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Join our German Biochar Forum 2024 in Berlin and take part in shaping visions, policies and methodologies to integrate BCR into national and corporate strategies. Let us collectively develop sustainability strategies with biochar in order to promote ecologic transformation, foster environmental responsibilityand advance climate protection across the board. Let us discuss topics such as:
- the significance of carbon accounting
- combining BCR-MRV, LCAs and EPD/PEF to improve product sustainability
- aligning BCR methods with governmental monitoring and evaluation systems
- including biochar in sustainable urban development
- financing solutions for biochar projects and integration of CDR/BCR into business models
Join us in shaping a sustainable future with biochar - on November 18 and 19 in Berlin!
Speakers
Marleen Greenberg
HIR Hamburg Institut Research gGmbH
Jana Kapfer
HIR Hamburg Institut Research gGmbH
Djamel Mekibes
Senken GmbH
Emily Boothroyd
Sylvera Ltd
Rolf Heuberger
Swiss Helicopter AG
Dr. Diana Born
phiyond GmbH
Juana María Reyes
Volkswagen ClimatePartner GmbH
Dr. Nikolas Hagemann
Ithaka Institute
Moritz Koch
VAERING SE & Co. KG
Matias Yudelevich
Puro.Earth Oy
Robin Klemens
Kumo Labs GmbH
Agathe Roger
SWEN capital partners
Marc Rosenau
Cula Technologies GmbH
Morten Heick
Stiesdal
Prof. Dr. Claudia Kammann
Hochschule Geisenheim University
Dr. Saskia Kühnhold-Pospischil
Fraunhofer Institut for Solar Energy Systems
Dr. Anna Lehner
Carbonfuture GmbH
Elisabeth Harding
Negative Emissions Platform ASBL
Dr. Jan Minx
Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change
Stefan Schlosser
Deutscher Verband für Negative Emissionen e.V.
Christian Holzleitner
European Commission
Benedikt Zimmermann
Carbuna AG
Marcel Eichler
Carbonfuture GmbH
Riccardo Ambrosini
ecoLocked GmbH
Christian Donath
ECO Platform
Dr.ir. Mantijn van Leeuwen
NIBE BV
Dr. Nikolaos Vlasopoulos
Holcim
Marleen Greenberg
HIR Hamburg Institut Research gGmbH
Marleen Greenberg is a biologist and, as a consultant at Hamburg Institut, an expert in the areas of non-energy and negative emissions. As part of municipal climate protection strategies, she develops measures addressing biochar and pyrolysis, and raises awareness of the issue among local authorities.
Jana Kapfer
HIR Hamburg Institut Research gGmbH
Jana Kapfer is a senior consultant and project manager at Hamburg Institut in the field of climate neutrality. She works on climate protection strategies for companies, local authorities and administrations. In this context, she also develops measures addressing biochar and pyrolysis.
Djamel Mekibes
Senken GmbH
Djamel Mekibes is the Co-Founder and COO of Senken, recognized by CDR.fyi as the largest marketplace for biochar transactions in 2024. Senken plays a pivotal role in scaling carbon removal solutions, leveraging biochar's potential to drive impactful climate action and contribute to a sustainable future.
Emily Boothroyd
Sylvera Ltd
Emily Boothroyd is a Senior LCA Associate at Sylvera, building quality assessment frameworks for biochar & other durable CDR projects, utilised in Sylvera’s carbon market expertise, ratings, data visibility, and tools. Her background is in carbon accounting, and this is applied to LCA in the context of biochar projects
Rolf Heuberger
Swiss Helicopter AG
Started in IT, I've found my way into aviation via the flight simulation business. I then worked as commercial pilot, flight instructor and examiner. After a time as Head of Training I left the company to become a rescue pilot. In 2022 I started as CEO of Swiss Helicopter AG.
Dr. Diana Born
phiyond GmbH
Diana Born is a manager at the sustainability consultancy phiyond by adelphi. Building on experience as research scientist & industry consultant, she carried out climate & sustainability projects including greenhouse gas accounting, net zero strategies & green claims in the removal context.
Dr. Nikolas Hagemann
Ithaka Institute
Nikolas is the scientific director of the Ithaka Institute and researcher at Agroscope. He is a co-author of guidelines of the European Biochar Certificate and the Global C-sink certification. He is a geo-ecologist and obtained his PhD from University of Tübingen.
Matias Yudelevich
Puro.Earth Oy
Matias Yudelevich is the Account Director for EMEA at Puro.earth, where he oversees the certification process for numerous industrial-scale biochar projects in the region. Matias has a deep understanding of the needs, challenges, and opportunities faced by projects across Europe.
Robin Klemens
Kumo Labs GmbH
Robin brings a wealth of experience from leading tech innovations at BMW & DB and serving as co-chair at Hyperledger under the Linux Foundation. Since 2020, Robin has channeled his expertise and passion into pioneering solutions at the nexus of carbon markets, tokenization, and finance.
Prof. Dr. Claudia Kammann
Hochschule Geisenheim University
C. Kammann ist Professorin für Klimawandelfolgenforschung für Sonderkulturen an der Hochschule Geisenheim. Ihre Forschungsaktivitäten reichen von der Entwicklung von Pflanzenkohle-Düngemitteln bis zu Agri-Photovoltaik im Sonderkulturanbau. Dabei immer im Blick: innovative Anpassungs- und Minderungsstrategien für Agrarökosysteme und urbane Gebiete.
Dr. Saskia Kühnhold-Pospischil
Fraunhofer Institut for Solar Energy Systems
Dr. Kühnhold-Pospischil has been working at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE since 2011. After completing her PhD in the field of photovoltaics, her research interests include negative emissions (NE), with a focus on the interplay between NE and renewable energy systems as well as life cycle analysis.
Dr. Anna Lehner
Carbonfuture GmbH
A. Lehner hat einen 10-jährigen Forschungshintergrund in anorganischer Chemie und Energiematerialien. Im Energiewende-Bereich stellte sie Unternehmenskooperationen her. Bei Carbonfuture implementiert sie Standards & Methoden für negative Emissionstechnologien so, dass die Zertifizierungspfade die Skalierung des Sektors befördern.
Elisabeth Harding
Negative Emissions Platform ASBL
Elisabeth serves as the Policy Manager at the Negative Emissions Platform (NEP), an association representing a diverse portfolio of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies. NEP operates at the EU, national, and international levels, advocating for policies that enable the scale up of permanent CDR.
Christian Holzleitner
European Commission
Christian Holzleitner is currently Head of Unit responsible for Land economy and Carbon removals at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Climate Action. Previously, he worked as Head of Unit for Finance for Innovation and Land Use and assistant to the Director-General for Climate Action covering all issues
Marcel Eichler
Carbonfuture GmbH
Marcel, Senior Supply Manager at Carbonfuture, specializes in climate change and Life-Cycle Assessment. He is Account Manager for biochar carbon removal (BCR) projects in the DACH region and East Asia. With expertise in project management and carbon footprint calculation, he drives sustainable innovation.
Riccardo Ambrosini
ecoLocked GmbH
Riccardo Ambrosini is an impact manager at ecoLocked and a member of the Carbon Accounting Group of the EBI Consortium. He works on environmental certifications, focusing on harmonising the VCM and EPD frameworks, and co-authored the EBI paper on the role of biochar in concrete decarbonisation.
Dr.ir. Mantijn van Leeuwen
NIBE BV
Since January 2016 Mantijn holds the position of Managing Director of NIBE BV, a specialized environmental consultancy firm in The Netherlands. NIBE specializes in quantifying sustainability on basis of scientific methodologies (www.nibe.info) and is actively involved in national and international initiatives.
Dr. Nikolaos Vlasopoulos
Holcim
16 years of experience in the construction industry. 10 years in R&D through first founding and leading a low carbon cement startup before joining Holcim. Currently heading the LCA & EPD services group within Holcim Innovation Center which provides services to Holcim corporate and countries.
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Date
18 - 19 November, 2024
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Included Services
The on-site ticket for the German Biochar Forum 2024 in Berlin includes all presentations, panel discussions and workshops as well as catering during the event and the conference dinner on Monday, 18 November 2024.
Not included is the hotel accommodation and the get-together on Sunday evening, 17 November which have to be booked separately.
Rooms
The conference hotel offers a limited number of rooms for our symposium. These rooms can be booked by participants for the special price of 149 € exclusively using this link. Booking rooms at the hotel is seperate from booking the symposium and has to be done by participants themselves.
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Discounts
University students, retirees and people from low income countries will receive a discount for online participation. The reduced price is 89 € (instead of 169 €). Please verify your status by sending us your respective certificates, including your adress via e-mail to booking@german-biochar.org. For participants from low-income countries we will refer to the billing adress provided to determine their status.
For the on-site event the regular prices apply exclusively, there will be no discounts.
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10785 Berlin
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