Programme
TURNING BIO-ENERGY POTENTIAL INTO PROFIT
Residues to Revenues (also incorporating The Greenergy Expo), is an industry focused conference & exhibition that provides a unique two yearly update on new technologies, research, changing standards and key developments within the forest and wood residues industry. The Residues to Revenues 2011 series was held in late March and early April 2011, with more than 300 delegates attending the New Zealand and Australian events . Check out the 2011 Event Highlights & Gallery.
Delegates who attended the 2011 series were also able to download the speaker presentations via this website. If you could not attend, but are interested in gaining access to the presentations, please contact our office on (64) 7 921 1383. FIEA Members have access to presentations from all FIEA events.
Event Mission:
A conference designed to focus on the practical applications of new and innovative technologies & practices in the areas of biomass, wood wastes utilisation and bio-energy that can improve the profitability of forestry & wood products operations – with a view to encouraging adoption by both government and industry in New Zealand and Australia.
Papers outlining government incentives for increasing industry uptake of residues and forest biomass products have been welcomed.
The focus of this event was on practical case studies - extracting and utilising forest & wood products residues, concentrating on commercially-viable success stories - drawn from Australasia and other relevant Pacific-rim countries.
Topics Covered:
- Developments in INTERNATIONALLY SIGNIFICANT markets;
- TOPICAL ISSUES of biomass resources, methods and properties for forestry feedstock – including traditional and non-traditional forest supplies;
- Potential for GOVERNMENT POLICY initiatives to accelerate industry development;
- Solid and liquid bio-fuel processing TECHNOLOGIES, procurement, treatment, transport and logistics;
- MARKET DEVELOPMENTS in energy production – new ways to make heat/power
Audience:
Producers of forest biomass and wood waste, users of wood as an energy source, and policy advisers all benefit from attending Residues to Revenues, including:
- Small and large forest owners and managers
- Logging contractors
- Bio-energy users and producers
- Forest fuel producers
- Fuel and heating entrepreneurs
- Traders of forest fuels
- Scientists
- Technology and machine developers
- Wood, pulp and paper companies
- Heat and power producers
- Power plant and heating companies
- National government policy planners
- Local government representatives
Supporting Associations:
The event organiser FIEA (The Forest Industry Engineering Association) was pleased to be working with a number of other associations whose members will benefit from attendance at Residues to Revenues 2011. Members of the following associations cover a wide spectrum such as producers of forestry biomass & wood waste, users of wood as an energy source, policy makers, infrastructure advisors and consultants.
Discounted rates were available to all members of the following associations:
NEW ZEALAND:
Bioenergy Association of New Zealand (BANZ) - www.bioenergy.org.nz
Forest Industry Contractors Association (FICA) - www.fica.org.nz
Eastland Wood Council - www.eastlandwoodcouncil.co.nz
Sustainable Electricity Association of New Zealand (SEANZ) - www.seanz.org.nz
New Zealand Institutes of Technology & Polytechnics (NZITP) - www.nzitp.ac.nz
Institute of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ) - www.ipenz.org
New Zealand Institute of Forestry (NZIF) - www.forestry.org.nz
Horticulture New Zealand - www.hortnz.co.nz
New Zealand Society of Sustainability Engineering and Sciences (NZSSES)
Federation of Maori Authorities (FOMA) - www.foma.co.nz
New Zealand Association of Resource Management (NZARM) - www.nzarm.org.nz
AUSTRALIA:
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