Program
TENTATIVE AGENDA
(The agenda will progressively be updated)
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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BIOFUELS IN AFRICA Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso November 14, 15, 16, 2011 Biofuels: Which Potentials for Africa? |
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Temporary Agenda |
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November 14, 2011 |
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7:30 |
Registration |
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9:00 |
Opening Ceremony |
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9:45 |
Coffee Break |
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10:15 |
Key note Speaker |
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Plenary Session 1: Which Technical Prospects for Biofuels from Oil-bearing Plants? |
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10:45 |
Which biodiesel production chain for Southern countries? |
Marcelo Khaled Poppe (University of Sao Paulo), Brazil |
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11:15 |
Use of vegetable oils to fuel engines: state of the art |
Sayon Sidibe (LBEB, 2IE), Burkina Faso |
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11:45 |
Crushing oleaginous seeds: extraction and filtration technologies for SVO production |
Patrick Carre (Prolea), France |
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12:15 |
Quality of vegetable oils used as fuel: standards’ implementation |
Joel Blin (LBEB, 2IE), Burkina Faso |
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12:45 |
Discussions |
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13:15 |
Lunch |
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Plenary Session 2: Which Territorial Prospects for which Biofuels? |
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14:15 |
Introducing Globium: global and agro-ecological approaches of potentials |
Aline Mosnier (IIASA), Austria |
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14:45 |
The theorical potential to the potential technical : impact of inclusion of agricultural systems and organization of production spaces on the estimation of the available space for the production of energy crops |
L. Gazull (CIRAD) France |
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15:15 |
The theorical potential adoption and diffusion of new agricultural production, to the conceptual construction of a new geographical notion. |
S. Audouin (CIRAD,2iE), Burkina Faso |
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15:45 |
Coffee Break |
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16:00 |
The Brazilian Biodiesel Program: from opportunity to social reality |
Arilson Favareto (University of Sao Paulo), Brazil |
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16:30 |
The productivity potentials of jatropha curcas under smallholder conditions in Kenya |
Mr Meshack Nyabenge, (ICRAF), Kenya |
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17:00 |
Discussions
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November 15, 2011 |
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Plenary Session3: Which project scales and which Impacts? |
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9:30 |
Sustainability of Biofuels in Africa |
Amigun Bamikole (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research , Stellenbosch), South Africa |
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10:00 |
Application of environmental Life Cycle Assessment in West Africa: Case study on Straight Jatropha Oil combustion for electricity generation in Mali |
Anthony Benoist (CIRAD), France |
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10:30 |
Coffee Break |
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11:00 |
Socio-Economic Impacts of Ethanol Production |
Pedro Machado (Laboratorio Nacional de Scienca e tecnologia do bioetanol), Brazil |
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11:30 |
Role of Standards and Certification for Biofuels for Domestic Use |
Victoria JUNGUERA (Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels), Switzerland |
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12:00 |
Discussions
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12:30 |
Lunch |
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13:30-15:30 |
Roundtables 1-3 (See attached Agenda) |
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15:30 |
Coffee Break |
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16:00-18:00 |
Roundtables 4-6 (See attached Agenda) |
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November 16, 2011 |
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Plenary Session 4: Which Strategic Policy Frameworks for Biofuels’ Development? |
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8:30 |
Mapping Food and Bioenergy in Africa |
Rocio Diaz-Chavez (Centre for Environmental Policy, ICEPT, Imperial College London), United Kingdom |
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9:00 |
Comparative Analysis of Biofuels Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Place of the Private and Public Sectors |
Charles B.L. Jumbe, Maxwell Mkondiwa (University of Malawi), Malawi |
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9:30 |
Biofuels and Food Security in Burkina Faso: risks and opportunities |
Richard Guissou, Bako Dramane, Aziz Traoré (Ministry of Agriculture), Burkina Faso |
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10:00 |
Coffee Break |
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10:30 |
Implementation of A Legal and Regulatory Framework for Biofuel Development within WAEMU |
Mamadou Dianka (WAEMU) |
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11:00 |
Agrofuels: Hopes and Despair |
Moussa Djire/ Alfousseyni Diawara (jurists), Mali |
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11:30 |
Taiwan’s Policy for Biofuels’ Development |
M. CHEN Chung-Hsien (Section chief, Division of Energy Technology, Bureau of Energy, Ministry of Economics Affairs) Taiwan |
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12:00 |
What tax system for biofuels development in Burkina Faso |
Emanuel Nonyarma et Vera Diallo (MMCE), Burkina Faso |
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12:30 |
Discussions |
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13:00 |
Lunch |
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14:30 |
Presentation on Discussions and Conclusions for Rapporteurs of Roundtables |
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15:30 |
General Conclusion |
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16:30 |
Closing Ceremony |
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