Day 1 19 June 2006

12.00 Arrival of participants - Registration
13.00 Lunch
14.00 Opening Session - Welcoming Words from:
Institute for Energy – Chris Hunter
BIOMASA - Ladislav Zidek and Dagmar Bohunicka
Round table presentation of attendees
14.15 Presentation of the IE JRC and EU Energy needs.
By: David Baxter & Chris Hunter JRC-IE, The Netherlands
14.45 AgriForEnergy project – overview
By: Horst Jauschnegg, Landwirtschaftskammer Steiermark, , Austria.
15:00 Pellets energy utilization and wood pellet market development in Slovakia
By: Ladislav Zidek, BIOMASA Association (Sk)
15:30 Information campaign for development of wood biomass sector in Slovenia
By:Nike Krajnc, Slovenian forestry Institute (SLO)
15.45 Coffee break
16:00 Biomass based systems: state of the art and information management in Slovenia
By:Nike Krajnc, Slovenian forestry Institute (SLO)
16.30 The Austrian approach to develop biomass based energy systems
By: Horst Jauschnegg, Landwirtschaftskammer Steiermark, Austria.
17.00 Development of strategy and national policies for biomass energy in Bulgaria.
By: Angel Nikolaev Project Coordinator, Black Sea Regional Energy Centre (Bg)
Round table discussion
18.00 End of Day 1
20.00 Common dinner in Zilina

Day 2 20 June 2006

09.00 Possibiities for biomass utiisation in Roznava region
By: Peter Kisley & Peter Horbaj, Tcchnical University Kosice (Sk)
09.30 Projects of RADEN company on combustion of straw and wood chips in Eastern
Slovakia – technical and economic aspects
By: Viliam Beno, RADEN Kosice (Sk)
10.00 Wood and waste pelleting and briquetting technologies in Slovakia
By: Lubomir Soos, Technical University Bratislava (Sk)
10.30 Experiences of company PONAST with instalation of automatic pellet heating boilers in
condition of Czech Republic and Slovakia
By: Ctirad Bryol, PONAST Valaské Meziříčí (CZ)
11.00 Coffee break
11.15 Small scale heating systems: three models promoted by AIEL across Italy.
By: Valter Francescato, Italian Wood Energy Association (I)
11:45 Alternative pellets from vegetable waste - potential for utilisation in Slovakia
By: Jan Bednarcak, BIMPEX Presov (Sk)
12.15 Round Table Discussion. What attendees expect from networking in enlarged EU. What
are your ares of interest? Summary. Conclusions and Closing Remarks.
12:45 Lunch
14.00 Excursion to the wood pellet production
15.00 End of Workshop.