Speaker are listed in agenda running order 

Seán Finan
CEO, IrBEA

Welcome Address

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Minister Timmy Dooley T.D
Minister of State at DAFM and the DCEE 

Opening Address

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Maurice Ryan
Director Business Development at Green Belt 
President of IrBEA
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Welcome Address

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Ileana Repaci
Policy Officer, Bioenergy Europe

Overview of the European Biomass Policy Landscape

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Noel Gavigan
Technical Executive, IrBEA










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Fergus Sharkey
Head of Business Supports and Transport, Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI)

The Solid Biomass Opportunity in Ireland

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Delivering renewable heat in Ireland through business supports and the SSRH

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Panel One:
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1. Seán Kinsella Principal Officer, Dept of Climate, Energy and the Environment
2. Niamh Brennan Senior Policy Executive, Irish Farmers Association
3. Dominic Schöne Senior Executive, Enterprise Ireland
4. Eugene Hendrick Consultant and Chairman of the Wood Fuel Quality Assurance (WFQA)
​5. Ileana Repaci, Policy Officer, Bioenergy Europe

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Des O’Toole
Head of Marketing & Promotion, Coillte Forest

Panel One: The biomass policy and support landscape

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Decarbonising Industrial Heat: Strategic role of biomass in the pharmaceutical sector

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Ken Worrell
​Worrell Timber Group

Wood chip, a low-cost fuel for renewable energy at scale and energy security

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Ian McCracken,
Business Development Manager
Balcas Energy

Wood pellets and industrial powder burning systems

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Professor JJ Leahy
University of Limerick

Outlining the Just Transition funded BIOCHAR Project and the opportunities for this sector in Ireland

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Stephen McCormack
R&D Project Manager, IrBEA

Innovation in Biochar - IrBEA’s continued Interreg NWE project journey

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Akko Rattink
Kara Future Energy Systems

Kara Future Energy Systems : Biomass technology - Latest innovations and developments

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Panel Two
1. Kenny McCauley Founder, McCauley Wood Fuels
A WFQA supplier’s perspective 
2. Joseph Spollen Biomass Manager, BnM
A large biomass user’s perspective in Ireland and its role in mobilising the supply chain
3. Ivan Sproule Engineering Consultant, Sproule Energy Consulting
Biomass in the commercial sector - A consultant’s perspective
4. Paula Lynch SEAI Programme Manager & Business Supports  The SSRH role in growing the adoption of biomass and development of the supply chain
5. Paddy Phelan CEO, South East Energy Agency
A regional context for biomass use

Showcasing the role of supply chains, best practice and innovation in the sector

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Ger Crosse
IrBEA Vice President

Conference Closing Address

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