Agenda | 24 September 2026

9^th Doctoral Colloquium BIOENERGY AND BIOBASED PRODUCTS
23-24 September 2026| DBFZ in Leipzig (Germany)

Time	Topic
08:30	Registration
09:00	Keynote Speech Dr. Istvan Dunkl \| Leipzig University, Germany
09:45	Coffee Break
	SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE BASE	THERMOCHEMICAL CONVERSION I
10:15	Regional-scale modelling of miscanthus phytomanagement in contaminated marginal lands under biostimulants application: above-ground biomass production and Nickel uptake Pietro Peroni \| University of Bologna, Italy	Development and testing of a mesophilic aerobic biofilm process for treating process water from the hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) of sewage sludge Tommy Ender \| University of Rostock, Germany
10:45	Biomass-Specific Pretreatment Strategies for Herbaceous Residual Biomass as Activated Carbon Precursors Antonia Deutscher \| University of Kassel, Germany	Utilization of lignocellulose-rich substrates for biogas and fiber, or cellulose extraction using innovative processes Fabian Orth \| University of Hohenheim, Germany
11:15	Field-Based Life Cycle Assessment of Sugar Beet Cultivation under Alternative Management Practices Sophia Bothe \| University of Göttingen / DBFZ, Germany	Towards Data-Efficient Trained Modelling for Biomass Upgrading: A Reduced-Order Model for Hydrodeoxygenation Continuous Reactors Fabrizio Del Frari \| Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
11:45	The Climate Impact of Biogenic Carbon in Life Cycle Assessment: A new Framework and Application Stefan Füchsl \| Hochschule Weihenstephan / TUM Campus Straubing, Germany	Thermodynamic Modeling, Energy Integration, and Sensitivity Analysis of a Biogas-Fueled HT-PEMFC–Heat Pump Hybrid System for Building Heating Duaa Al-lahseh \| University of Rostock / DBFZ, Germany
12:15	Lunch break
13:15	Poster Exhibition
	BIOREFINERIES, BIOECONOMY & BIOFUELS	THERMOCHEMICAL CONVERSION II
13:45	The SynergyFuels Plant - Material and Energetic Assessment of a Novel Biorefinery Concept Marc Schenker \| Technical University of Munich, Germany	Techno-Economic Assessment of Waste Wood-to-Liquid Process Routes Combining Biomass Conversion with a Liquid Metal Bath Reactor and Methanol Synthesis Severin Sendlhofer \| Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria
14:15	Direct biogas methanation in a single-step fixed bed reactor with Ni-based catalysts Selina Nieß \| DBFZ, Germany	Heatpipe-cooled catalytic methanation as a pathway for flexible biogas plant operation Susanna Ströhmberg \| Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
14:45	Unraveling the economic Hot-Spots along the Furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) value chain Philipp Konnerth \| University of Hohenheim, Germany	Comparative physicochemical and thermogravimetric characterisation of three RDF blends: identifying an optimal feedstock for gasification Isaac Mensah \| University of Rostock, Germany
15:15	Scale-Up of a Two-Stage Anaerobic Digestion System: Challenges and Economics Maria Garção \| University of Hohenheim, Germany	Development of a two-step continuous process for reductive catalytic fractionation of lignocellulosic biomass into aromatic compounds Ben He \| Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
15:45	Award Ceremony Prof. Dr. mont. Michael Nelles \| DBFZ, Germany N.N. \| Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe e.V. (FNR), Germany
16:05	Closing Remarks Prof. Dr. mont. Michael Nelles \| DBFZ, Germany
16:15	End of the conference