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The leading event to connect with the biofuels industry and focus in on the feedstocks fueling them is back in Chicago in 2024. Meet 450+ decision-makers from across this burgeoning industry, and delve into the latest policy announcements impacting growth.
Come together with peers from across the sector to share market intelligence, source new contacts, raise your profile and learn from others.
Hear the latest supply and demand outlooks for used cooking oil, corn oil, animal fats, soybean oil and canola oil.
Gain expert analysis on the latest regulatory developments in the US and Europe impacting the biofuels market. Dig into what the upcoming elections could mean to the sector.
Get the latest insights from:
Mac Marshall
Vice-President, Market Intelligence
United Soybean Board
Mac Marshall serves as the Vice President, Market Intelligence for the United Soybean Board (USB). In this capacity, Mac works with USB leadership to evaluate and establish long-term strategic initiatives in support of advancing domestic and international market opportunities for the U.S. soybean industry while serving as an industry source of market information and analysis. Prior to joining USB, Mac served as global market analysis and trade lead at Bayer Crop Science, where he worked on international market access issues as part of a global agricultural policy team. Mac has also held roles in Monsanto’s Corporate Strategy group and within the federal government as both a staff and supervisory economist at the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. He holds a B.A. in economics from Vassar College and an M.A. in applied economics from Johns Hopkins University.
John Cusick
President
Ash Creek Renewables
John Cusick has 15 years of experience as a trader in biodiesel and biodiesel feedstock. His career has included work for the trading upstart RBF Port Neches, Texas, the largest biodesel production facility in the US, along with Morgan Stanley Commodities, Trafigura, Glencore and Imperium Renewables. He has successfully navigated the complex and challenging relationship between agricultural inputs and energy outputs woven into the fabric of regulatory credits.
Fred Ghatala
Director for Carbon & Sustainability
Advanced Biofuels Canada
Fred Ghatala is the Director for Carbon and Sustainability of Advanced Biofuels Canada, a national industry association established to promote the production and use of advanced biofuels in Canada. ABFC members are global leaders in commercial production of advanced biofuels and technology development, with over 35 billion liters of installed annual production capacity worldwide. Fred leads ABFC’s work to establish biofuel carbon value, lifecycle analyses in regulations, sector engagement in sustainability initiatives, and expanding advanced biofuel use into aviation and marine sectors. Fred has 18 years of experience in the Canadian renewable fuels sector and is a partner of Waterfall Group, a Vancouver based consulting business established in 2011.
Paul Niznik
Senior Carbon Consultant
EcoEngineers
Paul Niznik is a Senior Carbon Consultant at EcoEngineers and an expert on biofuels markets and mandates. Mr. Niznik applies his broad knowledge of biofuel economics, including U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard credits (RINs), California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), and other carbon markets, to assist refiners, low-carbon fuel producers, financial institutions, automakers, and government agencies with strategic planning in markets and compliance. Mr. Niznik contributes technical and regulatory knowledge to biofuel producers and government entities that plan to participate in the LCFS and RFS programs. He collaborates with clients to provide regulatory guidance and help maximize energy credit revenues. Mr. Niznik’s due diligence work has been used in the financing of some of the most capital-intensive low-carbon fuels projects in the nation.
Tore Alden
Director, Forecasting
Fastmarkets
Tore Alden began his career as an analyst for the Agricultural Marketing group at Smith Barney more than 20 years ago. When the group left to form the International Agribusiness Group (IAG), he directed the firm’s fundamental research reports covering the markets for grains, oilseeds and coffee, amongst others. Before joining Fastmarkets, Tore covered the oilseed complex and supported consulting projects in the biofuel industry for Informa Economics. At Fastmarkets as a senior analyst, Tore has worked on consulting projects for international refining companies that included a 20-year forecast of the impact of growing biofuel demand on feedstocks. Tore has been a speaker at industry conferences for the last ten years, including presenting at the American Fats and Oils Association Conference in 2019.
Ryan Standard
Managing Editor
Ryan Standard earned a degree in English literature and history from Monmouth College, while maintaining a parallel track in economics. With a background in logistics and sales, he joined The Jacobsen in 2007 as an analyst and the editor of the Animal Fats and Feed Bulletins, and contributor to the Biodiesel Bulletin. He has built a solid, reliable network of sources to inform his industry analysis.
Bob Lane
Senior Analyst – Biodiesel, Vegetable Oil and Grain
Bob Lane holds an MBA and a BBA in finance from Loyola University in Chicago. He has experience in real estate asset management and spent more than 15 years as a professional analyst and trader for options, futures, and equities on the floors of the Chicago Board of Trade and the Chicago Board Options Exchange. Bob is a commodity analyst and editor of the Biodiesel and Grain & Feed Bulletins for The Jacobsen.
Meg Whitty
Vice President, Corporate Relations & Marketing
LanzaJet
Delve into the dynamic landscape of feedstocks, examining the trends, challenges and opportunities within the soy oil, canola oil, palm oil and UCO sectors.
Hear a detailed examination of the regulatory landscape in California, plus get comprehensive insights into the latest regulatory developments governing the US biofuel industry.
Explore and analyze the evolving trends and shifts in the global biofuels market, focusing in on emerging markets and regulatory changes.
Experts will lay out the current state of the SAF market, including its growth, challenges and prospects. Gain an understanding of the key players, innovations and regulatory frameworks shaping the SAF landscape.
Most definitely the event of the year within the Renewable Fuels / Feedstocks sector!
Excellent opportunity to learn much more about the industry drivers, and connect with existing and new industry contacts
The event was top notch with high quality speakers sharing valuable insight to the past, present, and future of the markets
Do you want to capitalize on the fastest growing event for feedstocks in the renewable fuels sector? To find out how you can raise your profile in a way tailored to your needs, contact Jessica Kelliher now on jessica.kelliher@fastmarkets.com.
Platinum Sponsors
Agri Trading is located in Hutchinson, MN and has been handling animal and vegetable by-products since 1977. Our 47 years of trading experience and logistical expertise makes us uniquely qualified to maximize product value and capture transportation efficiencies. We handle all grades of animal fats, distillers corn oil, used cooking oil, crude and refined soybean oil and canola oil. In 2021 we expanded our trading network by becoming a member of the Neste owned companies. This gave us a global view of feedstock markets and the production of Renewable Diesel and Sustainable Aviation Fuel. This partnership with Neste solidifies our position in the entire supply chain. Let us leverage our strengths to help your company succeed in the Renewable Energy Industry.
Sustainable Advanced Biofuel Refiners (www.sabrcoalition.org) is a coalition of members that built out America’s first advanced biofuel—biodiesel. Biodiesel is the most cost-effective means to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from heavy-duty vehicles, providing numerous economic, environmental, and performance benefits. It is sustainably sourced from agricultural products like soybean oil, animal fat, and used cooking oil. SABR represents every link in the value chain from farmers to biodiesel producers, distributors, retailers, and consumers, and infrastructure/products/services suppliers.SABR members have invested heavily in meeting the nation’s goals of the Renewable Fuel Standard. SABR is supportive of all biofuels including renewable diesel and SAF and strives to grow the RFS program. However, because these newer fuels have been improperly categorized as “biodiesel” in the biomass-based diesel category – as these fuels come online, they don’t displace any new carbon. They displace lower carbon biodiesel at a higher cost to taxpayers and consumers. These policy flaws are fixable. SABR’s top two priorities are: Make Jet fuel an obligated fuel, consistent with the all-of-government SAF Grand Challenge, and create an RVO category for SAF to address this new obligation.Fix the inflated equivalence values for RD and SAF to account for them consistent with other biofuels including biodiesel and ethanol. Making these two modest policy adjustments would put all biofuels on a more level playing field and allow investments in new fuels to grow the RFS to reduce more carbon rather than just cannibalize previous decarbonization investments in the ground transportation sector.
Gold Sponsors
As one of the largest buyers of fats, oils and greases in North America, StoneX Commodity Solutions LLC, works with biofuel companies to improve procurement flexibility, manage profit margins and free up working capital to drive growth. We do this through a comprehensive procurement solution tailored to meet your immediate market needs and achieve your long-term strategic goals
SGS provides the world’s most comprehensive range of inspection, testing, certification, and consulting services, powered by the latest technology and digital tools. Our Global network of laboratories and experts provides support in laboratory testing, outsourcing, EPC solutions, commodities logistics, and ISCC certification. With SGS, mitigate risks, ensure integrity, and optimize CapEx and OpEx spend throughout the value chain, from feedstocks to blended and finished fuels. When you need to be sure, trust the renewable energy specialists at SGS to navigate the complexities of the energy landscape with precision and confidence.
Silver Sponsors
DSC is a leader in renewable commodities and compliance for biofuels production specializing in Used Cooking Oil collection, aggregation and sales. Visit www.deepsouthcommodities.com for more information.
Greasezilla, developed by Downey Ridge Environmental Company, is a turnkey system that optimizes separation of fats, oils and grease (FOG) and used cooking oil (UCO) while producing a RIN-qualified, low carbon intensity (CI) advanced biofuel offtake. Greasezilla’s patented technology services thirty sites across the water infrastructure, liquid waste resource recovery, and energy sectors, providing a purely ecological alternative to polymers, lagooning, and incineration, while mitigating landfilling and running entirely on a small percentage of the advanced biofuel it produces. For more information, visit http://www.greasezilla.com/ or https://greasezilla.com/news/media-coverage/.