AGENDA

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2013

9:00-18:00 UE 7FP EuroChar Project Annual Meeting (Biochar for Carbon sequestration and large-scale removal of greenhouse gases (GHG) from the atmosphere) Reserved to the EuroChar Partners 14:00-18:00 1 Mediterranean Biochar Symposium welcome reception and registration The registration to the symposium will also be carried out on Thursday morning, January 18, from 8.30 to 9.30

THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2013 MORNING SESSIONS

9:00-9:30 Opening First Mediterranean Biochar Symposium: Past, Present and Future 9:30-11:00 SESSION 1/a: Biochar System: environmental impact Keynotes Session Chair: Giuseppe Alonzo, President of Agricultural Research Council, Italy Johannes Lehmann, Cornell University, Ithaca NY, USA Biochar systems integrating nutrient delivery and microbial management Franco Miglietta, FoxLab, Joint Research Initiative, Fondazione E. Mach - CNR, Italy One hundred and fifty years later 11:00-11:20 Coffee break and Poster session 11:20-12:40 SESSION 1/b: Biochar System: environmental impact Invited and voluntary reports Session Chair: Francesco Primo Vaccari, Institute of Biometeorology, National Research Council, Italy Saqib S. Akhtar, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Biochar mediate physiological attributes of tomato under deficit and partial rootzone drying irrigation Pablo Salazar, University of Cordoba, Spain Biochar changes the structure of fine roots of wheat Lewis Peake, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom Investigations of biochar made by the University of East Anglia on a range of soil types in the first biochar farm in eastern England Ian Mugford, Swansea University, United Kingdom Anthropogenic charcoal deposits long a climatic gradient: a tool to assess the functioning of biochar in European Soils? 12:40-13:10 SESSION 1/c: Biochar System: environmental impact Theme summary and discussion Session Chair: Marcello Parisini, Minoprio Foundation, Italy 13:10-14:30 Lunch

THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2013 AFTERNOON SESSIONS

14:30-16:30 SESSION 2/a: Modern systems for a sustainable biochar production Invited and voluntary reports Session Chair: Johannes Lehmann, Cornell University, Ithaca NY, USA Gerald Marinitsch, Stirling DK, Austria Biochar production in a Stirling CHP unit Alessandro Pozzi, Advanced Gasification Technology, Italy Innovative gasification system for syngas and biochar production starting from biomass Arne Stark, Carbon Solutions, Germany Industrial Hydrothermal Carbonization Challenges and (carbon)Solutions Alessandro Peressotti, University of Udine, Italy Biochar stoves for African and European markets: results from the ACP S&T Project Bebi Carola Luise Holweg, Sustainability Projects, Germany A mobile carbonisation system for plant waste from vineyards and nature protection sites Sophia Laure, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany Assessment of alternative pathways for (bio)char production Comparison of production costs and potential C-sequestration of two process chains 16:30-17:00 Coffee break and Poster session 17:00-17.30 SESSION 2/b: Modern systems for a sustainable biochar production Theme summary and discussion Session chair: Alessandro Pozzi, Advanced Gasification Technology, Italy 17:30-19:30 UE 7FP EuroChar Project Stakeholders meeting Session Chair: Franco Miglietta, UE 7FP EuroChar Project Coordinator 20:00 Gala Dinner at Como Lake

FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2013 MORNING SESSIONS

9:00-10:30 SESSION 3/a: Characterization, certification, European standards Keynotes Session Chair: Pellegrino Conte, University of Palermo, Italy Saran Sohi, UK Biochar Research Centre, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom Functional characterisation of biochar and its utility in biochar selection Bruno Glaser, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittemberg, Germany European biochar certification. State of the art and future challenges 10:30-10:50 Coffee break and Poster session 10:50-12:30 SESSION 3/b: Characterization, certification, European standards Invited and voluntary reports Session Chair: Anna Benedetti, Agricultural Research Council, Italy Katja Wiedner, Martin-Luther-University, Germany Pyrolysis, gasification and hydrothermal carbonization - A chemical evaluation of end products Evan A.N. Marks, University of Barcelona, Spain Assessing effects of biochar on soil quality using biological methods Christophe Naisse, University of Paris CNRS, France Biochar stability assessed by thermal and chemical analyses Massimo Valagussa, MAC, c/o Minoprio Foundation, Italy Characterization and bioassay of biochar produced from different feedstock by gasification at high temperature Pellegrino Conte, University of Palermo, Italy Fast field cycling NMR relaxometry an innovative tool for the comprehension of surface char properties 12:30-13:00 SESSION 3/c: Characterization, certification, European standards Theme summary and discussion Session Chair: Massimo Valagussa, MAC, c/o Minoprio Foundation, Italy 13:00-14:30 Lunch

FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2013 AFTERNOON SESSIONS

14:30-15:50 SESSION 4/a: Taking biochar to market: from research to operational applications Invited and voluntary reports Session Chair: Lorenzo Genesio, Institute of Biometeorology, National Research Council, Italy Hans-Peter Schmidt, Delinat Institut for Ecology and Klimafarming, Switzerland Post-treatment of biochar and agronomic applications Guido Fellet, University of Udine, Italy Role of biochar as amendment for polluted substrates: impact on the contaminants behaviour in two case studies. Sara Di Lonardo, Institute of Biometeorology, National Research Council, Italy Biochar successfully replaces activated charcoal for in vitro culture of two white poplar clones reducing ethylene concentration Brando Crespi, Pro-Natura International, France Using biochar and agro-ecology to grow food in the Sahara 15:50-16:20 Coffee break and Poster session 16:20-17:40 SESSION 4/b: Taking biochar to market: real development potential Invited and voluntary reports Session Chair: H. P. Schmidt, Delinat Institute for Ecology and Klimafarming, Switzerland Christoph Steiner, Biochar.org, Consulting Engineers, Austria Biochar An economic challenge Bernd Schottdorf, Carbon-Terra, Germany Biochar market: present and future Simon Manley, Carbon Gold, United Kingdom Grochar: The commercial challenges of bringing a biochar-based product range to market Vittorino Giordano Crivello, Bios, Italy Defining a pathway of assessment and identification of carbon credits generated by the application of biochar to soil 17:40-18:10 SESSION 4/c: Taking biochar to market: real development potential Theme summary and discussion Session Chair: Giovanni DAngelo, Minoprio Foundation Lead Researcher, Italy 18:10-18.30 Closing First Mediterranean Biochar Symposium: Past, Present and Future