Brad Douville, President, Greenlane Biogas (chair)

Michele Ziosi, Head of Institutional Relations Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia, CNH Industrial and Daniele Pozzo Product Evolution and Business Intelligence, FPT Industrial; Policies and Powertrains: Delivering a Bright Future for Renewable Natural Gas

Rafael Fernandez Martinez, Vice-Chair of the Distribution Committee, Eurogas, will outline the potential role of renewable natural gas in the decarbonisation of the grid in light of imminent new EU-wide legislation

Megan Woodworth, Head of Resource Recovery at Loowatt, will outline the need to provide sanitation services to the 4.5 billion people currently living in towns and cities where there is no sewer, and the opportunity for anaerobic digestion. A recent winner of Cleantech Innovate’s Gamechanger Prize, Loowatt has developed toilets for use where there is no sewer system, sending waste to AD. Currently active in Manilla and Madagascar, their solution could potentially end the one million deaths each year that are caused by fecal-borne illnesses while helping countries meet their Paris Agreement targets.

Scott Gramm, Manager of Renewable Gas, FortisBC – the man recognised in British Columbia, Canada, for building a biogas industry in 10 years, on the challenges of developing supply and demand

Ivar Sørby, Ass CEO of Greve Biogass, on the making of the Magic Factory – a collaboration between farmers and municipalities in Norway, delivering green energy, natural fertilizer and food, and profits for all.

Jon Brigg, Manager of Innovation at Yorkshire Water, on how the Integrated Resource System creates value by recovering all available resources and designing out waste.

In August, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will approve the Special Report on Climate Change and Land. Dr Portugal-Pereira will discuss the scope of the report and highlight the importance of biomass/bioenergy in the portfolio of mitigation responses and potential synergies/trade-offs with other sustainable development dimensions.

Growth of the anaerobic digestion industry to date has been largely dependent on government support in the form of grants or subsidies. If the industry is to achieve its potential, however, at a speed that will help keep the world below 1.5 degrees warming, it needs to get off subsidy.  This panel will look at the market mechanisms that might valorise the environmental services that biogas delivers to stimulate its growth exponentially.

Brands have the power to shift consumer behaviour and educate the public. This panel discusses the potential for companies to adopt a global Biogas mark and the impact that a such a mark (think ‘Fairtrade’ or ‘Beat Plastic Pollution’) can have on raising public awareness of and participation in biogas. As part of the session, a proposed Biogas mark will also be unveiled.

The EU has given the Irish government the green light to give state aid to the biogas sector, ending several years of confusion. This presentation will set out the market potential for the industry in light of this new development.

Designing systems to optimise biowaste feedstock for anaerobic digestion is determined as much by outputs, such as what to do with the digestate, as it is by the practicalities of education, capture and delivery. This panel of experts addresses the six key considerations and share their experiences of meeting the challenges.

23m vehicles globally run on biomethane but its development as transport fuel is patchy despite being economically competitive and better for public health and the environment. This panel considers what needs to be done to harness the potential of biogas.

Including presentation: Karachi Breeze – Biomethane Helping to Revolutionise Public Transport