Supergen Bioenergy Hub Annual Assembly 2025

We warmly invite you to the Supergen Bioenergy Hub Annual Assembly at in Birmingham on Tuesday 11 November 2025.

Join us for a full-day event bringing together stakeholders from academia, industry and policy to explore the latest developments and strategic directions in UK and global biomass and bioenergy.

Dr Paul Golby CBE FREng, Chair of the Board at the National Energy Systems Operator (NESO), will deliver a keynote speech on UK energy systems and the role of bioenergy.

We will also be sharing the findings from a new report published jointly with the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) examining the potential role for biomass as a long-duration store of energy.

Other presentations from our researchers and industry experts will explore the impact being made in:

• net negative emissions technologies
• hydrogen
• low-carbon fuels for heating and aviation
• biomass production from land
• bio-based chemicals and materials.

A poster competition will highlight the work and achievements of our early career researcher community.

You will also have plenty of opportunity to connect and network with colleagues and new contacts.

The day will begin with registration from 9.30am and the first presentation at 10am. The event will close at 5pm.

09.30-10.00 Arrival and registration

10.00-10.30 Welcome, Supergen state of play, engagement strategy

Patricia Thornley, Catriona Heaton, Rebecca Fothergill, Freya Horsfield, Aston University

10.30-11.00 Net negative emissions and hydrogen

Mirjam Roeder, Aston University

Paul Willacy, Compact Syngas Solutions

Manosh Paul, University of Glasgow; Scott Banks, Aston University; Jun Li, Strathclyde University; Mirjam Roeder, Aston University

11.00-11.30 Keynote: Clean Power 2030 and beyond - the contribution of biofuels, Paul Golby, NESO

11.30-11.45 Coffee

11.45-12.15 Report launch: The potential role for biomass as a long-duration store of energy

Keelan Colechin, Cultivate

12.15-13.00 Resource availability and land use

Global Feedstock Assessment for SAF Production – Outlook to 2050, Cristiane Scaldifierri, Worley Consulting

Global indirect land use change, Jalil Yesufu, Aston University

Land use framework, Freya Horsfield, Aston University

13.00-14.00 Lunch and poster viewing

14.00-14.45 Low-carbon fuels

Context from the Department for Transport, Dharel Patel, Department for Transport

Sustainable aviation fuel, Spiros Siouris, University of Sheffield

Biofuels for industrial process heating, Rob Ireson, Glass Futures

Biofuels for off-grid heating, Ruoyang Yuan, University of Sheffield

14.45-15.00 Afternoon energiser - quiz

15.00-15.45 Digitalisation for the bio sector

Digitalisation of the bioenergy sector: Insights from industrial surveys and workshops
Benaissa Deckici, University of Surrey

Panel discussion: Opportunities for digitalisation in the bio sector

Ian Watson, University of Glasgow; Lauren Hilton, Future Biogas; David Payne, Zebra-EM

15.45-16.00 Coffee

16.00-16.45 Bioproducts – what can we get from biomass?

Parimala Shivaprasad, University of Nottingham

Jason Hallett, Imperial College London

Jesus Esteban Serrrano, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

16.45-17.00 Poster competition award and closing thoughts

Patricia Thornley, Aston University

17.00 Close

Info: Patricia Thornley, Catriona Heaton, Rebecca Fothergill, Freya Horsfield, Aston University

Info: Mirjam Roeder, Aston University

Paul Willacy, Compact Syngas Solutions

Manosh Paul, University of Glasgow; Scott Banks, Aston University; Jun Li, Strathclyde University; Mirjam Roeder, Aston University

Info: Clean Power 2030 and beyond - the contribution of biofuels

Info: Keelan Colechin, Cultivate

Info: Global Feedstock Assessment for SAF Production – Outlook to 2050, Cristiane Scaldifierri, Worley Consulting

Global indirect land use change, Jalil Yesufu, Aston University

Land use framework, Freya Horsfield, Aston University

Info: Context from the Department for Transport, Dharel Patel, Department for Transport

Sustainable aviation fuel, Spiros Siouris, University of Sheffield

Biofuels for industrial process heating, Rob Ireson, Glass Futures

Biofuels for off-grid heating, Ruoyang Yuan, University of Sheffield

Info: Digitalisation of the bioenergy sector: Insights from industrial surveys and workshops
Benaissa Deckici, University of Surrey

Panel discussion: Opportunities for digitalisation in the bio sector

Ian Watson, University of Glasgow; Lauren Hilton, Future Biogas; David Payne, Zebra-EM

Info: Parimala Shivaprasad, University of Nottingham

Jason Hallett, Imperial College London

Jesus Esteban Serrrano, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Info: Patricia Thornley, Aston University

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Conference Aston, Aston Street, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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