The speakers are personally invited in order to create a well composed conference centred around the conference topics. However, if you feel that you have an interesting contribution related to bio-, electro- and thermochemical conversion of biomass/waste to methane don’t hesitate to contact us.
Please note that for commercial players to be considered as speakers we expect an active support of the conference, i.e., as exhibitors and/or sponsors.
19 MAY 2026
| 11:00-12:00 | Registration | |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch | |
| Renewable methane – status, policy and mobility | ||
| 13:00-14:15 | Jörgen Held & Frank Scholwin Welcome and practical details Maria Malmkvist, Swedish Gas Association Biomethane development in Sweden Bruno Sander Nielsen, Danish Biogas Association Complete decarbonization of the Danish gas grid, and beyond Mattias Goldmann, The Swedish 2030 Secretariat Gas it up! How biomethane helps Sweden, Europe and the World switch to sustainable mobility. Questions |
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| 14:15-15:15 | Coffee break and poster session | |
| 15:15-16:00 | Market projections, technology needs and regulatory barriers from the investor’s perspective – 6 minutes pitches |
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| Ragnar Stare, St1 Biokraft AB Eero Lallukka, Gasum Kathrin Bienert, VNG AG Johnny Holst, Shell Energy Europe Questions |
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| 16:00-16:45 | Break | |
| 16:45-18:00 | Biomass gasification | |
| Adefarati Oloruntoba, University of Calgary Comparative life cycle emissions and cost performance of bioenergy carrier export pathways based on Canadian forest residues Sebastian Fendt, Technical university of Munich Electrification of gasification-based Biomass-to-SNG processes Jan-Willem Könemann, TNO The EemsGas / TNO industrial scale bioSNG demo project Vivek Verma, Spray Engineering Devices Ltd. Integrated Biomass Processing for Complete Carbon Utilisation and Bio-Fuels Production for Sustainable Economy Questions |
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| 18:00-19:00 | Network Plus | |
| 19:30 | Welcome drink | |
| 20:00-22:00 | Conference Dinner | |
| 22:00-23:00 | Mingle | |
20 MAY 2026
| 09:00-10:15 | Synergies between different conversion routes | |
| 09:00-10:15 | Jörgen Ejlertsson, St1 Biokraft AB Heat integration between a biogas plant and a biochar production unit – case study José María Sánchez Hervás, CIEMAT Biochar through pyrolysis and hydrothermal processes as sorbents for gas purification Christer Gustavsson, BioShare AB From combustion to Carbon recycling – SNG as new product in the CHP sector Beatriz Corceiro, Bright Renewables Closing the Loop: Austria’s First Small-Scale Bio-CO2 Capture and Liquefaction System Questions |
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| 10:15-10:45 | Coffee break | |
| 10:45-12:00 | Methanation and upgrading | |
| Marco Weiss, ETW Energietechnik GmbH Maximizing Energy Efficiency in Biogas Upgrading: Lessons from Germany’s Largest Fleet of PSA Plants in combination with CO2 liquefaction Marko Burkhardt, GICON® Großmann Ingenieur Consult GmbH Upscaling of the GICON® Trickle Bed Methanation Process in the Framework of Cometha and WeMetBio II projects Aikaterini Biotaki, Ammongas A/S Ammongas amine upgrading – heat as an opportunity Dieter Blank, Nordsol Efficiently boosting renewable methane production by integrating biomethanation and biomethane liquefaction Questions |
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| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch | |
| 13:00-14:15 | Power-to-gas | |
| Theresa Falkendal, Hymeth Powering the transition: Sustainable hydrogen production through efficient electrolyser technology Dheeraj Kanaparthi, MicroPyros BioEnerTec GmbH Beyond the Lab: Delivering the World’s First Industrial Grid to Grid Biomethanation Plants Philipp Wilker, German Biomass Research Center (DBFZ) Pilot-scale one-step methanation: catalyst screening and process optimization Martin Peham, Cairos Power-to-BioSNG – From Pilot Plant Operation in Austria to Commercial Scale-Up Questions |
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| 14:15-15:15 | Coffee break and poster session | |
| 15:15-16:00 | Liquefaction | |
| Lorenzo Maggioni, Freelancing biomethane expert BioLNG development in Italy Gennaro Formisano, SIAD Macchine Impianti SpA A Decade of Biogas and CO2 Liquefaction Technologies: Experience, Innovation and the SMART DCE Approach Yannick Rouaud, Air Liquide advanced Technologies Biomethane in Action: Lessons Learned from Turbo Brayton Liquefaction Questions |
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| 16:00-16:45 | Closing session | |
| Robin Post van der Burg, Torrgas Technologies BV Torrgas syngas platform for carbon-negative bioSNG production Ryan O’Donnell, Informa Introducing Flame and continuing the legacy of REGATEC Frank Scholwin & Jörgen Held Summary and closing of the conference |
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