Africa’s Largest Deal-Making Bioenergy Conference

June 16-18, 2009 - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
United Nations Conference Center (UNCC)

In partnership with the Ethiopian Government and PANGEA

                                      
Bioenergy Conferences, in cooperation with PANGEA, is proud to announce Africa’s leading bioenergy conference: the Second Africa Bioenergy Conference & Expo, June 16-18, 2009 at the United Nations Conference Center (UNCC) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The political heart of Africa and home to the African Union, Ethiopia also boasts one of the continent’s only ethanol blending programs and state-of-the art facilities.

                                    H.E. Meles Zenawi                        H.E. Alemayehu Teguenu

Prime Minister to Open Conference

We are pleased to announce the participation of H.E. Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister of Ethiopia and H.E. Alemayehu Teguenu, Minister of Mines and Energy. "The participation of the Prime Minister and Minister of Energy sends a powerful message that the leadership in Ethiopia is keen to encourage investment in bioenergies and sustainable practices to further develop productive use of the land and helping to identify new energy sources that are renewable and good for the environment," said conference co-chairpersons Randy Stratton, Bioenergy Conferences and Meghan Sapp of PANGEA.

Ministers, Ambassadors, CEOs and stakeholders from across leading bioenergy, agriculture, chemical and finance platforms will dialogue face-to-face on a vast range of today’s most important issues while networking to set the stage for the next step in Africa’s bioenergy revolution.

Thanks to Ethiopia’s Ministry of Mines and Energy, the UNCC is welcoming participants to an exciting exchange featuring more than 50 speakers and 250 delegates.

The Future is Ours to Determine

Current economic challenges have in many ways demonstrated the need for energy sources that distance themselves from the planet’s current reliance on fossil fuels. The capital needed to build up renewable energy projects and infrastructure worldwide will become more available throughout 2009 as the global economy adjusts to this new reality. Nowhere is this more true than in Africa, where opportunities abound for diversified biofuel export markets but also for new paradigms based on access to domestic energy resources.

The need to develop sustainable agriculture and renewable energy programs remains at the strategic forefront of most governments and leading companies, in Africa and around the world. As the flow of capital and credit returns to markets, investors and banks are once again looking towards viable programs and projects that address our most urgent food and energy needs.

New technology platforms for bioenergy, wind energy, solar, biofuels, co-generation, and anerobic digesters have provided new energy and reduce our dependence on fossil fuels. Africa expects to benefit from these technologies to grow more food, rejuvenate its vast land resources and further strengthen its economies via new, homegrown energy sources. These new technologies will drive the region, from transport fuels to green electricity.

The Africa Bioenergy Conference will not only showcase the newest technologies from biorefineries to gasification processes, but will also examine such pressing issues as blending technologies and infrastructure development. Beyond the technical is practical, from sustainability criteria and market access to policy development and best practices. Each is a vital piece in the puzzle that is Bioenergy: The New Bright Idea in Africa.

Note: Next Generation Biofuels/Hydrology Workshop 
         June 15 from 2-5pm at the Hilton Addis
         $300 fee and must register online or pay at door

         The Next Generation Workshop:

         By Dr. Ihab Farag, Professor of Chemical 
            Engineering at University of New Hampshire