Ossian Smyth, Minister of State, Department of Public Expenditure & Reform and Department of Environment, Climate & Communications
'sTom Egan, Head of Operations, Bord na Móna Renewable Energy, Bord na Móna Sponsor's Welcome Address
David Kelly, Director of Customer and Business Development, Gas Networks Ireland Sponsor's Welcome Address
Gert-Jan Nabuurs, Professor at Wageningen University, Netherlands & IPCC report author Bioenergy's role in a net zero future
Paddy Phelan, CEO at South East Energy Agency & IrBEA President The Irish energy outlook and opportunity
Panel one: Net zero strategies - The role of bioenergy Karen Doyle Head of Business Development, Gas Networks Ireland Dr John Walsh Emerging Technology and Research & Development Manager, ESB Conor Mulvihill Director, Dairy Industry Ireland (IBEC) - Large energy user representative
Paul Schütze Senior Commercial Development Manager, Bord na Móna Bord na Móna’s vision for bioenergy carbon capture in hitting net zero
Seán Finan, IrBEA CEO Irish Bioenergy Association Policy & regulatory requirements to maximise the potential of the bioenergy sector
Jean-Marc Jossart Secretary General, Bioenergy Europe Advancing solid biomass for renewable energy development across Europe
Giulia Cancian Secretary General, European Biogas Association Biomethane – Latest developments in a fastgrowing European market
Panel two: Evolving energy policy developments Redmond McEvoy Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) Implementing the Irish biomethane strategy Niamh Hamill Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC) Updates on the design of the Renewable Heat Obligation (RHO) Andrea Lennon Department of Transport (DOT) Delivering the renewable transport policy & the role of liquid and gaseous biofuels Jonathan McFerran Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) NI Northern Ireland's biomethane journey within the agriculture policy landscape Dearbhla Stapleton Head of Decarbonising Heat and Systems Support, Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) Decarbonising heat in Ireland and the role of bioenergy
Siobhan O’Halloran Future Networks Manager, Gas Networks Ireland Biomethane's role in a decarbonised gas network
Joseph Spollen Biomass Manager, Bord na Móna Activating the solid biomass supply chain
Tom Walsh CEO/Founder, Renetech Renetech’s work & collaboration with International Energy Agency (IEA)
Ian Mc Cracken Energy Development Director, Balcas Energy The use of wood pellet in the transition to renewable heat
Cathal Fitzgerald Director, LeBruin Chairman, Arigna Group Arigna’s journey from fossil fuel to renewable biofuel and biochar
Thomas Flynn Director, Bio Agrigas A distributor’s perspective on the hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) supply chain
Stephen McCormack Project Executive, IrBEA Biochar - The Interreg NW Europe CASCADE project journey
Maurice Ryan Green Belt & Vice President of IrBEA Closing remarks and perspectives