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Biomass offers a huge opportunity for Africa and world energy equation. As this complex market takes shape, policy-makers, the power station buyers, local grid distributors and forestry enterprises, as well as service & technology providers must take up strategic positions to define the pace of development & participate in this growth opportunity. Where is the market heading? Where is the demand coming from? What are the key challenges ahead that the industry must prepare for? These and many more issues will be discussed at the upcoming Biomass West & Central Africa Congress 2011.

BIOMASS has the potential to meet 50% of global future energy demand!

Mahama Kappiah, Executive DirectorEcowas Renewable Energy & Energy

Joseph Essandoh-Yeddu, PhD, Chief and Head, Strategic Planning and Policy DivisionEnergy Commission of Ghana

J.F Guillon, Managing Director & Founder,Africa Renewables Ltd. (Afriren), UK

Koffi Ekouevi, Sr. Economist,Sustainable Energy DepartmentWorld Bank, USA

Moses Mensah, PhD, Director, Institute for Quality, Energy and Environmental Management (IQEEM), Department of Chemical EngineeringKNUST, Ghana

John-Felix Kayobe AkinbamDivision of Energy Management and Technology Centre for Energy Research and Development,Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria

Kwabena Otu-DanquahChief - Renewable EnergyEnergy Commission of Ghana

Janske van EijckResearcher, Copernicus InstituteUtrecht University, The Netherlands

Agam Vyas, Vice President OperationsAbellon Energy, Ghana

Richard Seshie, Managing DirectorVivus Renewables, Ghana

Munzer M. SundosPhD, Chief Business OfficerViaspace, USA

Ulrich B Riemann, Managing DirectorBionic Palm Limited, Ghana

Séraphin Kasemuana, Institut supérieur des techniques appliqués “ISTA”Democratic Republic of Congo

Dave SandersonSenior Biomass Fuel DeveloperE.ON Climate & Renewables, UK

Ibrahim Togola, DirectorMali-Folkecenter, Mali

Clément Bill AkouèdénoudjèDirector New and Renewable Energy, Directorate General of EnergyDepartment of Energy, Oil and Mineral Research, Water and Renewable Energy Development, Benin

Samuel Bienvenu NdjomDirector, Rural Energy Fund,Rural Electrification Agency, Cameroon

Ngansop Bernard Magloire,Secretary GeneralAssociation for Research and Promotion of Sustainable Energy in Central Africa (ARPEDAC) Cameroon

Adebayo AgbejuleAssociate Professor, Departmentof Mechanical and Production EngineeringVaasa University of Applied of SciencesFinland

Dzamla Amin épse Gbo,Cell leader responsible for Climate ChangeANADER (Agence Nationale d’Appui au développement Rural), Cote d Ivoire

Thierno Bocar Tall, Chairman & CEOAfrican Biofuels and Renewable Energy Company, Togo

Your Distinguished Faculty of Policy Makers & Industry Players includes:

Ministerial Opening AddressHonorable Dr Joe Oteng-Adjie

Republic of GhanaMinister of Energy

, Cape VerdeEfficiency (ECREE)

As a new tradeable fuel stock for power and heat, woody-based biomass investment has been hailed to be more lucrative than any other new renewable option - offering higher yields, earlier returns and greater potential for economies of scale. Biomass West & Central Africa Congress 2011 will unravel the complex issues and ample ready opportunities for those with the vision for biofuels and bioenergy in one of the world’s fastest growing economies. Join us in Accra,Ghana this November!

Africa’s new green currency!

Biomass resource presents both opportunities and risks for the energy sector development in Ghana as with the rest of the West and Central Africa region. As demand from EU soars, issues such the global trade routes, market structure and sustainable certified supplies are just one side of the coin – on the other are domestic issues that impact the socio-economic structure of rural communities, rural electrification and forestry policy harmonization to build streamlined forestry agendas regionally.

Will biomass go the way of carbon fuels given its easy tradeable format, or will it become the carbon-free fuel that industry hails as the next billion dollar industry? Find out at Biomass West & Central Africa Congress 2011.

Biomass – complex and evolving risk and return

Congress Highlights: Gain first mover advantage on investment opportunities in biomass in

West & Central Africa

What is the forecast on the global biomass capacity installed and the generation output

Get a handle on forestry enterprise policies & PPP opportunities

What are the latest technologies in biomass gasification for power and heat

Rural electrification: Market overview, policy, technologies

Financing options for biomass operations in Africa

CHP and biomass: Application case studies explored

Exploring successful PPP (private-public partnerships) in rural and industrial applications

Developments in Feed-in tariffs using biomass-generated power

Biomass global market structure: pricing, tariffs, demand and supply matrices

Where are the mid and longer term opportunities?

Unraveling opportunities in Central Africa forestry and trade

Demand Side Pull: Growth needs in EU & North America

NETWORK WITH BIOMASS KEY DECISION MAKERS!

Media Partners

Who should attend• Chairman/CEO/Presidents• ManagingDirectors• ChemistryResearchers/Professors• ChiefInvestmentOfficers• BusinessDevelopmentDirectors/ Managers• CommercialDirectors/Managers• ContractDevelopmentManagers• EnergyfromWasteTechnology Managers• HeadsofRenewableEnergy• HeadsofSustainableDevelopment• HeadsofStrategicDevelopments• HeadsofNewProjectDevelopments• AlternativeEnergyAdvisors• InvestmentAnalysts• HeadsofSupplyChainManagement• FuelUseOfficers• ProjectDirectors,ResidualWaste Service• Sales&MarketingManagers• TechnicalDirectors

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Day One: 24 November 2011

8.00am Registration and coffee

9.00am Chairman’s Opening Remarks

9.05am Ministerial Opening Address: Honorable Dr Joe Oteng-Adjie, Minister Ministry of Energy, Republic of Ghana

9.35am Country Address: Wisdom Ahiataku-Togobo (PhD) Director of Renewable Energy, Ministry of Energy, Republic of Ghana

10.05am Wider Lens: African Biomass and Bioenergy - Sustainable Development and Energy Security

Mahama Kappiah, Executive Director, Ecowas Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency ECREE, Cape Verde

10.35am Morning refreshments

11.00am Strategic Drivers for Promoting Biomass in the ECOWAS – Returns on Investment, Policy Blueprint and Partnerships

Joseph Essandoh-Yeddu, PhD, Chief and Head, Strategic Planning and Policy Division Energy Commission of Ghana

11.30am Developing woodchips export from Ghana for the European energy market

J.F Guillon, Managing Director & Founder Africa Renewables Ltd. (Afriren) UK

12.00pm Bioenergy entrepreneurship as the new development model for Africa •Whatkindsofbioenergyinnovationareneededin Africa? •Whatkindsofpoliciesareneededtosupport innovations in the bioenergy sector? •Whatistheroleofentrepreneurshipecosystemin developing bioenergy innovation system?

Adebayo Agbejule Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Production Engineering Vaasa University of Applied of Sciences, Finland

12.30pm Networking Luncheon

2.00pm Mali update: Overview and prospects ahead

Ibrahim Togola (PhD), Director, Mali-Folkecenter, Mali

2.30pm Nigeria Update: Distributed Generation in Nigeria: Prospects, Challenges and Way Forward

John-Felix Kayobe Akinbami Division of Energy Management & Technology Centre for Energy Research & Development Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria

3.00pm Benin Update: Renewables and Biomass in Benin

Clément Bill Akouèdénoudjè, Director, New and Renewable Energy ,Directorate General of Energy, Department of Energy, Oil and Mineral Research Water and Renewable Energy Development Benin

3.30pm Afternoon refreshments

4.00pm Cameroon Update: Public-private partnership in the electrification program in Cameroon and the role of renewables •Resultsofthereformedelectricitysector(focuson sub-sector rural electrification) •VisionofCameroonintheruralelectrificationin achieving the millennium development •Newformsofpublic-privatepartnershipinrural electrification program electrification program (by extension of the interconnected or decentralized) expose our focus on the role played by the PPP in cogeneration power projects and extension of public network power distribution

Samuel Ndjom Bienvenu, Director of Rural Funds Rural Electrification Agency, Cameroon

4.30pm Central Africa Regional Update: “Biomass and strengthening the energy and resilience of ecosystems in Central Africa”

Ngansop Bernard Magloire, Secretary General Association for Research and Promotion of Sustainable Energy in Central Africa (ARPEDAC) Cameroon

5.00pm Cote d Ivoire: Agricultural waste as biomass for energy production: agricultural residue potential in Ivory Coast

Dzamla Amin épse Gbo Cell leader responsible for Climate Change ANADER (Agence Nationale d’Appui au développement Rural), Cote d Ivoire

5.30pm Question and Answer Session

5.45pm CLOSE OF DAY ONE

NETWORKING

EXTRAVAGANZA

See you at Biomass West& Central Africa Congress 2011.

This inaugural event will bring together key business and policy leaders from across West & Central Africa, US and EU.

Be there to meet your business counter-parts – meet, connect, listen, learn and build on relationships that deliver real business that matters.

9.00am Chairman’s Opening Remarks

9.05am Biomass and Rural Electrification - Key Challenges & Opportunities

Koffi Ekouevi Sr. Economist, Sustainable Energy Department World Bank, USA

9.30am Feed-in Tariff and other Incentives to Promote Investment in the Biomass Sector in Ghana •GhanaGovernment’sPolicyonRenewableEnergy and Biomass. •ThepassageoftheRenewableEnergyLawbythe Ghanaian Parliament •Feed-in-tariff •Mandatorypurchaseofelectricitygeneratedfrom renewable energy sources by power distribution utilities.

Mr. Kwabena Otu-Danquah Chief - Renewable Energy Energy Commission of Ghana, Ghana

10.00am Energy Independence, Social and Economical development through use of African biomass potential

Agam Vyas, Vice President Operations Abellon Energy, Ghana

10.30am Morning refreshments

11.00am Needs of European Utilities & Growing Biomass in Africa

Dave Sanderson, Senior Biomass Fuel Developer E.ON Climate & Renewables, UK

Fuel-stock Diversity

11.30am Climate proofing the Energy Mix: Harnessing the Biomass Promise

Séraphin Kasemuana Institut supérieur des techniques appliqués “ISTA” Democratic Republic of Congo

Electricity Generation, Pellets, and Biofuels •GiantKingGrasscharacteristicsandcomparative calorific yields •Returnsoninvestment •Casestudiesofgrowthcycle •Casestudiesofapplicationinindustryuse: a) Case study - biorefinery b) Case study - fuel boilers to produce process heat, steam and electricity

Munzer M. Sundos, PhD, Chief Business Officer Viaspace, USA

12.30pm Networking Luncheon

2.00pm Advantages of Producing Biochar Pellets for Export instead of Biomass Pellets. •Biocharpellets–whatdoesthefuturehold •Biocharcharacteristicsofpellets:returnson investment •BionicFuel:biomassconversiontechnologyfor high quality biochar •BionicPalm:farmingconceptswhichcan guarantee high levels of sustainability •Localuseofliquidproducts,exportofsolidproduct creates a win-win situation •Overviewofatypicalbusinessplanforconversion to biochar

Ulrich B Riemann, Managing Director Bionic Palm Limited, Ghana

2.30pm Sustainability Certification Schemes and Trade Flows •SustainabilityIndicatoroverview •Comparisonofthedifferentschemesthatare currently under development •Practicalapplicabilityofthedifferentindicators •Schemessuchas:RSB,RTFO,GBEPetc.

Janske van Eijck, Researcher Copernicus Institute, Utrecht University The Netherlands

3.00pm Innovative supply chain for agricultural biomass and for distributed renewable energy systems in Sub-Saharan Africa

Richard Seshie, Managing Director Vivus Renewables, Ghana

3.30pm Afternoon refreshments

4.00pm Financing Biomass and Bioenergy – the African Perspective

Thierno Bocar Tall, Chairman & CEO African Biofuels and Renewable Energy Company, Togo

4.30pm Sustainable Biomass Conversion Technologies – Overview, trends, barriers, and the way forward

Moses Mensah (PhD), Director, Institute for Quality, Energy and Environmental Management (IQEEM) Department of Chemical Engineering, KNUST Ghana

5.00pm Close of Conference

Day Two: 25 November 2011

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