Project results were presented in four Industry Sessions, each of them addressing a specific industry sector, namely first-generation biofuels, pulp and paper, fossil refineries, fossil firing power and CHP. In each of these sessions, an overview of the respective industry sector was provided, followed by presentations on specific case studies and sectoral recommendations. After each industry session, interaction of the audience with BIOFIT sector experts and associations was enabled by a moderated discussion / Q&A session. The timing was as follows:

•    Fossil firing power and CHP: 18 January 2022 (13:00 – 15:00 CET)
•    Refineries: 18 January 2022 (15:15 – 17:00 CET)
•    Pulp and paper: 19 January 2022 (09:00 – 11:00 CET)
•    First-generation biofuels: 19 January 2022 (11:15 – 13:00 CET)

The event was rounded off with a Policy Breakfast “Retrofit-for-55” on January 20 (08:30 – 10:30 CET). This conference session was specifically dedicated to national and EU-level policymakers. It presented drivers and barriers as well as policy recommendations from the BIOFIT project in a nutshell, and provided an interactive platform for discussion among participants.

Detailed Policy Conference Agenda

TUESDAY, 18th January 2022

Time	Topic, Presentation
13:00 - 13:15	Welcome and Introduction to the BIOFIT project – Patrick Reumerman (BTG)
13:15 - 14:30	Industry session: Fossil firing power and CHP Coal to biomass conversion – status and future outlook – Manolis Karampinis (Research Associate, CERTH) Industrial biomass markets and sustainability demands for large-scale biomass power generation – Gilles Gauthier / Giulia Cancian (Bioenergy Europe) Leading the energy transition – the EPH case – Marco Arcelli (Director of Development, EPH) Decarbonizing the Bosnian EPBiH power utility through biomass retrofitting at the Tuzla and Kakanj power plants – Anes Kazagic (Head of Strategic Development Department, EPBiH) BIOFIT recommendations for converting coal plants to biomass – Manolis Karampinis (Research Associate, CERTH)
14:30 - 15:00	Discussion and Q&A: Fossil firing power and CHP – Moderated by Manolis Karampinis (CERTH)
15:00 - 15:15	Coffee Break
15:15 - 16:30	Industry session: Refineries Co-processing of biomass in refineries – options and experiences – Patrick Reumerman (Senior Consultant, BTG) Techno-economic analysis for co-processing fast pyrolysis liquid in fossil refineries – Michael Talmadge (Senior research engineer, NREL) Integration of HVO production in the Thessaloniki refinery of Hellenic Petroleum in Greece – Evanthia Nanaki (New Technologies and Innovation Researcher, Hellenic Petroleum) and Dimitris Kourkoumpas (Research Associate, CERTH) Pyrolysis co-feeding to produce green transport fuel – Gaelle Jousset or Klaas Minsk (TOTAL Energies) BIOFIT recommendations for co-feeding in refineries – Patrick Reumerman (Senior Consultant, BTG)
16:30 - 17:00	Discussion and Q&A: Refineries – Moderated by Patrick Reumerman (BTG)
17:00	End

WEDNESDAY, 19th January 2022

Time	Topic, Presentation
09:00 - 09:15	Welcome and Introduction to the BIOFIT project – Patrick Reumerman (BTG)
09:15 - 10:30	Industry session: Pulp and paper Bioenergy retrofits in the P&P sector – Kristian Melin (Assistant Professor, LUT University) Bark gasification at a P&P mill – Pertti Lehmonen (Project manager, Metsä Fiber) Hydrothermal carbonization of pulp mill wastewater sludge – Peter Axegård (Chief Technology Officer, C-Green Technology) Fermentation of liquor at the AustroCel Hallein pulp mill for advanced bioethanol production – Tobias Keplinger (Head of Research and Innovation, AustroCel Hallein) Climate change and sustainable development lead p&p industry towards new possibilities – Heidi Saastamoinen (Research Scientist, VTT)
10:30 - 11:00	Discussion and Q&A: Pulp and Paper – Moderated by Heidi Saastamoinen (VTT)
11:00 - 11:15	Coffee Break
11:15 - 12:30	Industry session: 1G Biofuels Retrofitting 1G Biofuels – Status quo and BIOFIT activities – Arne Gröngröft (DBFZ) 1G Bioethanol: Challenges and opportunities – Antonio José Vallespir (CEO, VERTEX) Retrofitting a bioethanol facility for the co-production of advanced fuels using industrial residues – Juan María (Vertex), Ana Isabel Susmozas Torres (CIEMAT) The Alcohol-To-Jet process: A Retrofit for 1G ethanol plants – A. Hull (Swedish Biofuels) Drivers, challenges and recommendations on retrofitting the 1G biofuels sector – Stephanie Hausschild (DBFZ)
12:30 - 13:00	Discussion and Q&A: Biofuels – Moderated by Raquel Iglesias Esteban (CIEMAT)
13:00	End

THURSDAY, 20th January 2022

Time	Topic, Presentation
08:30 - 10:30	Policy breakfast “Retrofit-for-55” – Moderated by Dina Bacovsky (Unit Head Biofuels, BEST) and Rainer Janssen (Managing Director Projects, WIP) Welcome and Introduction – Dina Bacovsky / Rainer Janssen Pitch presentations on drivers, barriers and policy recommendations General overview – Hanna Pihkola (Senior Scientist, VTT) Fossil firing power and CHP – Manolis Karampinis (Research Associate, CERTH) Refineries – Patrick Reumerman (Senior Consultant, BTG) Pulp & paper – Heidi Saastamoinen (Research Scientist, VTT) 1G biofuels – Arne Gröngröft (DBFZ) Wrap-up – Dina Bacovsky / Rainer Janssen
10:30	End

The BIOFIT project supports and initiates bioenergy retrofitting opportunities in five industry sectors. The bioenergy retrofits studied in the BIOFIT project are technical measures applied to existing production plants that support bioenergy utilization as an alternative to fossil energy. The retrofit measures can result in either using additional biomass as an input to the production plant or producing additional output from biomass at the production plant. Investigated bioenergy retrofits therefore include bioethanol, biodiesel, bio-kerosene, intermediate bioenergy carriers and other advanced biofuels as well as renewable fuels and biomass-based heat & power generation.