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05-06 Dec, 2006
Shanghai, CHINA

Intercontinental Pudong

North Asia joins the biofuels race

From Japan to Korea to China – North Asian biofuel initiatives are reaching a crescendo with governments and industry across the region making unprecedented forays in bioenergy sector.

Even as South Korea took the lead, it has been China which led the major drive across its cities in use of biofuels for transportation, with ambitious plan of increasing the present 1 million tonnes of ethanol and biodiesel last year to 12 million tones in 2020. Japan has also followed suit with goals of supplementing traditional fuels with bioethanol by 2010.

Despite the major biofuels initiatives and recent huge ethanol exports from China to USA, it is still early days for the regional markets with uncertainties in trade flows and off take commitments. There are many questions about the drivers of biofuels trade in Asia. What are the optimal feed stocks for biofuels in these regions? How are the cultivation practices fine tuned to feed into biofuel markets? How are the governments balancing food crops and non food crops usage for biofuels?

Cellulosic ethanol has today emerged as a key development influencing major investments across Asia. How are the industry players responding to technological challenges in this area?

Supply security has been a major concern with competitive sourcing of palm oil, cassava and rapeseed. How are local companies securing their energy crops in a highly competitive and regulated environment? Reports abound of Chinese, Korean and Japanese firms negotiating with feedstock partners in Malaysia, Indonesia and even Papua New Guinea andAustralia. How competitive are the regional players in biofuel trade.

Whilst investment potential is riding high, private venture funds have been busy exploring avenues. What are their sentiments about North Asian biofuel prospects? Many biodiesel and ethanol operators in China are exploring financing and listing ambitions with plans to go public in Singapore or Hongkong or even Australia.

CMT’s North Asia Biofuels trade Shanghai 06 brings together leading panel of biofuels producers, importers and experts.

Key Sessions include
• China, Japan & Korea Biofuels Mandate – Rollouts Plans
• Economics of Cellulosic Ethanol & evaluating feedstock options
• China Shanghai Volkswagen’s Perspective on auto fuel
• Ethanol Trade between Brazil and Japan…
• Intra regional biofuels trading to impact on port, blending and logistics handling of Biofuels
• Financing strategy including regional listing scope

Don’t miss out to join forces with key players who are the major producers and consumers of biofuels in the North Asia region. Register now for group and early bird discounts. Don’t hesitate! Register online @ www.cmtevents.com with your team.

You Will Network with
• Established & New Biofuels Producers • Regional Port Authorities • Logistics Providers • Industry Suppliers/Vendors • Build Design Engineering Companies • Regional Plantation Owners • Agricultural/Feedstock Suppliers • Venture Capitalists • R & D Institutions • Energy & Environmental Organizations • Additives & Catalysts Suppliers • Fuel Marketers / Traders • Government Regulators, Bankers including CEOs, Managing Directors, General Managers, Project Directors/Managers, Strategic Planning Directors/Managers, Business Development Directors, Technical Directors/Executives

CMT’s Biofuels forums provide practical and accurate updates.Each forum highlights commercialization aspects, feedstock supply, trading and business constraints as well as biorefinery operations and technology issues. The events are held across the globe from Asia to Mediterrean/Europe and Central America.

The focus on biofuels covers ethanol derived from plants containing sugar or starch; cellulosic ethanol derived from wood chips, switchgrass and rice husks ; Biodiesel derived from vegetable oil- oil palm, rapeseed, and other oil-bearing plants, and the synthetic fuels derived from biomass via Fischer Tropsch route (BTL). Contact us for issues of interest to you.