Biofuels and (ir)responsible innovation conference, 13-14 April 2015
Programme Day 1
9.00-10.00
10.00-10.20
10.20-11.05
11.05-11.15
11.15-12.15
coffee and registration - Van Trier hall, Traverse building.
welcoming words - Van Trier hall
keynote by Lena Partzsch, University of Freiburg, Germany - Van Trier hall
grab a coffee and find your parallel session
parallel sessions
Session A (Traverse room 4):
“Biofuels, sustainable development and responsible innovation: the
case of synthetic biology” by Ravi Srinivas, RIS, New Delhi
“Avoiding a lock-in: experimental governance for biofuels” by Lotte
Asveld & Ibo van de Poel, Delft University of Technology, the
Netherlands
Session B (Traverse room 5):
“Governing for sustainability: the outcomes of EU biofuels policy for
the UK and Guatemala” by Richard Helliwell and Julia Tomei,
University of Nottingham and University College London, United
Kingdom
“What kind of, and whose, sustainability counts? – Implications of
EU’s Renewable Energy Directive in sub-Saharan Africa”, by David
Harnesk & Sara Brogaard, Lund University, Sweden
12.15-13.15
Lunch - IPO lounge (IPO building, second floor)
13.15-14.15
Parallel sessions
Session A (Traverse room 4):
“New narratives in the fuel versus food debate in the aftermath of
the 2007/08 food price crises – perspectives from selected
international organisations”, by David O’Bryne and Sara Brogaard,
Lund University, Sweden
“Sustainability of ethanol fuel production in Brazil: controversies in a
historical perspective”, by Flávia Gouveia and Markku Lehtonen,
School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences Paris, France
Session B (Traverse room 5):
“The question of sustainability in Turkey through the lens of algal
biofuels: potentialities, hopes and failures”, by Duygu Kasdogan,
York University, Canada.
“Rice husked based bioelectricity vs coal fired electricity: life cycle
sustainability assessment case study in Vietnam”, by Luu Le Quyen,
Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Vietnam
Coffee break - Van Trier hall
Parallel sessions
Session A (Traverse room 4):
“From the fuel versus food controversy to the institutional vacuum
in biofuels west african policies”, by Marie-Hélène Dabat and Charly
Gatete Djerma, CIRAD Montpellier, Paris-sud University and 2iE
Ouagadougou
14.15-14.45
14.45-15.45
18.00-18.30
“Understanding the expansion of energy crops beyond the global
biofuel boom: evidence from oil palm expansion in Colombia”, by
Victoria Marin-Burgos and Joy S. Clancy, University of Twente, the
Netherlands
Session B (Traverse room 5):
“Once the rockets are up, who should care where they come down?
Attributing responsibilities for social and ecological consequences of
biofuel innovations”, by Henk van den Belt and Tjidde H. Tempels,
Wageningen University, the Netherlands
“Limits to responsible innovation”, by Evelien de Hoop, Auke Pols
and Henny Romijn, Eindhoven University of Technology, the
Netherlands
Walk to IPO building and coffee break in the IPO lounge
Keynotes by Atakilte Beyene, Nordic Africa Institute, Sweden, and by Jennifer Baka,
London School of Economics & Political Science, United Kingdom - IPO lounge
Plenary reflections - IPO lounge
18.30
Departure to restaurant ‘Sri Ganesh’, Kruisstraat 92A, Eindhoven.
15.45-16.30
16.30-18.00
Programme Day 2
10.00-10.30
10.30-11.15
11.15-11.45
11.45-12.30
Welcoming words; recapitulation of day 1 - IPO 0.98
Keynotes by Nathalie van Haren, Both Ends, and by André Krom, Rathenau Institute IPO 0.98
Discussion in break-out groups (coffee is ready!) - IPO 0.98, 1.18, 2.18
Keynotes by Arthur van Mansvelt, Triodos Bank and by t.b.d. - IPO 0.98
12.30-13.30
Lunch - IPO lounge
13.30-15.00
Keynotes by Carol Hunsberger, University of western Ontario, Canada, and by
Joachim Spangenberg, UFZ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Germany
- IPO 0.98
Discussion in break-out groups with poster assignment (coffee is ready!) - IPO 0.98,
1.18, 2.18
Plenary presentations by break-out groups followed by a general discussion - IPO
0.98
Drinks - outside IPO 0.98
15.00-15.30
15.30-16.30
16.30-17.30