Events

2017

Brazilian Bioenergy Science and Technology Conference
October 17 – October 19, 2017. Campos do Jordão, Brazil
bbest.org.br/2017

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2016

SCOPE Mini RAP workshop on Bioenergy & Sustainability: Latin America and Africa
October 31 – November 02, 2016. FAPESP – São Paulo, Brazil
fapesp.br/eventos/scope2016

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BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology
April 17 – April 20, 2016. San Diego, USA
bio.org/press-release/2016-bio-world-congress-industrial-biotechnology-closed-record-number-partnering

• Track: Growing Global Biobased Markets
• Time: 2016-04-18 10:30 – 2016-04-18 12:00
• Title: 1.2 Social Development Through Biobased Innovation

Panelists:

• Heather Youngs, University of California, Berkeley (Moderator)
• Thomas Foust, NREL
• Patricia Osseweijer, BE-Basic
• Luuk van der Wielen, BE-Basic and TU Delft
• Jeremy Woods, Imperial College London

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2015

SCOPE-FAPESP Bioenergy & Sustainability Symposium
September 28, 2015. World Bank, Washington DC, USA
Organized by SCOPE and FAPESP

1:00 PM	Registration for EXTERNAL PARTICIPANTS ONLY
2:00 PM	Opening
	Welcome & Context for the World Bank: Gevorg Sargsyan (Program Manager & Global Lead, Energy & Extractives, WB), Erick Fernandes (Adviser, Agriculture WB). Overview of SCOPE Bioenergy & Sustainability report: Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz (Science Director – FAPESP), Jon Samseth (SCOPE), Glaucia Mendes Souza (BIOEN-FAPESP).
2:10 PM	Keynote: Bioenergy & Sustainability – Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz
2:30 PM	Discussion session 1: Clean Energy and the environment (Biomass supply, food, water & biodiversity tradeoffs, multifunctional landscapes)
3:15 PM	Coffee break
3:30 PM	Discussion session 2: Sustainable development and innovation in bioenergy (Biofuels futures in a low fossil fuel price world? Bioenergy knowledge gaps for scaling up emerging techs and innovation; Financing and technical assistance needs for scaling up in developing countries)
4:30 PM	Conclusions & Closing remarks

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FAPESP-SCOPE Bioenergy & Sustainability report: Key findings and recommendations
June 17, 2015. Committee of the Regions, 7th floor (JDE 70), Brussels, Belgium
European Union Sustainable Energy Week

A SCOPE rapid assessment process project developed with FAPESP will publish Bioenergy and Sustainability this spring. The report provides a comprehensive analysis of the current bioenergy landscape, technologies and practices with a critical review of their impacts, based on an extensive evaluation of current bioenergy resources status, systems and markets, potential sustainable expansion and wider adoption of this renewable resource. This assessment is a collective effort with contributions from more than 130 experts from 24 countries, encompassing scientific studies on topics ranging from land use and feedstocks, to technologies, impacts, benefits and policy.The authors consider bioenergy expansion and how it impacts on energy, food, environmental and climate security, sustainable development and the innovation nexus in both developed and developing regions. The report also highlights numbers, solutions and gaps in knowledge and suggests what science is needed to maximise bioenergy benefits.

Aims

The workshop will present and discuss the key findings and possible implications for policy, communication and innovation strategies for sustainable bioenergy. It will focus on two important and crosscutting issues related to governance and strategic development: supply chain and environmental security, and sustainable development and innovation.

Participants

The target audience will bring together multiple domain stakeholders, including policy makers, representatives from civil and industrial sectors and the media, to discuss scientific findings related to sustainable bioenergy.

The proposed workshop is a joint interdisciplinary effort led by an international non-governmental organisation of natural and social scientists (SCOPE), a research foundation (FAPESP) and its research programmes on bioenergy (Bioen), climate change (PFMCG) and biodiversity (Biota), and an international public-private partnership that develops industrial bio-based solutions for building a sustainable society (BE-Basic Foundation).

Speakers

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SCOPE Volume Launch Symposium
April 14th, 2015. FAPESP. Rua Pio XI, 1500 – São Paulo, Brazil

The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP), through its Research Programs on Bioenergy (BIOEN), Biodiversity (BIOTA) and Global Climate Change (RPGCC), is pleased to invite you to

Bioenergy & Sustainability

a SCOPE series volume
Launching the report of a global assessment of bioenergy sustainability

April 14^th, 2015
Venue: FAPESP: Rua Pio XI, 1500 – São Paulo, Brazil
Time: 9h30 to 17h00

Based on over 2,000 references and major studies the report provides a comprehensive analysis of the current bioenergy landscape, technologies and practices with a critical review of their impacts. Considering an extensive evaluation of current bioenergy resources status, systems and markets, potential sustainable expansion and wider adoption of this renewable resource the authors highlight recommendations for policy and deployment of bioenergy options: liquid biofuels, bioelectricity, biogas, heat, bio-based chemicals.

This assessment is a collective effort with contributions from more than 130 experts from 24 countries, encompassing scientific studies ranging from land use and feedstocks, to technologies, impacts, benefits and policy.

The authors considered how bioenergy expansion and its impacts perform on energy, food, environmental and climate security, sustainable development and the innovation nexus in both developed and developing regions. The report also highlights numbers, solutions, gaps in knowledge and suggests the science needed to maximize bioenergy benefits.

Panels included experts from academia, industry and NGOs presenting and discussing the current status and trends in biomass production and its possible implications for policy, communication and innovation strategies for a sustainable future.

The full report will be available as open-access.

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2014

2nd Brazilian Bioenergy Science and Technology Conference
October 20 to 24, 2014

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2013

Bioenergy and Sustainability: bridging the gaps
SCOPE Rapid Assessment Process Workshop
02-06 December 2013. UNESCO premises, Paris, France

Participants

	Name	Institution	Country
ARENT	Douglas Arent	National Renewable Energy Laboratory	USA
ARTAXO	Paulo Artaxo	Universidade de São Paulo	Brazil
BALLESTER	Maria Victoria Ramos Ballester	CENA/PFPMCG	Brazil
BATISTELLA	Mateus Batistella	Embrapa	Brazil
BRITO CRUZ	Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz	FAPESP Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo	Brazil
CANTARELLA	Heitor Cantarella	Agronomic Institute of Campinas/BIOEN	Brazil
CHUM	Helena Chum	National Renewable Energy Laboratory	USA
CORTEZ	Luis Augusto Barbosa Cortez	UNICAMP	Brazil
DIAZ-CHAVEZ	Rocio Diaz-Chavez	Imperial College	UK
EL-LAKANY	Hosny El-Lakany	University of British Columbia	Canada
ENDRES	Jody Endres	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	USA
ESTRADA	Tiago E.M. Duque Estrada	UNICAMP/BIOTA	Brazil
FAAIJ	Andre Faaij	Utrecht University	The Netherlands
FERNANDES	Erick Fernandes	World Bank	USA
FINCHER	Geoff Fincher	University of Adelaide	Australia
FOUST	Thomas Foust	National Renewable Energy Laboratory	USA
GREENWOOD	Susan Greenwood	SCOPE	France
HORTA NOGUEIRA	Luiz Augusto Horta Nogueira	Universidade Federal de Itajubá	Brazil
HOYSALA	Chanakya Hoysala	Indian Institute of Science	India
HUNTLEY	Brian Huntley	University of Stellenbosch	South Africa
JOHNSON	Francis Johnson	Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)	Sweden
KAFFKA	Steve Kaffka	University of California at Davis	USA
KARP	Angela Karp	Rothamsted Research	UK
LEAL	Manoel Regis L. V. Leal	Laboratório Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia do Bioetanol	Brazil
LONG	Stephen Long	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	USA
LYND	Lee Lynd	Dartmouth College	USA
MACEDO	Isaias de Carvalho Macedo	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Brazil
MACIEL FILHO	Rubens Maciel Filho	University of Campinas/BIOEN	Brazil
MAHAKHANT	Aparat Mahakhant	TISTR	Thailand
MASSAFERA	Mariana P. Massafera	University of São Paulo/BIOEN	Brazil
MELETTI	Marcelo Meletti	FAPESP	Brazil
NASSAR	Andre M. Nassar	Instituto de Estudos do Comércio e Negociações Internacionais	Brazil
NIGRO	Francisco E. B. Nigro	Universidade de São Paulo	Brazil
OSSEWEIJER	Patricia Osseweijer	Delft University of Technology	The Netherlands
OTTO	Martina Otto	UNEP DTIE	France
RAVINDRANATH	NH Ravindranath Indian	Institute of Science	India
RICHARD	Tom Richard	Pennsylvania State University	USA
SADDLER	Jack Saddler	University of British Columbia	Canada
SAMSETH	Jon Samseth	HIOA / SINTEF	Norway
SEEBALUCK	Vikram Seebaluck	University of Mauritius	Mauritius
SOMERVILLE	Chris Somerville	University of California at Berkeley	USA
SOUZA	Glaucia Mendes Souza	Universidade de São Paulo	Brazil
VAN DER WIELEN	Luuk van der Wielen	BE-Basic	The Netherlands
VAN MEIJL	Hans Van Meijl	Wageningen University	The Netherlands
VAN SLUYS	Marie-Anne Van Sluys	University of São Paulo/BIOEN	Brazil
VERDADE	Luciano M. Verdade	Universidade de São Paulo	Brazil
VICTORIA	Reynaldo Victoria	Universidade de São Paulo	Brazil
WATSON	Helen Watson	University of KwaZulu-Natal	South Africa
WOODS	Jeremy Woods	Imperial College	UK
YOUNGS	Heather Youngs	University of California at Berkeley	USA

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Bioenergy & Sustainability: the industry perspective
November 18th, 2013. FAPESP auditorium – Rua Pio XI, 1500. Alto da Lapa, São Paulo/SP

9:00 – 9:20	Opening Ceremony   Glaucia M. Souza (BIOEN), Reynaldo Victoria (PFPMCG), Carlos A. Joly (BIOTA), and Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz (FAPESP)
9:20 – 09:40	Glaucia M. Souza (BIOEN-FAPESP)   SCOPE Bioenergy and Sustainability: bridging the gaps for the sustainable expansion of bioenergy in the world
09:40 – 10:10	José Goldemberg (IEE-USP)   Energy security
10:10 – 10:30	Discussion
10:30 – 11:00	Coffee break
11:00 – 11:30	Paulo Eduardo Artaxo Netto (IF-USP) Environmental and Climate Security
11:30 – 12:00	Luiz Augusto Horta Nogueira (UNIFEI)   Sustainable development & innovation
12:00 – 12:20	Discussion
12:20 – 14:00	Lunch

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BIOEN-BIOTA-PFPMCG-SCOPE Joint Workshop on Biofuels & Sustainability
February 26th, 2013. FAPESP’s auditorium (FAPESP, São Paulo / Brazil)

The substitution of fossil fuels requires a thorough analysis of the social, environmental and economic impacts of technologies and practices regarding the sustainable expansion of biofuels production in the world.

The FAPESP Programs BIOEN, BIOTA and PFPMCG are organizing a Joint Workshop on Biofuels & Sustainability in cooperation with SCOPE to produce a set of recommendations from academia, industry, governmental and non-governmental institutions for the sustainable expansion of biofuels.

This workshop will be opening a rapid assessment process for global biofuels sustainability and its implications on policy in the context of local and a global green economy.

Workshop Program

8:30	Reception and Welcome Coffee
9:00	Opening Ceremony
9:30	FAPESP environmental programs, BIOEN, BIOTA and Climate Change Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz (FAPESP, Brazil)
9:55	What are the real perspectives of renewable energies? José Goldemberg (USP, Brazil)
10:20	Global sustainable bioenergy: making it work Lee Lynd (Dartmouth University, USA)
10:45	Why is developing an integrated, whole systems, perspective on land use critical to resolving conflicts between the three global securities: energy, climate and food? Jeremy Woods (Imperial College, UK)
11:10	Biofuels technology development – Lessons learned Helena Chum (National Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA)
11:35	Development of lignocellulosic biofuels Chris Somerville (Berkeley University, USA)
12:00	The potential of biofuels, the need for a biorefinery approach and a review of technologies and co-products Jack N. Saddler (University of British Columbia, Canada)
12:25 – 14:00	Lunch
14:00	Global energy and CO2 reduction requirements to 2050 and the role of biofuels Lew Fulton (UC-Davis, USA)
14:25	Biofuels – South African policy, practice and perspectives Brian Huntley (University of Stellenbosch, South Africa)
14:50	Birdsview of state-of-the-art scientific understanding on sustainable biomass sourcing Andre P. C. Faaij (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
15:15	Break
15:35	Use of biomass and biofuels in Scandinavian energy systems Jon Samseth (SINTEF, SCOPE Executive Committee, Norway)
16:00	Implementing sustainable biofuels in a global context Patricia Osseweijer (Delft University, The Netherlands)
16:25	Why biomass-based cogeneration is potentially the ideal starting point for a sustainable african biofuel industry – case examples from eastern and southern Africa Stephen Karekezi (African Energy Policy Research Network, Kenia)