Track 5 Finance, Strategic Planning, Industrialization and Commercialization BIT’s 1st Annual World Congress of Bioenergy 2011

#1: Building the Bioeconomy: Alberta Invests in the Future Dr. Stanford F. Blade CEO, Alberta Innovates Bio Solutions, Den, Canada; Adjunct Professor, University of Alberta, Canada

#2: Biofuel as a Potential Energy Source: Overview and Development Perspectives Dr. Vinod Kumar Sharma Senior Scientist, ENEA Research Centre, Trisaia, Italy Co-Chair of Track 5

#3: Investments into Forest Biorefineries under Different Price and Policy Structures Dr. Jussi Uusivuori*, Kangas H.-L., Lintunen, J., Pohjola, J. and L- Hetemäki Professor, Finnish Forest Research Institute, METLA, Finland

#4: Economic Forest Management with Consideration of the Forest and Energy Industries Dr. Peter Lohmander Professor of Forest Management and Economic Optimization, Swedish University o Agricultural Sciences, SLU, Sweden Chair of Track 5

#5: The Future of Cellulosic Ethanol Dr. Wei Yang Senior Executive, Accenture, China