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BIOFUELS STANDARDS

International Conference on Biofuels Standards

EC - CEN , 27-28 February 2007 , EC Charlemagne Building, Brussels

27 February – Informative symposium on fuels standards and regulations

	Opening speeches European Commission – Mr. M. Ruete, Director General, DG TREN United States – Mr. T. D. Smitham, US Embassy to the EU Brazil – Ms M.C. de Azevedo Rodrigues, Ambassador, Mission of Brazil to EU CEN – Mr. J. Woldendorp, Chairman CEN/TC 19, SHELL Global Solutions, NL
Session 1:	GENERAL INtroduction TO fuel standards & regulations
	Status quo of worldwide use of EU fuel standards and regulations  – Ms. S. Dixson-Declève, IFQC
	The automotive perspective on Biofuels; the WorldWide Fuels Charter – Mr. A. Roj, Volvo
	Vehicle emissions as a basis for fuel specifications - introduction to EN 228 & EN 590 – Mr. C. Stapel, CEN Consultant
Session 2:	EU & US Biofuels Standards & regulations
	EC Policy and targets on  biofuels – Mr. P. Hodson, EC, DG TREN
	EC Policy on biofuels specifications – Mr. K. Maniatis, EC, DG TREN
	European biofuels standards & regulations – Mr. B. Cahill, Peugeot
	US objectives and background regarding biofuels – Mr. K. Simon, EPA
	US biofuels standards & regulations – Mr. B. Bonazza, ASTM
	Overview of current U.S. biofuels standards initiatives – Ms. F. Schrotter, ANSI
	Closure by the chairman  – Mr. A. Gonzalez-Finat
Session 3:	Biofuels standards & regulations in latin america & asia
	Ethanol & Biodiesel in Brazil  Ms M.C. de Azevedo Rodrigues, Ambassador, Mission of Brazil to EU
	Biofuels Standards and Regulations in India Mr. Y. Rao, Gulf Oil
	Biofuels Standards and regulations in Thailand Ms. P.Thepkun, APEC
Session 4:	TOWARDS GLOBAL BIOFUEL STANDARDS
	Developments in ISO on global relevance standards – Mr. T. Vyze (ISO)
	Quality assurance of fuels around the world – Mr. C. Huijbregts (SGS)
	Rapporteurs presentation,  Ms. S. Dixson-Dècleve
	Closure by the chairman, Mr. H.G. Semerjian

28 February 2007 – Discussion workshop

Goal: To solicit recommendations from industry experts on the development of a roadmap on international biofuels standards to be put forward to policy makers and to provide a collaborative workshop for international government and industry experts on the advancement of worldwide biofuels specifications. In addition, to facilitate discussions among the various standardisation bodies on biofuel specifications.

	Bioethanol standards	Biodiesel standards
1.	Opening by the chairman B. Bonazza -US	Opening by the chairman B. Cahill - EU
2.	Report of yesterday's meeting O. Costenoble - CEN	Report of yesterday's meeting T. Klein – IFQC, BE
3.	Presentation of specific bioethanol issues for the petroleum industry B. Engelen, CONCAWE	Presentation of specific biodiesel issues for the biofuel/agricultural industry J. Fischer – ADM, DE
4.	Presentation of specific bioethanol issues for the automotive industry J. Bennet – Ford, UK	Presentation of specific biodiesel issues for the petroleum additives industry    M. Openshaw – ATC, UK
5.	Presentation of specific bioethanol issues for the additives industry C. Hettinga – Sabic Europe / EFOA	Presentation of specific biodiesel issues for the automotive industry R. Kamioka – JAMA, JP
6.	Presentation of specific bioethanol issues for the biofuel/agricultural industry G. Welch, RFA - US	Presentation of specific biodiesel issues for the petroleum industry K. Rose – CONCAWE, BE
7.	Structure of the discussion by the co-chair W. Mirabella - EU	Structure of the discussion by the co‑chair P. Henderson – GM, US
8.	Discussion on the alignment of the technical issues	Discussion on the alignment of the technical issues
9.	Discussion on a plan towards harmonization and next steps	Discussion amongst the invited experts on a plan towards global specifications and regulations
10.	Report by rapporteur  Ms. S. Dixson-Dècleve	Report by rapporteur  O. Costenoble
11.	Conclusions by NIST I. Martinez	Conclusions by the EC K. Maniatis
12.	Closure by the EC K.Maniatis