Biodiesel Summit: Sustainable Aviation Fuel & Renewable Diesel

June 10-12, 2024 ~ Minneapolis, MNCo-located with the International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & ExpoThe Biodiesel Summit: Sustainable Aviation Fuel & Renewable Diesel is a forum designed for biodiesel and renewable diesel producers to learn about cutting-edge process technologies, new techniques and equipment to optimize existing production, and efficiencies to save money while increasing throughput and fuel quality. Produced by Biodiesel Magazine, this world-class event features premium content from technology providers, equipment vendors, consultants, engineers and producers to advance discussion and foster an environment of collaboration and networking through engaging presentations, fruitful discussion and compelling exhibitions with one purpose, to further the biomass-based diesel sector beyond its current limitations.
Co-located with the International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo, the Biodiesel Summit: Sustainable Aviation Fuel & Renewable Diesel conveniently harnesses the full potential of the integrated biofuels industries while providing laser-like focus on processing methods that are sure to yield tangible advantages to biomass-based diesel producers. Registration is free of charge for all employees of biodiesel and renewable diesel production facilities, from operators and maintenance personnel to board members and executives.






REGISTRATION
Access to all events at one price - including admission to all conference sessions (co-located events, plenary sessions and breakout sessions), entry to the Expo, all meal functions, and speaker presentations (available on conference app during the event). Producers Attend for Free.

If you have any questions on registration or rates please give us a call at 866-746-8385.
Call for Abstracts is Closed
The deadline for submitting abstracts was February 9, 2024.
Although the abstract deadline has passed, speaking and moderating opportunities may still be available.
Have additional questions? Please send inquiries to:
Danielle Piekarski, Program Coordinator
dpiekarski@bbiinternational.com
AGENDA

Monday, June 10
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8:00 am - 3:30 pm | FEW Golf Outing Legends Golf Club Learn More | Register Now |
8:30 am - 10:00 am |
Concurrent Tracks - See Additional Panels
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Reviewing Project Economics and Available Funding Pathways for Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production
Room 102DEF - (8:30 am - 10:00 am)
Read DescriptionDecarbonization is a central pillar of the Biden administration’s energy policy ambitions and the federal government is using a multi-pronged approach to drive private investment within the biofuels sector. This panel features an in-depth look at both the Sustainable Aviation Fuels credit and the Clean Fuel Production Credit or 45z tax credit as a means of boosting project economics. Additionally, the Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office will walk attendees through the financing options available for low-carbon, renewable fuel production projects and the requirements for a project to qualify.
Moderator: Dawn Lima, VP – Renewable Energy & Sustainable Technologies, Foss & Company - Kenneth Hill, Senior Consultant, DOE, Loan Programs Office
Financing SAF, Renewable Diesel, RNG, CCS, Chemicals, and Protein Projects with DOE’s Loan Programs Office - Tony Miller, Director, Weaver & Tidwell, LLP
Ethanol and SAF - Credit Qualification: Part 1: Lifecycle Analysis and Environmental Requirements - Leanne Sobel, Director, Weaver & Tidwell, LLP
Ethanol and SAF - Credit Qualification: Part 2: Tax Qualification, Registration, and Multipliers - Pawan Mehra, Senior Economic Advisor, cCarbon
The North American SAF Market Incentive Landscape at a State and Federal Level
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10:00 am - 10:30 am | Refreshment Break |
10:30 am - 12:00 pm | Concurrent Tracks - See Additional Panels
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The Transformative Potential of Sustainable Aviation Fuel Markets on Existing Renewable and Fossil-Based Production Sites
Room 102DEF - (10:30 am - 12:00 pm)
Read DescriptionEach of these four presentations offer very different go-forward pathways as a reaction to the opportunity presented by SAF production. These presentations will provide attendees with a compelling vision of increased opportunity for fuel producers via their production, their CO2 streams, or in the case of the panel’s final presentation, their fossil-fuel based refining assets. Producer’s weighing their own posture towards SAF production and how best to participate will appreciate this panel’s variety in approach and complexity.
Moderator: Stephen Sims, Vice President of Business Development, Universal Fuel Technologies - Shrikant Rathi, Executive Director, PRAJ Industries Limited
Enhancing Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production: Innovative Decarbonization Strategies for Existing Ethanol Plants - Youssef Tazi, CO2 Business Development Manager, Twelve
CO2 To SAF - How Ethanol Plants Can Play A Crucial Role In Carbon Transformation - Scott Vincent, Director of Logistics, Strobel Energy Logistics
Biofuel Logistics Considerations - Johnny Smatana, Business Development Manager, Integrated Global Services
Case Study: 50% Savings in Renewables Conversion achieved at a plant in Eastern Canada
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Noon - 1:00 pm | Networking Lunch |
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm | Concurrent Tracks with FEW - See Additional Tracks
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Renewable Diesel and SAF Pretreatment Strategies that Reduce Cost, Protect Catalysts and Increase Throughput
Room 102DEF - (1:00 pm - 2:30 pm)
Read DescriptionGlobal demand for renewable diesel and SAF volumes are on a growth trajectory expected to last for decades. To meet demand, producers will have to expand their menu of feedstocks that their process can utilize. This panel looks closely at the pretreatment solutions currently available and under rapid development that allow producers to source a broader array of lipid streams and cost-effectively convert it into renewable diesel and SAF. Each approach places a high priority on preserving process catalysts from impurities like phosphorous and metals while also keeping a close eye on minimizing overall operating costs.
Moderator: Scott Kohl, Chief Technology Officer, Visionary Fiber Technologies - Patrick Moss, VP of Engineering, Frazier, Barnes & Associates, LLC
Feedstock Pre-treatment – Retrofitting or Adding Pre-treatment to Your Facility - Lou Lessard, Senior Scientist, Novonesis
Improved Enzymatic Technology for Pretreatment of Renewable Diesel/SAF Feedstocks - Matthew Clingerman, Head of Licensing Technology Development, Sulzer Chemtech
Triglyceride Thermal Cracking for Maximum Hydrotreater Performance - Gregor Schaub, Associate Division Director Biodiesel, BDI-BioEnergy International GmbH
What Fits My Process: Future Areas of Application for Waste Oil-Based Feedstock and The Necessity Of Selecting The Suitable Technology.
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2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Refreshment Break |
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm | Concurrent Tracks with FEW - See Additional TracksBiodiesel Summit
Getting it Right: Building SAF Production Assets that Align with Market Demand and Federal Policy Requirements
Room 102DEF - (3:00 pm - 4:30 pm)
Read DescriptionThis panel kicks off with a thought-provoking presentation that calculates the potential output of SAF based on available feedstocks while also offering some guidance on the economic impact of building and operating production sites. Then, the panel will turn its attention toward project development offering expert advice on regulatory compliance, planning for monitoring SAF production and building pro-forma for a SAF project that will attract private investment in a market brim full of projects boasting a clear line of sight on reaching a financial close and an eventual groundbreaking.
Moderator: Scott Kohl, Chief Technology Officer, Visionary Fiber Technologies - David Miller, Consulting Chief Economist, Decision Innovation Solutions
Potential for HEFA-SAF and the Economic Impacts - Julie Valentine, Director, Global Refining and Sustainability Measurement Solutions, Emerson
Lessons Learned for Monitoring and Control of SAF Production - John Oyen, Director of Business Development, ABB, Inc.
The 5 C's Of Project Development, Or Everything, Everywhere All At Once - Pawan Mehra, Senior Economic Advisor, cCarbon
Understanding Voluntary and Compliance Demand Levers for the SAF Market Across North America and the EU
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4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Expo Grand Opening & Welcome Reception
Exhibit Halls DE
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Tuesday, June 11
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8:00 am - 9:00 am |
Breakfast
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9:00 am - 11:00 am |
General Session
Ballroom AB
Welcome Industry Awards Keynote Presentation General Session Panel |
11:00 am - 6:00 pm |
Expo Open
Exhibit Halls DE
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11:00 am - 1:00 pm | Dedicated Expo Time
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11:30 am - 1:00 pm | - Lunch in the Expo
Exhibit Halls DE
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1:00 pm - 2:30 pm | Concurrent Tracks with FEW - See Additional Tracks
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Renewable Diesel and SAF Pretreatment Strategies that Reduce Cost, Protect Catalysts and Increase Throughput II
Room 102DEF - (1:00 pm - 2:30 pm)
Read DescriptionAs if to underscore the need to make every available ounce of lipid-bearing feedstock viable for conversion into SAF volumes, the discussion about available pretreatment options could not be contained to one panel. This discussion picks up where the preceding panel left, highlighting pretreatment approaches that can effectively protect catalysts and minimize waste. The policies and support mechanisms for SAF production necessitate the maximization of available waste lipid streams and the pretreatment innovations highlighted during this discussion will be a vital component of commercializing the production of meaningful SAF volumes.
Moderator: Steve Csonka, Executive Director, Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI) - Scott Kohl, Chief Technology Officer, Visionary Fiber Technologies
Immobilized Enzyme Vegetable Oil Pretreatment System Without the Use of Solid Absorbents - Kyle Wangler, Renewable Diesel Key Account Manager, W.R. Grace & Co.
Renewable Feedstock Pretreatment with TRISYL® Silica Adsorbents - Bryan Yeh, Vice President of Engineering & US Operations, Canary Renewables Corp.
Technology Options for Pretreating Feedstock For Renewable Diesel And Sustainable Aviation Fuel - Fahmi Kresmagus, Senior Business Development Manager, Clariant Corporation BU Adsorbents
Pre-treatment: Safeguarding the Downstream Process in Biofuel Production
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2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Refreshment Break in the Expo
Exhibit Halls DE |
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm |
Concurrent Tracks with FEW - See Additional Tracks
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Eyeing the Technologies Racing Towards Economically Viable SAF Production
Room 102DEF - (3:00 pm - 4:30 pm)
Read DescriptionThat meaningful SAF volumes will have to be produced to align with the goals of the federal government, foreign governments and airlines around the world is well understood. The question now is which production technology will find commercial traction in the marketplace first. This panel features presentations from that approach SAF production from a number of angles. The panel begins looking at technologies that are capable of converting waste grease streams in a distributed production approach, before giving time to the alcohol-to-jet technologies hoping to unlock SAF market share for biofuel producers in the corn-belt.
Moderator: Kyle Wangler, Renewable Diesel Key Account Manager, W.R. Grace & Co. - Enzo De Biase, Business Development Manager, NextChem Tech., NEXTCHEM
Nextchem Tech SAF Technology - Mark Mauss, President, Lutros, LLC
Novel DCO feedstock pretreatment with a counter-current, reactive-extraction process for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel (RD) production - Stephen Sims, Vice President of Business Development, Universal Fuel Technologies
Flexiform Ethanol To Produce SAF At 1/2 The Cost Of Alternatives - Mark Yancey, Senior Technology Advisor, SAFFiRE Renewables, LLC
Update on Project SAFFiRE
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4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Networking Reception in the Expo
Exhibit Halls DE
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Wednesday, June 12
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast in the Expo
Exhibit Halls DE
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7:30 am - 1:30 pm |
Expo Open
Exhibit Halls DE
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8:30 am - 10:00 am | Concurrent Tracks - See Additional Tracks
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Minnesota Sustainable Aviation Fuel Hub: Approach to Advancing SAF Production from Biogenic Feedstocks
Room 102DEF - (8:30 am - 10:00 am)
Moderator: Steve Csonka, Executive Director, Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI)
- David Winsness, President, Comstock Fuels
- Brian Werner, Executive Director, Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association
- Julia Silvis, Managing Director of Research and Intelligence, GREATER MSP
- Nick Jordan, Professor of Agronomy & Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota
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10:00 am - 10:30 am | Refreshment Break in the Expo
Exhibit Halls DE
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10:30 am - Noon |
Concurrent Tracks - See Additional Tracks
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Best Practices for Keeping Renewable Diesel Production Reactions Optimized for Maximum Production
Room 102DEF - (10:30 am - Noon)
Read DescriptionThe parallels between biodiesel and SAF production’s reliance on catalysts and the ethanol industry’s reliance on yeasts is useful in understanding the enormous efforts biodiesel producers make to purge contaminants from their process. A production facility lacking a discipline in maintaining optimal conditions for their catalysts is doomed to disappointing yield and bloated operating costs. This panel features presentations that urge a comprehensive analysis of the entire production process to root out production inhibitors and the chemistries available for deployment to keep catalysts happy and operating at peak capacity.
Moderator: Scott Vincent, Director of Logistics, Strobel Energy Logistics - Thomas Wolak, Global Business Manager, The Lubrizol Corporation
Catalyst Sulfiding for Renewable Diesel Production: A Focus on SulfrZol®54 and Amine Compatibility for Enhanced Efficiency and Environmental Safety - Hari Nemmara, Director, R&D, Filtration Technology Corporation
Optimizing Contaminant Filtration in Renewable Fuel Feedstocks
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Noon - 1:00 pm |
Networking Lunch in the Expo
Exhibit Halls DE
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1:30 pm | Exhibitor Move-Out Begins |
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm | Concurrent Tracks - See Additional TracksBiodiesel Summit
Leveling Up: The Technologies Available to Bring SAF Production to First Generation Biofuel Production Sites
Room 102DEF - (1:00 pm - 2:30 pm)
Read DescriptionTo meet ambitious national and global SAF production and utilization goals this nascent industry is going to need to scale, quickly. It is no surprise then that existing biofuel assets, with experienced production teams, strong balance sheets and in-place offtake infrastructure continue to attract interest from technology developers ready to convert a portion of their production to SAF outputs. This panel looks specifically at the interconnection of the established ethanol production matrix and the SAF opportunity. Included in the discussion are some solutions to drive the carbon-intensity of ethanol even lower assuring these assets satisfy the regulatory requirements of the introduced marketplace incentives here and abroad.
Moderator: Steve Csonka, Executive Director, Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI) - Max Lander, Director of Project Origination, Rondo Energy, Inc.
How Heat Batteries Make Ethanol America's Premier Zero-CI SAF Feedstock - Afshin Raei, Process Engineer, POWER Engineers, Inc.
Alcohol to Jet Fuel - Brendan Ihde, Director, Business Development – Chemicals & Feedstocks, Virent Inc.
Ethanol to Aromatics (E2A) – SAF Product Diversification
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2:30 pm | Sessions Conclude |

EVENT SPONSORS & SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT
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W. R. Grace & Co is a leading global innovator built on talent, technology and trust. We serve customers in over 60 countries and have over 4,300 highly skilled employees worldwide. Our renewable technology solutions improve yield and productivity while reducing the environmental footprint. |

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Water Tech is the innovative leader for process additives to the ethanol and biodiesel industry. We provide our clients best-in-class corn oil demulsifiers that maximize yield, caustic replacement products for CIP that enhance safety and performance, as well as boiler, cooling and wastewater solutions. |

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An innovative, global leader in oilseed process solutions, CPM’s Crown specializes in custom engineered design and aftermarket support for crush, refining, biofuels, advanced renewables, oleochemicals, & specialty extraction. Crown's state-of-the-art, 15,000 sq. ft. Innovation Center features a fully functional plant allowing access to real-world piloting capabilities within a confidential, controlled environment.
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CPM’s size reduction solutions help take you from grain to fuel. CPM hammermills and roller mills are a perfect match for the dry-grinding required in ethanol production. This combined with our reputation of “it just runs” makes CPM the ideal partner to enhance the efficiency of your ethanol processing operation. |

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