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PROGRAM OUTLINE
*You will have arranged your optional tours, internal
flights, and accommodation bookings with Fabricia from Elloturismo (fabricia@elloturismo.com.br).
For further information contact Carol (carol@elloturismo.com.br).
** The main workshop registration covers materials, venue, welcoming reception,
transport for field tour, translation for technical sessions; it excludes
accommodation, meals, drinks, optional tours.
PROGRAMME
| OPTIONAL PRE-WORKSHOP TOUR |
Fri October 25 |
| 'Energy generation from sugar cane in São Paulo
State'. Arrival in São Paulo City and make your way to Itaim
Meliá Hotel, accommodation for Thursday night. Meet in the
hotel lobby at 7:40 in the morning for departure by bus to Piracicaba
(Bairro Costa Pinto), 180 km from Sao Paulo city. We will have lunch
at Churrascaria Beira Rio and then visit COSAN (Bairro Costa Pinto
- Piracicaba) in the afternoon to see all aspects and stages of sugar
and alcohol production. Please have some cash tp p[ay the tour guide
(US$5 for lunch excluding drinks, US$25 for the tour). Return to Melia
Hotel, São Paulo City around 6pm. |
| Hosted by Denise Rodrigues of UNICA
(unica@unica.com.br) |
| On Saturday fly from São Paulo
State to Pampulha domestic airport, which is 15-20 minutes from the
Grandarrel Minas Hotel in Belo Horizonte, the venue for the workshop
sessions and accommodation. The other option is to fly to Confins
(Tancredo Neves) international airport, but this is 1 hour from Belo
Horizonte. |
| ARRIVAL FOR MAIN WORKSHOP |
Sun October 27 |
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Arrive at either Confins (Tancredo Neves) international airport
(1 hour from Belo Horizonte), or Pampulha domestic airport (15-20
minutes from hotel), and make your way to the Grandarrel Minas Hotel
in Belo Horizonte, the venue for the workshop sessions and accommodation.
Registration for most international participants will take place
at the Grandarrel Minas Hotel Sunday evening. Breakfast is available
in the hotel from 6:00am.
Optional Cultural tours - Belo Horizonte
- Gruta do Maquine and Rei do Mato (caves). Meet in the Grandarrel
Minas´ hotel lobby at 8:40am for departure; return at 4pm.
The price includes the caves + lunch without drinks + tour guide
in english. (US$40.00 - please bring cash and pay the tour guide)
- Ouro Preto City (dramatically-situated historic gold-mining
town, said to be one of the loveliest towns in Brazil). Meet in
the Grandarrel Minas´ hotel lobby at 07:40am for departure;
return at 6pm. Lunch will be at The Gust Restaurant, a great restaurant
of regional food. The price includes lunch + tickets to the churchs,
museums, etc + a tour guide in english. (US$ 30.00 - please bring
cash and pay the tour guide)
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| FIELD STUDY TOUR |
Mon October 28 |
| Field trip to see Eucalyptus plantations, charcoal,
and tar production from eucalyptus at V&M. |
| 08:00 |
Depart by bus from Belo Horizonte to Paraopeba (about
1.5 hours drive) |
| 09:30 |
Meet V & M staff, initial presentation, CAPEF video
about the company |
| 10:30 |
Visit labs at CAPEF (the research center of V &
M) |
| 11:00 |
Visit the charcoal and wooden tar production site |
| 11:30 |
Visit eucalypt plantations |
| 12.30 |
Lunch at the Lagoa Dourada |
| 15:30 |
Depart for Belo Horizonte, to arrive around 17:00 |
| The welcoming reception will take
place at the Grandarrel Minas Hotel in Belo Horizonte this evening.
The cost is included in the registration fee and there is no charge
for accompanying persons. Registration for most Brazilian participants
will take place this evening. |
| BIOENERGY SEMINAR |
Tue October 29 |
'BIOMASS ENERGY FROM FORESTRY:
ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES'
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| Grandarrel Minas Hotel, Belo Horizonte |
| Technology transfer event involving exchange of information
and ideas on bioenergy issues between Brazilian and international
participants. |
| 08:15 |
Welcome and Introduction - Jim Richardson, IEA Task
31; Theo Verwijst, IEA Task 30 |
| 08:30 |
Opening Address - Antônio Carlos Tatit Holtz,
Brazilian Secretary of Energy; José Goldemberg, Secretaria
de Meio Ambiente do Estado de São Paulo. |
| 09:00 |
Native forest management in Brazil - Alcir Ribeiro Carneiro
de Almeida, Cikel BrasilVerde S.A [1] |
| 09:30 |
Forest plantations in Brazil with opportunities for
biomass energy - Sergio Luiz Toninello, ABRACAVE [2] |
| 10:00 |
Biomass energy in Brazil: a general overview - Isaias
de Carvalho Macedo, UNICAMP [3] |
| 10:30 |
Break |
| 11:00 |
Aspects of forest biomass production for energy: the
case of V&M - Antônio Claret de Oliveira, V & M [4] |
| 11:30 |
Aspects of forest biomass production for energy: Biomass
refinery perspective - Daltro Garcia Pinatti, DEMAR-FAENQUIL, Brazil
[5] |
| 12:00 |
Lunch |
| 13:30 |
Sustainable biomass production for energy from conventional
forestry systems - Jim Richardson, IEA Bioenergy Task 31 [6] |
| 14:00 |
Sustainable biomass production for energy from short
rotation forestry systems - Theo Verwijst, Swedish University of Agricultural
Sciences [7] |
| 14:30 |
Scandinavian harvesting systems for bioenergy - Rolf
Björheden, Växjö University, Sweden [8] |
| 15:00 |
Environmental consequences of harvesting wood for energy
- Tat Smith, Texas A&M University, USA [9] |
| 15:30 |
Break |
| 16:00 |
Business opportunities for biomass under the Clean Development
Mechanism - Semida Silveira, Swedish Energy Agency [10] |
| 16:30 |
Carbon sequestration in the production of pig iron using
biomass and charcoal - Geraldo Moura Alves, Plantar, Brazil [11] |
| 17:00 |
Distributed generation of electricity using small cogeneration
plants based on biomass - José Henriques Diniz, CEMIG [12] |
| 17:30 |
Usage of vertical retorts for the industrial continuous
production of coque charcoal, transformed into charcoal powder - based
on renewable biomass - in substitution of petroleum - Christiaan M.
Schout, Carvonbras, Brazil [13] |
| 18:00 |
End of Seminar |
| WORKSHOP TECHNICAL SESSIONS |
Wed Oct 30 - Fri Nov 1 |
Wednesday October 30
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Session A. Global and
local bioenergy resource assessment.
Moderator: Jim Richardson. |
| Invited and volunteer papers and discussion. How adequate
are existing systems for assessing global and local biomass resources?
Are sufficient agricultural and forest resources - land, genetic base,
physiological capability - available to meet bioenergy goals? What
is the nature of global and local markets for bioenergy at present
and how are they responding to technical and policy changes? |
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| Overview of Global-scale Resource Assessment
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| 08:00 - 08:30 |
Peter Holmgren, FAO, Rome - Forest Resources Assessment
- The way forward. [14] |
| 08:00 - 08:30 |
Günther Fischer, IIASA, Austria. [15] |
| 08:30 - 09:15 |
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National- and Regional-level Resource Assessment |
| 09:15 - 10:00 |
Auke Koopmans, Thailand - Regional Wood Energy Development
Program of FAO. [16] |
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Break |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Omar R. Masera1, Rudi Drigo2 & Miguel A. Trossero2,
1National University of Mexico, 2FAO, Rome - WISDOM "Woodfuel
Integrated Supply/Demand Overview Mapping": A geographical representation
of woodfuel priority areas. [17] |
| 11:00 - 11:30 |
José Roberto Moreira, CENBIO and BUN, Brazil
- Bioenergy - Raw Material Source Optimization [18] |
Tree- and Stand-level Resource Assessment |
| 11:30 - 12:00 |
Inge Stupak Møller & Christian Nørgaard
Nielsen, Denmark - Biomass equations for Norway spruce (Picea abies
(L.) Karst.) in Denmark. [19] |
| 12:00 - 12:30 |
Don McGuire, Forestry SA, Australia - Tree and stand
biomass estimation using a tariff approach. [20] |
| 12:30 - 14:00 |
Lunch |
| 14:00 - 14:30 |
Eletrobrás [21] |
Session B. Sustainable bioenergy production
systems: Strategies to realize socio-economic benefits of bioenergy
systems.
Moderator: Bengt Hillring. |
| Invited and volunteer papers and discussion.
What are the social benefits, particularly for rural communities,
of increased use of bioenergy on a local and regional level, and how
can they be optimized? |
| 14:30 - 15:15 |
Julije Domac1 & Keith Richards2, 1Croatia, 2United
Kingdom - Socio-economic drivers in implementing bioenergy projects.
[22] |
| 15:15 - 16:00 |
Elizabeth Remedio, University of San Carlos, The Philippines
- Issues and challenges in bioenergy production, harvesting and conversion
practices among developing countries: a case study of Cebu Province,
Philippines. [23] |
| 16:00 - 16:30 |
Break |
| 16:30 - 17:00 |
Bengt Hillring, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Experiences from 20 years of rural development and bioenergy in
Sweden. [24] |
| 17:00 - 17:30 |
Erik Skärbäck, Department of Landscape Planning,
SLU - Energy forests for more than energy. [25] |
| 17:30 - 18:00 |
Posters (Sessions A & E)
- Anneli Tamm, Theo Verwijst, Pär Aronsson, Swedish University
of Agricultural Sciences - Estimation and relevance of bark and
wood proportions in a willow stand - A pilot study. [26]
- E.A. Carter, N.J. Hess, A.J. Goddard, W.J. Otrosina, J.P. Jones,
L.G. Eckhardt & A.M. Weber, USA - Soil characteristics of
loblolly pine decline sites in central Alabama, USA. [27]
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Thursday October 31
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Session C. Sustainable bioenergy production
systems: Operations and economic efficiency.
Moderator: Antti Asikainen. |
| Invited and volunteer papers and discussion.
What are the characteristics of efficient supply chains - from harvesting
to combustion - for biofuels from intensive plantation management
systems? What are the recent developments in efficient technology?
Can life cycle analysis and other tools for evaluation improve the
sustainability of supply chains? |
| 08:00 - 08:30 |
Rolf Björheden, Växjö University, Sweden
- Design of efficient felling equipment for energy harvesting. [28] |
| 08:30 - 09:00 |
Juha Nurmi, Finnish Forest Research Institute - Bunch-delimbing
of small-sized whole trees. [29] |
| 09:00 - 09:30 |
Juha Laitila & Antti Asikainen, Finnish Forest Research
Institute - Residue recovery and site preparation in a single operation
in regeneration areas. [30] |
| 09:30 - 10:00 |
Simen Gjølsjø, Norwegian Forest Research
Institute - Cost of transporting forest residues to Gardermoen heating
plant. [31] |
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Break |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Tapio Ranta, VTT Processes, Finland - Use of GIS for
forest fuel availability and cost comparison of procurement systems.
[32] |
| 11:00 - 11:30 |
Antti Asikainen & Mikko Lehikoinen, Finland - Mobile
technology and internet-based solutions for forest fuel transport
management. [33] |
| 11:30 - 12:00 |
Raida Jirjis, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Changes in fuel quality of short rotation forestry during storage.
[34] |
| 12:00 - 13:30 |
Lunch |
Session D. Sustainable bioenergy
production systems: Environmental quality.
Moderator: J.G. Isebrands. |
| Invited and volunteer papers and discussion.
What are the environmental impacts of intensive management systems
and how can they be minimized? What are the criteria of sustainable
environmental management systems and how can they best be characterized?
What is the role of adaptive management strategies? |
| 13:30 - 14:15 |
J.G. Isebrands, USA - Riparian tree buffer strip applications
in the US. [35] |
| 14:15 - 15:00 |
L. Licht, USA - Linking phytoremediation applications
with bioenergy. [36] |
| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Jaconette Mirck1, J.G. Isebrands2, Theo Verwijst1 &
Stig Ledin2, 1Sweden, 2USA - Development of short rotation willow
coppice systems for environmental purposes in Sweden. [37] |
| 15:30 - 16:00 |
Break |
| 16:00 - 16:30 |
Uffe Jørgensen, Tommy Dalgaard & Erik Steen
Kristensen, Denmark - Renewable energy in organic farming. [38] |
| 16:30 - 17:00 |
T.G. Baker and J.D. Morris, Australia - Development
of the 3PG Forest Growth Model to predict growth, water use, nutrient
sequestration and soil salt accumulation in wastewater-irrigated bioenergy
tree crops. [39] |
| 17:30 - 18:30 |
Posters (Session D)
- João Azevedo, Texas A&M University, USA - Sustainability
of forested landscapes in East Texas: Approach and methods. [40]
- Inge Stupak Møller, Danish Forest and Landscape Research
Institute - The influence of harvesting intensity on the size
of nutrient removals in early thinnings of Norway spruce. [41]
- Inge Stupak Møller1 and Staffan Jacobson2, 1Danish Forest
and Landscape Research Institute and 2SkogForsk, Sweden - EXCEL
user programs for synthesis and dissemination of knowledge: nutrient
removals, nutrient balances, soil acidification and wood ash recycling
when utilising forest biomass for energy. [42]
- Karsten Raulund Rasmussen1, Erik Karltun2, Antti Asikainen3,
Anders Lunnan4, Remigijus Ozolincius5, Talis Gaitnieks6, Malle
Mandre7 & Inge Stupak Møller1, 1Denmark, 2Sweden, 3Finland,
4Norway, 5Lithuania, 6Latvia, 7Estonia - 'Wood for Energy': A
contribution to the development of sustainable forest management.
A new European project. [43]
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| Evening |
Task 30 and Task 31 business meetings |
Friday November 1
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| Session D. (continued) |
| 08:00 - 08:30 |
Helena Mälkki, VTT Processes, Finland - Application
of life cycle assessment in characterising sustainable wood energy
production systems. [44] |
| 08:30 - 09:00 |
Daniel G. Neary, USDA Forest Service - A comparison
of the impacts of conventional rotation forestry, short rotation tree
crops, and agriculture on water resources. [45] |
| 09:00 - 09:30 |
Adolfo Eduardo Carpentieri, CHESF, Brazil - Biomass:
Part of the solution to some of Brazils most urgent problems. [46] |
09:30 - 10:00 |
G.M. Machado1, B.M. Wagenaar2, R.H. Venderbosch2 &
W. Prins2, 1Brazil, 2The Netherlands - Bio-oil as coal substitute
in 600 Mwe power stations. [47] |
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Break |
Session E. Sustainable bioenergy
production systems: Potential site productivity.
Moderator: Ian Nicholas, Nick Comerford and Don McGuire. |
| Invited and volunteer papers and discussion.
What are the limitations to strategies for genetic and crop improvement?
How can factors affecting site quality, including nutrients, water
and pests (weeds, diseases, insects, animals) be managed sustainably? |
| 10:30 - 11:15 |
Nairam Felix de Barros and Roberto Novais, Universidade
Federal de Viçosa, Brazil - Eucalyptus nutrition management
for sustainable production: modeling and existing databases on which
the model is based. [48] |
| 11:15 - 12:00 |
Júlio Neves, Universidade Federal de Viçosa,
Brazil - Nutritional and water aspects to clonal plantation management
of Eucalyptus. [49] |
| 12:00 - 12:45 |
Nairam Barros Filho, N.B. Comerford, and Nairam F. Barros,
University of Florida, USA - P Sorption, Desorption and Resorption
in Brazilian Oxisols: P Bioavailability to Eucalyptus. [50] |
| 12:45 - 14:15 |
Lunch |
| 14:15 - 15:00 |
Donald Mead, New Zealand - Opportunities for improving
plantation productivity. How much? How quickly? How realistic? [51] |
| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Break |
| 15:30 - 16:00 |
T.M. Williams, C.A. Gresham, Baruch Institute of Coastal
Ecology and Forest Science, USA - Crown structure of six-year-old
loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L) grown without limits to water or nutrients.
[52] |
| 16:00 - 16:30 |
Ian Nicholas, Errol Hay and Mark Kimberley, Forest Research,
NZ - The interaction of climate, soil nutrition, tree health and tree
stocking on stand productivity of selected eucalypt species in NZ.
[53] |
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OPTIONAL POST-WORKSHOP TOUR
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Mon Nov 4 |
| Travel from Belo Horizonte to Vitoria, Espirito Santo State. |
Sat Nov 2 |
| Cultural tours can still be arranged through Carol by email (carol@elloturismo.com.br)
or phone (+55 31 3261 8555). |
Sun Nov 3 |
| Aracruz eucalypt plantations and nursery. Meet in the hotel lobby
in the morning at 7:40am to depart for the tour. The tour is free,
but please have some cash for lunch. Travel by bus to Aracruz to visit
the plant, the eucalypt plantations and the nursery. Return to the
hotel around 6pm. |
Mon Nov 4 |
| Departure from Vitoria, Espirito Santo State. |
Tue Nov 5 |
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