1ST PANEL – ENERGY CROPS
Integrated projects about energy crops: ECAS Project.
Helena Pereira | Superior Institute of Agronomy (Portugal)Cardoon’s (Cynara cardunculus) culture: installation and harvest.
Mafalda Evangelista | AFLOPS – Forest Owners Association (Portugal)Evaluation of Cardoon’s (Cynara cardunculus) biomass.
Jorge Gominho | Superior Institute of Agronomy (Portugal)The oleaginous potential of Cardoon (Cynara cardunculus).
Ermelinda Lourenço | University of Évora (Portugal)Biodiesel produced with oil of Cardoon (Cynara cardunculus) seeds.
Suzana Ferreira Dias | Superior Institute of Agronomy (Portugal)Logistic and market of Cardoon’s culture.
Raquel Carvalho | Logística Florestal and Diogo Falcão | Sobioen (Portugal)Biomass for energy in the southest of Europe.
Francisco Dans and Manuel Pazos | Forest Association of Galicia (Spain)Opportunities in Ireland for solid fuel biomass from agriculture.
Pat Daly | Mid-South Roscommon Rural Development Company Ltd. (Ireland)Bioenergy crops for Wales and crop quality.
Iain Donnison | Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research (Wales, England)Willow for Wales: making the bioenergy chain work.
John Valentine | Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research (Wales, England)
2ND PANEL – ENERGETIC CONVERSION AND CASE STUDIES
The second generation biocombustibles.
Francisco Gírio | National Institute of Engineer, Technology and Innovation (Portugal)Sorghum potentialities.
Ermelinda Lourenço | University of Évora (Portugal)Industrial valorisation of sorghum.
José Tomás Monteiro | Superior School of Agrarian Sciences, Polytechnic Institute of Castelo BrancoThe improvement of biogas production in farms.
Elisabeth Duarte | Superior Institute of AgronomyThe state of the art of biomass gasification and combustion.
Ibrahim Gulyurtlu | DEECA - National Institute of Engineer, Technology and Innovation (Portugal)Gasification and combustion of Cardoon (Cynara cardunculus).
Carlos Lopes Franco | DEECA - National Institute of Engineer, Technology and Innovation (Portugal)Burning of Cardoon’s biomass.
João Barros | SECIL
3RD PANEL – SUPPORT INSTRUMENT FOR ENERGY CROPS
Energy and food crops: two complementar activities.
Jésus Fernández | Polytechnic University of Madrid (Spain)The farmers overall view.
Luís Bulhão Martins | Confederation of the Portuguese Farmers (Portugal)Support to energy crops in the scope of the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013.
José Paulino | Office of Planning and Policies (Portugal)
Energy crops and biomass opportunities for European landowners.
Marc Thomassin Foster | European Landowners Organization