Executive Committee

Member

Professor Mark Brown

Director of the Forest Industries Research Centre
Forest Industries Research Centre (ML16)
Locked Bag 4
University of the Sunshine Coast
Maroochydore DC
Queensland 4558

Email: mbrown2(at)usc.edu.au

Alternate Member

Dr Ben Leita

Project Lead – Low Carbon Liquid Fuels
CSIRO Agriculture and Food
Queensland Bioscience Precinct
306 Carmody Road, St Lucia
QLD 4067

Email: ben.leita(at)csiro.au

Member

Mr Hannes Bauer

Federal Ministry of Innovation, Mobility and Infrastructure
Radetzkystrasse 2
1030 WIEN

Email: hannes.bauer(at)bmimi.gv.at

Alternate Member

Mrs Dipl-Ing Dina Bacovsky

BEST – Bioenergy and Sustainable Technologies
Inffeldgasse 21b
A 8010 GRAZ

Email: dina.bacovsky(at)best-research.eu

Member

Professor Roland Verhé

Professor Emeritus
Ghent University
Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
Department of Food Technology, Safety and Health
Coupure Links 653
B-9000 Gent

Email: roland.verhe(at)ugent.be

Alternate Member

Dr Pieter Nachtergaele

Postdoctoral Researcher
Ghent University
Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
Department of Green Chemistry and Technology
Coupure Links 653
B-9000 Gent

Email: pieter.nachtergaele(at)ugent.be

Member

Mr Marlon Arraes Jardim Leal

Director of Biofuels Department
Ministry of Mines and Energy
Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco U, 9º Andar
70 065-900 – BRASILIA – DF

Email: bio(at)mme.gov.br

Alternate Member

Ms Laís de Souza Garcia

Head of the Renewable Energy Division
Ministry of External Relations
Esplanada dos Ministérios – Bloco H
70 170-900 – BRASILIA – DF

Email: der(at)itamaraty.gov.br

Member

Ms Allison Simmonds

Science and Technology Advisor
580 Booth St.
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A0E8

Email: allison.Simmonds(at)nrcan-rncan.gc.ca

Alternate Member

To be announced

Member

Dr Ren Dongming

Director of the Renewable Energy Center, ERI
B1418, Guohong Mansion, Jia No. 11 Muxidi Beili
Xicheng District, Beijing 100038

Email: rendm(at)eri.org.cn

Alternate Member

Mr Dou Kejun

Vice Chair
Professional Committee on Energy Resources
China Society of Natural Resources
11A, Datun Road, Chaoyang District
Beijing, 100101

Email: dkj81(at)126.com

Member

Mr Preben Birr-Pedersen

Danish Energy Agency
Årøvænget 10, Skærbæk
DK-7000 Fredericia

Email: preben(at)birr.dk

Alternate Member

Ms Ane Katharina Paarup Meyer

Special Advisor
Danish Energy Agency –
Centre for Energy Administration
Niels Bohrs Vej 8D
6700 Esbjerg

Email: akpm(at)ens.dk

Member

Ms Maria Georgiadou

Senior Expert
European Commission, Directorate-General for Research & Innovation
Unit Clean Energy Transition
Rue Champ de Mars 21, 1050 Brussels, CDMA 03/003
BELGIUM

Email: maria.georgiadou(at)ec.europa.eu

Alternate Member

Ms Biljana Kulisic

Policy Officer
European Commission Directorate-General for Energy
Unit Decarbonisation and Sustainability of Energy Sources
Rue de Mot 24, B-1040 BRUSSELS,
DM 24 6/047
BELGIUM

Email: biljana.kulisic(at)ec.europa.eu

Member

Mr Ilkka Hiltunen

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
Ruukinmestarintie 2
02044 VTT Espoo

Email: ilkka.hiltunen(at)vtt.fi

Alternate Member

Ms Elina Uitamo

Chief Adviser
Business Finland
P.O.Box 69
FI-00101 Helsinki

Email: elina.uitamo(at)businessfinland.fi

Member

Ms Aurélie BICHOT

Bio-based products and biofuel engineer
ADEME
20 avenue du Grésillé
BP 90406 – 49004 Angers cedex 01 – France

Email: aurelie.bichot(at)ademe.fr

Alternate Member

Ms Julie LHOMME-MAUBLANC

Strategic Marketing Manager
IFP Energies nouvelles
1 et 4 avenue de Bois-Préau – 92852 Rueil
Malmaison Cedex – France

Email: julie.lhomme-maublanc(at)ifpen.fr

Member

Mr Birger Kerckow

Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe e.V. (FNR)
Hofplatz 1
18276 Gülzow

Email: B.Kerckow(at)fnr.de

Alternate Member

Dr Tilman Schachtsiek

Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL)
Markgrafenstraße 58
10117 Berlin

Email: 524(at)bmleh.bund.de

Member

Mr. Rohit Mathur

Joint Secretary
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi 110001
Phone: +91 11 2338 0025

Email: rohit.mathur(at)nic.in

Alternate Member

Mr. Deepak Srivastava

Director
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi 110001
Phone: +91 11 2338 9459

Email: directorm1-png(at)gov.in

Member

Mr Luis Gay-Tarazona

Programme Manager, Bioenergy
Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland
3 Park Place
Hatch Street Upper
Dublin 2

Email: luis.gaytarazona(at)seai.ie

Alternate Member

Mr Owenroe Lemass

Senior Bioenergy Specialist, Heat Decarbonisation, SEAI
3 Park Place
Hatch Street Upper
Dublin 2

Email: Owenroe.Lemass(at)seai.ie

Member

Mr Luca Benedetti

Head – Energy Studies and Statistics
Gestore dei Servizi Energetici (GSE)
Viale Maresciallo Pilsudski, 92
00197 Rome

Email: luca.benedetti(at)gse.it

Alternate Member

Ms Isabella De Bari

Head of Bioenergy, Biorefineries, and Green Chemistry
ENEA
Centro Ricerche Trisaia, SS 106 Ionica, Km 419+500
75026 Rotondella (Matera)

isabelladebari(at)enea.it

Member

Mr Takahisa Yano

Director Biomass Group
New Energy Technology Dept. NEDO
Muza Kawasaki Central Tower 15F
1310 Ohmiyacho, Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki,
KANAGAWA 212-8554

Email: yanotkh(at)nedo.go.jp

Alternate Member

Mr Junichi Yoshida

Technical Researcher
New Energy Technology Dept. NEDO
Muza Kawasaki Central Tower 15F
1310 Ohmiyacho, Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki,
KANAGAWA 212-8554

Email: yoshidajni01(at)nedo.go.jp

Member

Dr Jeong Hwan Bae

Professor
School of Economics
College of Business Administration
Chonnam National University

Email: jhbae(at)jnu.ac.kr

Alternate Member

Mr Dongho Shin

Project Manager
International Climate Cooperation Division
Korea Energy Agency

Email: shho(at).energy.or.kr

Member

Mr Bas Heukels

Policymaker Sustainable Bioresources
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy
P.O. Box 20401,
2500 EK The Hague

Email: b.heukels(at)minezk.nl

Alternate Member

Ms Sofie Boom

Advisor Renewable Energy
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency
P.O. Box 8242
3503 RE Utrecht

Email: sofie.boom(at)rvo.nl

Member

Dr Paul Bennett

Science Leader Clean Technologies
New Zealand Institute for Bioeconomy Science Limited
Te Papa Tipu Innovation Park
Private Bag 3020
Rotorua

Email:paul.bennett(at)bioeconomy.nz

Alternate Member

Dr Florian Graichen

New Zealand Institute for Bioeconomy Science Limited
Te Papa Tipu Innovation Park
Private Bag 3020
Rotorua

Email: Florian.Graichen(at)scionresearch.com

Member

Mr Per Arne Karlsen

The Research Council of Norway
Department for Energy Research
Postboks 564,
1327 Lysaker

Email: pak(at)rcn.no

Alternate Member

Mr Trond Bratsberg

ENOVA
P.O. Box 5700 Torgarden
N-7437
Trondheim

Email: trond.bratsberg(at)enova.no

Member

Dr Karen Surridge

Programme Manager Renewables
South African National Energy Development Institute
Block C, Upper Grayston Office Park
152 Ann Crescent, Strathavon
SANDTON, 2146

Email: karenst(at)sanedi.org.za

Alternate member

Prof Cristina Trois

Professor in Environmental Engineering
South African Research Chair in Waste and Climate
Change (SARCHI)
School of Engineering, University of KwaZulu-Natal

Email: cristinatrois(at)sun.ac.za

Member

Dr Carlos Alberto Fernández López

Head of Bioenergy and Waste Department
Institute for Energy Diversification and Saving (IDAE)
C/ Madera, 8 – Madrid 28004

Email: carlosfer(at)idae.es

Alternate member

Dr Francisco José Domínguez Pérez

Bioenergy and Waste Department
Institute for Energy Diversification and Saving (IDAE)
C/ Madera, 8 – Madrid 28004

Email: fdominguez(at)idae.es

Member

Ms Anna Malmström

Swedish Energy agency
Department for Research, Innovation and Commercialisation
SE-631 04 ESKILSTUNA

Email: anna.malmstrom(at)energimyndigheten.se

Alternate Member

Dr Göran Berndes

Chalmers University of Technology
Department of Energy and Environment, Physical Resource Theory
SE-412 96 GÖTEBORG,
Sweden

Email: goran.berndes(at)chalmers.se

Member

Dr Vanessa Burg

Energy research and Cleantech section
Swiss Federal Office of Energy
3003 Bern

vanessa.burg(at)bfe.admin.ch

Alternate Member

Dr Sandra Hermle

on behalf of Swiss Federal Office of Energy
3003 Bern

Member

To be announced

Alternate Member

Dr Zoe M Harris

Senior Lecturer in Environment and Sustainability
Centre for Environment and Sustainability
University of Surrey,
Guildford, GU2 7XH

Email: z.harris(at)surrey.ac.uk

Member

Mr. Daniel B. Fishman

Technology Manager
U.S. Department of Energy
15013 Denver West Parkway
Golden CO 80401

Email: daniel.fishman(at)doe.gov

Alternate Member

To be announced