| 7:30 am – 6:00 pm |
Expo Open
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| 7:30 am – 8:30 am |
Breakfast / Dedicated Expo Time
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| 8:30 am – 10:00 am |
Concurrent Sessions
Track 1: Policy, Systems, & Environmental Strategy
Building the Ecosystem: Aligning Infrastructure, Airports and Industry Partnerships
- Pratik Chandhoke, Technical Manager, SAF, Neste US Inc.
Collaborative Approach to Scaling Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Across the Value Chain
- Wendy Avis, Director, Climate and Environment, Vancouver Airport Authority
The Role of Airports in Supporting SAF: A Case Study from Vancouver International Airport
- Julia Silvis, Managing Director, Research and Intelligence, Greater MSP
How the Minnesota SAF Hub is leading SAF industry acceleration
- Alyssa Norris, Director of Sustainability, Aether Fuels Inc.
Aether's Project Beacon A Case Study in Scaling Next-Generation SAF Through Regional Ecosystem Alignment and Global Technology Collaboration
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Track 2: Technology, Production & Feedstock Innovation
Sourcing the Feedstocks: Alternative Feedstocks for SAF Growth
- Colin Cureton, Director of Commercialization, Adoption, and Scaling, University of Minnesota Forever Green Initiative
Winter Camelina as a Scalable SAF Feedstock: A Cross-Sector Scaling Plan for the First Million Acres in the Upper Midwest
- T. Edward Yu, Professor & Director of Graduate Studies, University of Tennessee
SAF Supply Chains from Winter Canola in the Midsouth Region
- Meghan Anderson, Biofuels Policy Manager, Friends of the Mississippi River
Optimizing SAF for Clean Water and Biodiversity Outcomes: How sustainable aviation fuel can truly deliver for the environment
- Joseph Bushinsky, Vice President, Business Development, Enviva
From Pellets to Planes: De-risking Next Generation SAF Production | |
| 10:00 am – 10:30 am |
Networking Break/ Dedicated Expo Time
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| 10:30 am - Noon |
Concurrent Sessions
Track 1: Policy, Systems, & Environmental Strategy
Creating Demand: Accelerating SAF Adoption Through Commercial Markets
Moderator: Seema Santhakumar, Hydrogen Market Dev Leader - Americas, Baker Hughes
- Elizabeth Rolfes, Sustainability Analyst, American Express Global Business Travel
SAF Market Update & the Role of Corporate Travel Programs
- Javier Sabillon, Honduras Aviation Authority
SAF Refinery in Honduras
- Jerome Friler, CEO, Satarem America Inc.
1G & 2G SAF Production using Alcohol to Jet |
Track 2: Technology, Production & Feedstock Innovation
Converting Waste into Value: Waste, Carbon and Circular SAF Pathways
- Jingran Zhang, Research Associate, Harvard University
Powering Air Travel with Jet Fuel Derived from Municipal Solid Waste
- Neal Yancey, BFNUF Operations Manager, Idaho National Laboratory
Blending Wood Waste and MSW to Improve Performance and Economics of SAF
- Joe Renwick, Co-Founder/Operator/Process Engineer/Broker, Green Energy Biofuel, LLC
Strengthening Renewable Fuel Feedstock Supply via Waste-Stream Up-Cycling and Scalable Organics Recovery
- Jeff Bonar, CEO, CapCO2 Solutions
CO2 Utilization and E-Methanol - Crucial Enabling Steps Toward SAF
- N. Ross Buckenham, Chairman & CEO, California Bioenergy LLC
Delivered Renewable Natural Gas Feedstock
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| Noon – 1:00 pm |
Networking Lunch/ Dedicated Expo Time
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| 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm |
Concurrent Sessions
Track 1: Policy, Systems, & Environmental Strategy
Financing Projects: Structuring Capital for Commercial Deployment
Moderator: Seema Santhakumar, Hydrogen Market Dev Leader - Americas, Baker Hughes
- Terry Baggett, Head of Business Development, Circularity Fuels
Financing a First-of-a-Kind Modular SAF Plant: Lessons from Building a USDA 9003 Capital Stack and Multi-Layer Revenue Model
- Mark Riedy, Partner, Womble Bond Dickinson LLP
State of the Art Funding and Contract Structures for SAF Projects
- Santiago Gonzalez Hernandez, Managing Consultant, Technical Due Diligence & Sustainability, Ramboll
Why Some SAF Projects Cross the Finish Line: Evidence from HEFA Conversions vs. Non HEFA FOAKs and the Policy Shift Ahead
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Track 2: Technology, Production & Feedstock Innovation
Advancing Conversion Pathways — Part I: Thermochemical Technologies Beyond HEFA
- Eric Seck, COO, Mercurius Biorefining
Scaling SAF Beyond HEFA: Economic and Process Comparisons of Cellulosic Conversion Pathways Using REACH™ Technology
- Gord Crawford, President & CEO, Expander Energy, Inc.
Second Generation SAF Production from Biomass using Gasification and FT Technology
- Denis Pchelintsev, Vice President of Engineering, Universal Fuel Technologies
Flexiforming: A Catalytic Platform for Low-Cost SAF Production from Ethanol and Renewable Naphthas
- Dan Szeezil, Vice President – Technology Commercialization , Alder Renewables
From Sawdust to Sky: Converting Wood Waste into SAF via Refinery-Integrated Biocrude Pathways | |
| 2:30 pm – 3:00 pm |
Networking Break / Dedicated Expo Time
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| 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm |
Concurrent Sessions
Track 1: Policy, Systems, & Environmental Strategy
Navigating Policy: Managing the Regulatory and Carbon Accounting Landscape
- Matthew Fischbacher, Director - Energy & Environment, Air Safety Organization, Air Line Pilots Association International
Historical Policy Mechanisms Behind Successful Biofuel Deployment: Implications for Scaling SAF
- Mengying Wu, Postdoctoral Associate, Harvard University
Policy Interactions and the Cost of Decarbonizing Aviation
- John Pierce, Partner, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
The EU’s CBAM Impacts on U.S. Sustainable Aviation Fuel Market and Transatlantic Aviation
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Track 2: Technology, Production & Feedstock Innovation
Advance Conversion Pathways — Part II: Hydrogen, eSAF and Synthetic Fuels
- Guenther Brandstetter, General Manager, Solid Oxide Development, FuelCell Energy, Inc.
Scaling Sustainable Aviation Fuel Beyond the Biofuels Ceiling: Co-Electrolysis as an Economic Pathway to eSAF
- John McDougall, President and CEO, SynBioBlox Innovations Ltd.
Bioconversion Pathways – The Foundation for Economical Synthetic Aviation Fuel
- Ashwin Jadhav, Vice President of Business Development, Twelve
Turning Air into Jet Fuel: Scaling Power-to-Liquid SAF from First Production to Commercial Flight
- Sid Shah, Project Manager: Sustainable Aviation Fuel Platform, Siva Green Energies Inc.
Hybrid RNG-to-Methanol and e-SAF Platform: A Scalable, Low-Carbon Pathway for Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production in Canada | |
| 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm |
Networking Reception
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