Paddy Phelan President, IrBEA & CEO, South East Energy Agency Opening remarks from the IrBEA PresidentLIVE RECORDING ********************** Leo Varadkar T.D. An Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Government of Ireland Keynote address (online) LIVE RECORDING ********************** Dr. John Reilly Headline sponsor - Head of Renewable Energy, Bord na Móna LIVE RECORDING ********************** Luc Pelkmans Technical Co-ordinator, International Energy Agency (IEA), BioenergyLIVE RECORDING International Spotlight: Role of sustainable bioenergy in the global energy transition (online presentation) ********************** Panel Discussion 1: Key opportunities for bioenergy in a low-carbon transition LIVE RECORDING Dr. Paul Deane - Senior Research Fellow, SFI Research Centre for Energy, Climate and Marine Research and Innovation (MaREI) at University College Cork Rowena Dwyer - Manager, Sustainability and Climate, Enterprise Ireland Marie Donnelly - Chairperson, Climate Change Advisory Council Tom Egan - Operations Manager, Bord na Móna ********************** Spotlight Speaker - Biodiesel's contribution to de-carbonising transport LIVE RECORDING Julie Ann O'Reilly - Business Unit Manager, Biofuels Division, College Group ********************** Spotlight Speaker - A renewable heat case study LIVE RECORDING Ger Crosse - Director of Woodco Renewable Energy ********************** Panel Discussion 2: Realising the bioenergy potential within our policy and regulatory frameworks LIVE RECORDING Valerie Hughes - Energy, Air & Adaptation Division, Department of Transport Barry Quinlan - Assistant Secretary, Dept. of the Environment, Climate and Communications Luis Gay-Tarazona - Programme Manager for Decarbonised Heat: Bioenergy, Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland Michelle Kearney - Department of Senior Policy Analyst, Dept. of Agriculture, Food and the Marine Noel Gavigan - Technical Executive, Irish Bioenergy Association (IrBEA) ********************** Spotlight Speaker - Bioenergy contributing to carbon-neutral food processing LIVE RECORDING Paul Kennedy Net Zero Carbon Manager, Danone ********************** Spotlight Speaker - South East bioenergy resource assessment LIVE RECORDING Paddy Phelan - South East Energy Agency & President of IrBEA ********************** Panel Discussion 3: A regional bioenergy outlook - A South East profile LIVE RECORDING Denis Malone - Director of Services for Planning, Environment & Economic Development, Kilkenny County Council Declan Rice - CEO of Kilkenny LEADER Partnership Ger Crosse - Director of Woodco Renewable Energy Paul O'Brien - Chairman of IFA National Environmental and Rural Affairs Committee ********************** Spotlight Speaker - The role of solid biomass in delivering renewable heat LIVE RECORDING Stephen Blewitt - General Manager, Aurivo Co-operative ********************** Spotlight Speaker - Mobilising bio-liquids and biogas in transport LIVE RECORDING James Cogan - Industry and Policy Analyst, Ethanol Europe ********************** Panel Discussion 4: Accelerating the ambition in bioenergy LIVE RECORDING Laura Burke - Director General, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Declan Meally - Director of Business, Public Sector & Transport at Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland Enda Buckley - Director of Sustainability, Carbery Group Joseph Spollen - Biomass Manager, Bord na Móna Padraig Fleming - Biomethane Programme Manager, Gas Networks Ireland (GNI) Colm Byrne - CEO, Glas Energy ********************** Closing remarks – European Union perspective and update on Renewable Energy Directive (RED) III LIVE RECORDING Seán Kelly - M.E.P. Member of European Parliament for Ireland South