PROGRAM

8:00 Registration and coffee
9:00

Plenary: Opening Session
Jóhann Páll Jóhannsson, Minister of the Environment, Energy and Climate Iceland
Jón Viggó Gunnarsson, CEO SORPA
Mattias Goldmann, CEO Goldmann Green & 2030 Secretariate
Policy development: How will current and future political change influence the biogas sector

10:30 – Break
11:00

Plenary 1: Biogas for Resilient Nordic and European Societies
Harmen Dekker, CEO at European Biogas Association

Organizing committee: Market overview from the Nordic countries 

Bruno Sander Nielsen-Biogas Danmark 

Christin Zackrisson- Avfall Sverige

Gunnar Dofri Ólafsson- SORPA

Hannes Torppa-Suomen Biokierto ja Biokaasu ry

Maria Malmkvist-Energigas Sverige

Pia Farstad von Hall- Biogass Norge

12:30 – Lunch

13:30

Parallel sessions

Parallel 1A: Important use of biomethane

Kristina Georgsson, Innovation Developer IKEA

Parallel 1B: Agriculture –  a sector biogas plants depend on
Esben Tonning Otterlei, CEO Bio Jæren and Lyse Bio
Philip Malmnäs, Biototal
Sveinn Aðalsteinsson, CEO Orkedía and Ottó Elíasson,
 CEO Eimur

14:30 – Break
15:00 Parallel sessions
Parallel 2A:  Sea farming – a growing contributor to the biogas value chain
Fróði Mortensen, Operation Manager, FÖRKA
Gyða Pétursdóttir, Project Manager Terraforming LIFE
Parallel 2B: Sustainability – Business Opportunities in Biogas
Louise Martinsen, Special Advisor Danish Energy Agency
Per Torp, CEO VEAS
16:00 Exhibition / Social event- refreshments in the exhibition area
18:30 Reception, apertif before dinner
19:00 Dinner
8:30

Plenary 2: The regulatory roadmap for scaling Nordic biogas

From permitting and support regimes to frameworks for certificate trading, ownership requirements, tax and excise duty treatment, and import/export rules of biomethane

Contributions by: Per Aksel Hammer Krog, BAHR, Cambi, Gasum, RMG, DMT, Recul

Panel discussion led by Pia Farstad von Hall, Head of the Norwegian Biogas association

9:30 – Break
10:00

Plenary 3 and discussion: Growth on the Horizon

11:00 – Break
11:30

Plenary 4: Digestate – an economic value with a vital function

Torkild Birkmose, Senior Specialist, People Lead, SEGES Innovation
Madeleine Larsson, Associate professor BSRC

12:30 – Lunch
13:30

Plenary 5: Opportunities for Biogenic Carbon in CCS and CCU

Erik Nordell, Product Manager Tekniska Verken

Jan Berge, CEO Hoop CO2

Kári Helgason, Head of Research and Innovation CarbFix

Mette Smedegaard Hansen, Head of Corporate Relations Shell Biogas

14:30 – Break
15:00

Plenary 6: Biogas 360°: Innovation, Integration, Impact

Brynhildur Daviðsdóttir, Professor Environment and Natural Resources University of Iceland

15:30

Plenary 7: Closing Session

Wrap up – Organizing Committee

Pannel led by Gunnar Dofri Ólafsson- SORPA

Bruno Sander Nielsen-Biogas Danmark 

Christin Zackrisson- Avfall Sverige

Hannes Torppa-Suomen Biokierto ja Biokaasu ry

Maria Malmkvist-Energigas Sverige

Pia Farstad von Hall- Biogass Norge

16:00 Ending
17:00 OPTIONAL: SkyLagoon Tour

Technical Tour

8:30Departure from Hilton
9:00ON- Geothermal show & lecture
Coffee & baked goods
12:00 – Lunch
13:00GAJA factory tour and lecture
15:00Lava show
16:30Buses go to Hilton hotel