Date:

25 February 2009

Venue:

Stadthalle Wels, A-4600 Wels, Upper Austria/Austria

Conference fee:

70 Euro (plus 10% VAT)

Conference language:

English, German

Organisation and conference office:

O.Ö. Energiesparverband
Landstraße 45, 4020 Linz, Austria
Tel. +43/732/7720-14386
Fax +43/732/7720-14383officeesv.orat

14.30

Opening & Welcome

14.40

Regional biomass action plans – development and successful implementation
Christine Öhlinger, O.Ö. Energiesparverband, Austria

15.00

Links between regional and national biomass action plans
Niina Kautto, Joint Research Center, European Commission

15.20

Developing biomass heating in New England
Timothy Maker, Biomass Energy Resource Center, USA

15.40

Regional biomass networks and information centres
Volker Holtkämper, Landesbetrieb Wald und Holz NRW, Germany

16.00

The business model Biowin
Asko Puhakka, North Karelia University of Applied Sciences, Finland

16.20

Training female renewable energy engineers
Lisa-Ann Lamont, Petroleum Institute, United Arab Emirates

16.50

Discussion / Coffee break

Successful examples from European regions

17.20

Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur, France
Valentin Lyant, Conseil Régional Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur

17.35

Canton of Berne, Switzerland
Ulrich Nyffenegger, Amt für Umweltkoordination und Energie, Berne

17.50

Alto-Adige and Emilia Romagna, Italy
Dietmar Überbacher, Ökoinstitut

18.05

Zilina, Slovakia
Ladislav Zidek, BIOMASA

18.20

Pomerania, Poland
Katarzyna Grecka, BAPE

18.35

Flanders, Belgium
Ruben Guisson, VITO

18.50

Discussion / End

This event is organised in the frame of the IEE-Project "Regbie+".