business wraps
  • Finance
Antony Blakey, Founder and Executive Chairman, Ultra Green

09.40 Survival strategies from a Biofuel producer’s perspective
Paul Koehler, Vice President, Corporate Development, Pacific Ethanol

10.10 Achieving higher fuel efficiency
  • Non-food based production
  • Cost reduction strategies
E. Michael Campbell, Director, Energy Systems Division, Logos Technologies

11.00 Networking break in the exhibition hall

11.30 Tapping into new capital resources
  • Oil majors diversification strategies
  • External sources
Scott Brittenham, CEO, Clean Energy Capital (invited)

12.00 Mergers and acquisitions
Porter Martin, Attorney at Law, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

12.30 Networking break in the exhibition hall

SESSION FOUR: INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND STORAGE

14.00 Opening remarks from the chairman

14:10 Developing a bio fuel logistics strategy - new terminals and distribution
Matthew J. Griswold, President, Blendstar LLC

14.40 Pipeline distribution across North America

15:10 Transportation economics

15.30 Close of conference

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