Agenda | 23 September 2026

08:30

Registration

Welcome address
Prof Dr mont. Michael Nelles | DBFZ, Germany

09:40

Welcome by EERA Bioenergy
N.N. | EERA Bioenergy & Center for Renewable Energy Sources and Saving, Greece

09:55

Statements by the Programme Committee members

• Video message from Japan
  Prof Carsten Herbes | Nuertingen Geislingen University, Germany

• Video message from Peru
  Prof Achim Loewen | University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hildesheim/Holzminden/Göttingen, Germany

• Statements: 
  Dr Ludger Eltrop | University of Stuttgart, Germany
  Dr Peter Kornatz | DBFZ, Germany
  Prof Andrea Kruse | University of Hohenheim, Germany
  Prof Volker Lenz | DBFZ/University of Rostock, Germany

10:15

12:45

Lunch

BIOENERGY SYSTEM ANALYSIS

BIOCHEMICAL CONVERSION & BIOTECHNOLOGY

Dr Ludger Eltrop | University of Stuttgart, Germany

Prof Dr mont. Michael Nelles | DBFZ, Germany
Dr Peter Kornatz | DBFZ, Germany

13:45

When carbon counts differ: The complexities of biogenic carbon accounting in BECCUS and why accounting choices matter 
Czaneil C. Gomez | Aston University, United Kingdom

Enzyme-Assisted Solubilisation of Secondary Sludge for Improved Anaerobic Digestion 
Felix Gumpert | University of Rostock, Germany

14:15

Reconciling Aviation GHG Calculators for SAF-Aware Scope 3 Reporting: Evidence from Real Flights
Yuri Erofeev | SQUAKE GmbH / Leipzig University / DBFZ, Germany

Elimination and sorption behavior of veterinary antibiotics during digestion of dry chicken manure
Svenja Nathalie Weber | DBFZ, Germany

14:45

Low-carbon Aviation Transition: The Cross-sectoral Role of Biomass Availability in Global Energy Systems
Maria de Oliveira Laurin | Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

From Surplus Electricity to Biomethane: Commissioning of a Pilot-Scale Biological Methanation System for Biogas Upgrading
Anika Laux | Research Institute for Water Management and Climate Future at RWTH Aachen University, Germany

15:15

Optimising the supply of straw: Straw supply costs under different mobilisation rates 
Tom Karras | Leipzig University / DBFZ, Germany

Force Yield 2 - An advanced microbial platform for high-yield production of biochemicals from agricultural sidestreams
Marvin Höninger | University of Stuttgart, Germany

15:45

Group Picture & Break

16:15

Get in touch Session

This session offers participants the opportunity to connect and exchange ideas around key topics, ask questions directly to the professors attending the event, and share experiences with fellow researchers. During registration on the day of the event, participants will be invited to choose their preferred topic for the networking session:

• The Next Step in Your Scientific Career – From Postdoc to University Professorship (Prof Dr mont. Michael Nelles | DBFZ/University of Rostock, Germany)
• Use of AI in writing papers, reports and my dissertation (Prof Dr Andrea Kruse | University of Hohenheim & Prof Dr Nicolaus Dahmen | KIT, Germany)
• Impact of Research (Prof Dr Volker Lenz | DBFZ/University of Rostock, Germany)
• FNR – The Agency for Renewable Resources: Career Opportunities and Funding Support (Birger Kerckow | FNR, Germany)
• Fake Science (Dr Torsten Thalheim | DBFZ, Germany) 

17:15

DBFZ Tours

Various Locations, Prior registration needed

18:15

Dinner & Networking on the Terracce of the DBFZ

End of the first day