• Amy Duncan, Marketing Manager, Dos Santos International
  Overcoming Biomass Handling Challenges in Modern Facilities
• Zach Smith, Research Engineer, Idaho National Laboratory
  Engineering a Material-Specific Bale Processor Head to Minimize Plastic Wrap Entanglement
• Brian Smalley, EVP Marketing and Sales, National Steel Car Limited
  Railcar Innovation for Biomass Transportation
• Colleen Miller, Sales Manager, Sennebogen, LLC
  Grant Funding, Carbon Footprint Reduction and Electric Material Handling Solutions

• Paulo Ventura, Marketing Manager, Advanced Cyclone Systems, S.A.
  Enabling Biomass Gasification and Pyrolysis in Energy-Intensive Industries: A New Role for High-Efficiency Cyclones
• Abdoul Razak Kimba Hassane, PhD student - Water & Waste Treatment Team (TED), Aix-Marseille University
  Transformation and Distribution of Inorganic Species in the Gas Phase During Steam Gasification of Sorted Waste Streams
• Cornelius Van Tonder, Chief Engineer, Bara Consultants
  A Hard Look at Viable Pathways for Biomass Gasification-to-Electricity: A Comparative Review of ORC, Reciprocating Engines, Gas Turbines, and Emerging Conversion Routes
• Md Mashiur Rahman, The Pennsylvania State University
  Design and Optimization of Nozzle Inclination Angle and Swirl Combustor in Low-tar Biomass (LTB) Gasifier: A Biomass Power Generation Application

• Stephen d'Esterhazy, Senior Consultant, Trinity Consultants
  Is the Renewable Natural Gas Market Fully Saturated? Understanding Constraints and Identifying Opportunities
• Erin LeBoeuf, Fuels Compliance Consultant, Trinity Consultants
  West Coast Clean Fuels Programs: Optimizing Carbon Intensity and Minimizing Compliance Risk
• Tony Li, Student, Vanderbilt University/quasar energy group
  The Influence of Policy on the Economic and Environmental Sustainability of Anaerobic Digestion of Organic Waste: Insights from an Industrial Case Study
• Thomas Murray, Vice President of Decarbonization, Vermont Gas Systems, Inc.
  RNG Thermal Marketsn

• Gord Crawford, President & CEO, Expander Energy, Inc.
  Comparison of Biomass to SAF pathways using Gasification and FT technology
• Ricardo Soares, Professor, Federal University of Uberlandia - Faculty of Chemical Engineering
  Advances in different technologies/routes for SAF/Diesel-range hydrocarbon production based on biomass sources: soybean oil, syngas (SPK-FT), or ethanol (ATJ)
• Mark Mauss, President, Lutros, LLC
  New MonteTM: novel feedstock pretreatment technology using a counter-current, reactive-extraction process

• Kevin Tangen, President, Azure Engineering
  How to Get Your Ash Out, Case Study: Costa Rica Sugar Cane Field Trash Processing
• Mike Curci, VP Sales & Marketing, Americas Division, BRUKS SIWERTELL
  Best Practices for Material Handling in the Biomass Industry with an emphasis on OPEX and Emissions

• John Tharpe, President, American BioEnergy Converting Corp.
  Analysis of Combustion versus Pyrolysis for energy conversion!
• Werner Botha, Director, Bara Consultants
  Modesto Irrigation District (MID) 45-MW gasification project and its value to the surrounding community
• Neal Yancey, BFNUF Operations Manager, Idaho National Laboratory
  Converting Waste Wood to Power - Combustion to Synfuel
• Michael Foggia, Business Development/Marketing Manager, Process Combustion Corporation
  Integrated Waste Heat Recovery and Advanced Heat Exchange for VOC and Syngas-to-Power Systems

• Malek Mezni, Business Development Manager North America, AB ENERGY USA LLC
  Unlocking the Untapped RNG Potential of Wastewater Treatment Plants: Efficient Biogas Upgrading and Siloxane Management
• David Munson, President, Foi Group, LLC
  Zero Carbon Emission Power Combustor with Biogas
• Stephen Lucas, Application Engineer, Precision Partners
  High-Temperature Ceramic Filtration for Reliable Syngas Cleanup in Biogas and RNG Production

A continuation of this two-part panel series, discussion will focus on SAF pathways and technologies with the spotlight on pyrolysis and Fischer-Tropsch process enhancements, including updates on several SAF and renewable diesel conversion processes.

• Salvador Ramirez II, Research Associate, USDA-ARS
  Crop Management Matters—Feedstock Production Practices Drive Biofuel Sustainability
• Joe Renwick, Co-Founder/Operator/Process Engineer/Broker, Green Energy Biofuel, LLC
  Strengthening Renewable Fuel Feedstock Supply via Waste-Stream Up-Cycling and Scalable Organics Recovery
• Sofía Cabrera, Price Reporter - Sustainable Aviation Fuel, S&P Global Commodity Insights
  Feedstock Dynamics in the SAF and Renewable Diesel Markets

• Speakers to be announced

• Speakers to be announced

• Speakers to be announced

• Speakers to be announced

• Thomas Knoblinger, Managing Director, Albert Knoblinger Ges.m.b.H. & Co. KG
  Wood Pellets and Europe’s Industrial Decarbonization – Opportunities for North American Producers
• William Strauss, President, FutureMetrics
  Leveraging US Pellet Production to Fuel Modified US Coal Stations for Powering Data Centers
• Lisa Demetrius, Marketing Communications Leader, NA, Andritz Feed & Biofuel
  Unlocking the Potential of Agri Residues For (Advanced) Solid Biofuels
• Nereo Rodriguez, Sales Manager Biopolymer Technologies, Sulzer Chemtech Ltd
  Diversifying the industry towards sustainability thanks to bioplastics

• John Oyen, Director of Business Development, ABB, Inc.
  Strategic partnerships in BECCS
• John Bullock, Director of ClimateBright, Western US, Babcock & Wilcox
  Oxy-Combustion as a Means of Reduced Mass-Based Emissions in BECCS Projects
• Devin ter Braak, Director of Technology, Bright Renewables
  Carbon Capture on Biomass and RDF, Enabling Low-Carbon Heat and Power
• Nick Evans, CEO, Precision Partners
  Ceramic Filtration Supporting Bioenergy Carbon Capture (BECC)

• Amy Hall, Director of Sciences, Digester Doc
  Data Driven Decision Making: How Good Data Saves Money and Maximizes Biogas Performance
• Yebo Li, Chief Science and Innovation Officer, Quasar Energy Group
  AI-Enhanced Operation of Anaerobic Digesters: A Pathway to Higher Biogas and RNG Productivity
• Christopher Hill, Manager of Market Development, Kemira Water Solutions Inc.
  Getting the most out of your biogas process with support from chemistry
• Erik Anderson, Senior Project Advisor, SCS Engineers
  Hybridized reactor design for anaerobic digestion of waste biomass

• Tom Jackson, Vice President of Marketing & General Manager, The Greenbrier Companies, Inc.
  Renewable Diesel & Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF)
• Scott Vanderau, Partner, ETA Energy Transaction Advisors
  Can Biomass Take Flight? Gasification and Aviation’s Low-Carbon Transition
• Michael Fontaine, Pond & Company
  From Biomass to Sustainable Aviation Fuel: De-risking the Pathway from Feedstock to Commercial Scale
• John Pierce, Partner, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
  The EU’s CBAM Impacts on U.S. Sustainable Aviation Fuel Market and Transatlantic Aviation

• Jowan Toor, Vice President, KTC Industrial Engineering, Ltd.
  Building Pellet Plant into Existing Industrial Facility
• Yidong Xia, Senior Research Scientist, Idaho National Laboratory
  Are the U.S. Biorefineries Over the Hurdle of 2000 Ton Daily Throughput Yet?
• Md Mashiur Rahman, The Pennsylvania State University
  Design and Optimization of Nozzle Inclination Angle and Swirl Combustor in Low-tar Biomass (LTB) Gasifier: A Biomass Power Generation Application

• Robert Morrow, Senior Technical Manager, Detroit Stoker Company
  Technical Assessment - Coal to Wood Pellet Conversions for Grate Fired Industrial Boilers
• Kevin Tangen, President, Azure Engineering
  P2P, Where the Heat is High and the Emissions are Low
• Greg Blair, Managing General Partner for Biomass One, LP, Biomass One LP (Parent)
  Unlocking the Full Value of Biomass: Policy Solutions for Energy, Environment, and Economy
• Andrew Thompson, Founding Partner, Azure Energy
  Build It Now or Lose It Forever, The Biomass Developer’s 2026 IRA Strategy

• Scott McKay, Fournier Industries Inc.
  Advancing Industrial Biogas: Results from a Next-Generation Plug-Flow Digester
• Sameer Kshirsagar, Senior Applications Specialist, Komax Systems, Inc.
  Komax Klean Wall Sludge/ Manure Heat Exchanger for Increased Biogas Production
• Matt Steiman, Energy & Livestock Projects Manager, Dickinson College Farm
  Case Study: Small Scale Biogas to Power
• Nina Wohlfahrt, Sales Manager, HoSt Bio-Energy Systems
  HoSt Bioenergy – Case studies on co-digestion projects

• Delane Garner, Analyst, Orennia
  The State of RD and SAF in North America
• Omar Hamid, Group Manager - Low Carbon Fuels, Worley Consulting
  Regulatory Drivers for SAF, RD and Marine Fuels from Biomass Feedstock
• Sofía Cabrera, Price Reporter - Sustainable Aviation Fuel, S&P Global Commodity Insights
  How Policy Design Shapes Renewable Diesel Pricing and Market Behavior
• Joel Dulin, Owner, Jozana Grant Services
  Policy and Incentives Shaping Biomass Investment Decisions in 2026

• Tim Heneks, CV Technology, Inc.
  Beyond Explosions: Integrating Fire Hazards into Combustible Dust Hazard Analysis (DHA)
• Robert Baxter, President, B3 Systems, Inc.
  A Comprehensive Approach to Dust Monitoring and Management
• Todd Havican, Sales Director, Fagus GreCon, Inc.
  Emerging Technologies in Spark Detection and Extinguishing

• Scott Becker, Key Account Manager, CTS-Durr - Cyplan ORC
  Combined heat and power generation up to 5 MW with ORC – a cost effective and flexible solution as an alternative to the steam cycle?
• Bharat Sangli, Aftermarket Turbine Sales Mgr, Brad Thompson Company
  Improve efficiency of operating turbines
• Seetharaman T K, Proposal Head, Thermax Limited- P&ES
  Small Scale Combined Heat and Power
• Lawrence Berg, Vice President of Engineering, RJM Corporation (USA), Inc.
  Improving Online Reliability for a Thermal Biomass Facility

• Steve Napolitan, CEO, WastAway
  Tap Into The Trillion Dollar Waste-to-Fuel Revolution
• Roger Ford, President, Eureka Energy Corporation
  A New Paradigm for Waste Valorization: GPV-Enabled RNG and Co-Product Generation
• Tim Tripp, North American Sales Engineer, Tietjen Verfahrenstechnik GmbH
  Better use of resources –Separation of Organic Waste: Reliable, Highest Purity, Easy and Cost-Effective

• Timothy Hughes, Project Director, CAAFI (Com'l Aviation Alt. Fuels Init)
  The Promise, Progress & Potential for Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF)
• Sofía Cabrera, Price Reporter - Sustainable Aviation Fuel, S&P Global Commodity Insights
  Decoding SAF Pricing: The Impact of Regulatory Frameworks on Market Dynamics
• Mark Riedy, Partner, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
  State of the Art Funding and Offtake Structures For SAF Projects
• Kristine Klavers, Managing Director, EcoEngineers
  Monetize your biomass to SAF investment

• Beau Kush, Senior Project Manager, Azure Engineering
  A Little R&R, Residue to Revenue
• Azadeh Rohani, Senior Consultant, Worley Consulting
  Opportunities to Valorize Biomass for Renewable Energy Production
• Neil Harrison, Director, Reheat Limited
  Meeting Challenging Process Demands with Solid Biomass
• Michael Jones, Chief Technology Officer, IAC
  Co-Production of Biochar and Power: A Whole-System Advantage Beyond the Sum of Its Parts

• John Bonner, Strategic Account Manager, Precision Partners
  Biomass Emissions Control Utilizing Catalytic Ceramic Filters
• Steve Jaasund, Senior Product Manager, LDX Solutions
  Air Emission Controls in the Biomass Energy Industry
• Yves Marc Schade, Sales North America, stela Laxhuber drying technologies GmbH
  Emissions at high efficiency low temperature belt dryers

• Jerel Vestal, Sales, Imerys
  Increasing the use of low cost biomass in power plants with an effective fuel additive
• Jeff Rodefeld, Business Development Manager US., DeNOx Enviroment
  Effective SCR Catalyst Management In Biomass
• Chris Sampson, Director of Logistics and Technology, Garick, LLC
  Have Your Systems Talk to Each Other: How Automation and AI Agents Can Unify Your ERP, Sourcing, and Logistics Systems
• Andrew Thompson, Founding Partner, Azure Energy
  Don’t Let the Risk Hit the Fan, an Evaluation of Risk in the Biomass Power Industry

• Faith Larson, Vice President, Mickelson & Company, LLC
  Monetization of Renewable Energy Tax Credits
• Andrea Neal, President, Blue Capital, LLC
  Decarbonization Logistics: Architecting the Supply Chain and Finance Structure for High-Integrity Bioeconomy Assets

• Timothy Urban, Senior Principal, Bracewell LLP
• Additional Speakers To Be Announced

• Emma Hebert, Head of Growth Strategy & Operations, Offstream
  From Harvest to Hopper: Why Feedstock Eligibility Determines Biomass Carbon Removal Revenue
• Yingqian Lin, Research Scientist, Idaho National Laboratory
  Strategic Feedstock Selection: Risk-Based Cost Analysis for Coal-Biomass-Waste Co-Gasification
• Michael Long, Principal, Long Thermochemical LLC
  Perspectives in Bioresource Valorization – Pathways, Insights, and Pitfalls
• Alex Henson, Account Manager, Beta Analytic
  Carbon-14 Analysis For Third-Party Verification of Biogenic Content: An Overview For Co-Processing Plants

• Forcus Martinez, Sales Manager, PRODESA Group
  Choosing the right pellet mill. An opex analysis for white and black pellets
• Alain Skrobala, CEO, Bathan AG
  Bathan introduce PPS PELLET PRESS SOLUTIONS
• Timo Mueller, Business Development Director, SALMATEC GmbH
  Rethinking Containerized Pelleting: The Compact Pelleting Unit

• Thomas Young, Managing Consultant, Trinity Consultants
  Air Pollution Controls and Regulatory Changes Affecting the Future of Biomass Boilersn
• Will Latta, Vice President, BrightLoop, Babcock & Wilcox
  Advanced Technologies for Energy Production From Solid Fuels With CO2 Capturen
• Cameron Kiani, Application Engineering Manager, Precision Partners
  Maximizing Biomass Boiler Performance Through High-Temperature Catalytic Ceramic Filtration

• Alex Henson, Account Manager, Beta Analytic
  The Carbon-14 Biogenic Content Testing Method for the U.S. EPA Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS)
• Luca Pandolfi, Founder, Woodland Biomass Innovations
  Lessons Learned: Overcoming Key Challenges for the Conversion of Biomass-to-Fuel

• Jayant Khambekar, Senior Consultant, Jenike & Johanson, Inc.
  Reliable Gasifier Reactor Performance Requires Reliable infeed
• Derek Vaile, Applications Engineer, Kamengo Technology, Inc.
  Handling Low Density Feedstocks for SAF Production: The Three Root Causes of Poor Material Discharge
• John Oyen, Director of Business Development, ABB, Inc.
  Mission Impossible?- FOAK SAF and RD projects
• Yidong Xia, Senior Research Scientist, Idaho National Laboratory
  Is AI Ready for Bioenergy Industry?

• Ben Stark, CPM Global Biomass Group
  Biocarbon Densification Pellet Technology
• Guy Penard, Vice President, Yilkins
  Precise Carbonization