Meeting location and dates

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The JRC-Institute for Energy in collaboration
with Technická univerzita v Koiciach BIOMASA
Association, Slovakia Will hold a workshop
entitled Production and Purification of Fuels
from Waste and Biomass Technical, Environmental
and Social Considerations Koice, Slovak
Republic 11th 12th October 2004
Meeting location and dates The meeting will be
held on the 11th and 12th October 2004 in The
Hotel Centrum , Koice - Tel 421 (0)55
6782757 Fax [phone] There is no
registration fee for the meeting. The number of
participants is limited. If you wish to attend
please inform the meeting secretariat as soon as
possible. Accommodation is available in the
meeting hotel rooms from approximately
38/night/person (including breakfast). Accommodat
ion and travel must be arranged and paid by the
participants.
Secretariat Address European Commission
Joint Research Centre, Institute for
Energy P.O.Box 2 1755ZG Petten, NL Mr. Chris
Hunter Tel [phone] Fax31 (0) 224
56 56 26 E-mailchristopher.hunter_at_jrc.nl
Copy of the correspondence and the accommodation
details to be sent to the local organizer Dr.
Peter Horbaj, Technická univerzita v
Koiciach, Vysokokolská 4 042 00 Koice Tel
(421) 905 478 635 Fax [phone]
2452 E-mail Peter.Horbaj_at_tuke.sk
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Programme. Day 1. 1400 Registration   1500 Ope
ning Session Round table presentation of
attendees Welcoming Words from Institute
for Energy Chris Hunter University of
Koice Peter Horbaj. 1530
Presentation of the CLEANWEB project and the
PREWIN European Network. By Chris
Hunter 1600 Experience of Production of Biogas
and Wood Gas for use in Cogeneration Units in
Slovak Republic. By Peter Horbaj
1630 Energy Recovery from waste and Biomass
by Plasma Process By Ivan Imri Alexnadra
Klenovcanová, Technical University
Koice. 1700 Cleaning of Syngas Derived from
Waste Biomass Gasification /Pyrolysis for
Storage or Direct Use for Electricity
Production. By Andrej Stergarek, Joef
Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia 1730 On-L
ine Analytical Pyrolysis - Hydrogen Separation
Detection in Biofuels By Andrej Orinak,
University of P. J. Safarik, Kosice. 1800 End
of Day 1 2030 Dinner Day 2. 0900
Biogas Derived from the Biological Treatment of
Waste Biomass in Denmark. By Anne Seth
Madsen, NIRAS, Denmark 0945 Wood Gasification
and its Environmental Impact By Josef
Viglasky, Technical University of Zvolen, Slovak
Republic. 1000 The Potential of Biomass as a
Fuel Source By Presenters name to be
confirmed 1030 Generator Gas Quality
Monitoring By Pavol Skamla, Slovak
Inspectorate of the Environment. 1100 Coffee
Break 1130 Biomass and Waste Gassification and
Gas Co-Firing. By Matti Nieminen, VTT,
Finland 1200 Integrated Logistics for use
of Biomass Based Energy in Slovakia an
overview By Ladislav Zidek, BIOMASA
Association Slovakia. 1230 Round Table
Discussion What Attendees expect from
networking in the enlarged EU? What are your
areas of interest? Which technical areas
are not covered ? 1300 Lunch 1400 Summary
Presentation of the Round Table Discussions
1430 Conclusions and Closing
Remarks. 1500 End of Workshop.   
Attendees are kindly
requested to prepare their
input to the discussion prior to
the meeting
Institute for Energy of the Joint Research Centre
and the CLEANWEB project.   The role of the JRC
is to provide customer-driven scientific and
technical support for the conception,
development, implementation and monitoring of EU
policies. As a service of the European
Commission, the JRC functions as a reference
centre of science and technology for the
Union.Close to the policy-making process, it
serves the common interest of the Member States,
while being independent of special interests,
whether private or national.   The Institute for
Energy provides scientific and technical support
to EU policy related to Energy. Special emphasis
is given to safe and sustainable energy
supply.   The CLEANWEB project is based at the
Institute for Energy. It addresses issues related
to safe, clean and efficient production of energy
from waste and biomass. While the main focus of
the work is the recovery of heat for electrical
power generation or direct use in industry or
district heating, the recovery of renewable fuels
is a growing component of the work. This work
involves the assessment of pathways for fuel
production and necessarily includes studies on
process parameters (e.g. gasification) and
cleaning processes for alternative fuels (e.g.
filtration and catalysts). The PREWIN network
(http//ie.jrc.cec.eu.int/prewin) is operated
within CLEANWEB and is one of the main tools used
to achieve the goals of the project related to
waste incineration. This has proved to be a very
successful method of bringing together all
stakeholders including plant suppliers and
operators, maintenance companies and technical
RD organisations. Together they address
technical issues. This method of collaboration
could, where appropriate, be used to address the
issues related to the production, cleaning,
storage and use of fuels derived from waste and
biomass. Scope of this Workshop Minimising
the harmful effects of waste and utilising waste
and biomass as fuel sources is a key challenge of
today. There are several environmental and
economic drivers at the origin of this challenge.
The European Union has set ambitious and
necessary challenges to decrease its dependence
on external energy sources and to develop
sustainable energy systems. Particular emphasis
has been given to the development of renewable
energy sources. It is expected that the largest
contribution will come from the appropriate
treatment of waste and biomass. In the expansion
of the CLEANWEB project to address the issues
related to recovered fuels, this work shop seeks
to address the technical environmental and social
issues related to the production and treatment of
fuels derived from the biological and/or thermal
treatment of waste and biomass. The workshop aims
to bring together those facing the challenges in
the newly enlarged European Union as well as EU
Candidate Countries with experts in the area of
fuels derived from the treatment of waste and
biomass in order to assess the various technical
options currently used or under development. Who
Should attend People working in the areas of
Waste and Biomass to Energy sector Alternative
fuels production and Cleaning Waste and Energy
management strategy development National and
regional policy makers