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FINAL PROGRAMME

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Thursday 11th February
1200-1255 Registration
1255-1300 Welcome and Opening Remarks

Session One - Characterisation. Agronomic and Environmental Benefits of Biochars
1300-1315 Frank Verheijen (recorded presentation)
Institute for Environment and Sustainability, JRC, European Commission
BIOCHAR APPLICATION TO SOILS – (heterogeneity)²
1315-1330

Hailong Wang
SICON
ADDITIONAL CARBON SEQUESTRATION IN FOREST PLANTATIONS THROUGH APPLICATION OF BIOCHAR TO SOILS: A CHALLENGING OPPORTUNITY
1330-1345

Evelyn Krull
CSIRO, Australia
BIOCHAR RESEARCH IN AUSTRALIA- AN UPDATE ON THE DAFF AND GRDC PROJECTS
1345-1400

Stephen Joseph
University of NSW
DEVELOPMENT OF BIOCHAR MINERAL COMPLEXES: THE NEXT GENERATION OF PLANT EFFECTIVE BIOCHARS
1400-1415

Yun Lin¹, Paul Munroe¹, Stephen Joseph¹, Chee Chia¹, Lukas Van Zwieten², Stephen Kimber²
¹University of NSW
²NSW Dept. of Primary Industries
STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION OF BIOCHARS FOLLOWING AGRONOMIC FIELD TRIALS
1415-1430 J. Bourke, M. Manley-Harris¹, M.J. Antal Jr²
¹ Waikato University
² University of Hawaii, at Manoa
MALDI-TOF SPECTROMETRY OF BIOCARBONS
1430-1445

Prakash Srinivasan1,2, Ajit K. Sarmah1, Merilyn Manley-Harris2, Ron J. Smernik3, Adriana Downie 4, Lukas van Zwieten 5
1Landcare Research, Hamilton
2University of Waikato
3University of Adelaide
4Pacific Pyrolysis
5NSW Department of Primary Industries
EFFECT OF PYROLYIS TEMPERATURE ON THE RETENTION CAPACITY OF GREENWASTE BIOCHAR TO SORB STEROID HORMONES AND VETERINARY ANTIBIOTICS
1445-1515 Afternoon tea and poster viewing (Click here for the list of posters)
1515-1530

Craig Anderson
Lincoln University
INFLUENCE OF BIOCHAR AMENDMENTS ON RHIZOSPHERE PROCESSES
1530-1545

Siva Sivakumaran, Samuel Dunlop, Markus Deurer, Robert Simpson, Ian McIvor, P Jeyakumar, Iris Vogeler, Brent Clothier
Plant & Food Research
THE IMPACT OF CHARCOAL ON BIOPHYSICAL SOIL FUNCTIONS IN AN APPLE ORCHARD IN HAWKE’S BAY
1545-1600

Robert Simpson, Iris Vogeler, Markus Deurer
Plant & Food Research
THE EFFECT OF BIOCHAR ON METHANE-METABOLISING SOIL MICROBES
1600-1615 Don. Graves
Nelson Bays Mycorrhizas
BIOCHAR AS A CARRIED FOR MYCORRHIZAL INOCULA
1615-1630

Michael A. Nichols
Massey University
BIOCHAR – A NEW HYDROPONIC GROWING MEDIUM
1630-1645 Marta Camps, Peter Bishop, Erwin I. Wisnubroto, Kiran Hina, William Aitkenhead, Roberto Calvelo-Pereira, Mike Hedley
NZBRC, Massey University
BIOCHAR RESEARCH AT THE NZBRC. THE SOIL SCIENCE STREAM
1645-1715 Panel Discussion and Closing Remarks of Session

Friday 12th February

Session 2 - Pyrolysis Engineering, Biochar and Society
0830-0835 Session Welcome
Jim Jones
Massey University
0835-0900 Michael Burlace and Mark Hetherington, Jim Jones
Massey University
LIVE DEMONSTRATION of ¼ SCALE PYROLYSER – STARTUP
(Outside Shelter)
0900-0915

Adriana Downie, Chris Pepper
Pacific Pyrolysis
Palmerston North City Council
PNCC BIOCHAR PROJECT
0915-0930 Dorothy Quade
Victoria University
BIOCHAR AND PUBLIC POLICY
0930-0945 Attilio Pigneri
NZBRC, Massey University
BIOCHAR SYSTEMS ANALYSIS: CENTRAL NORTH ISLAND CASE STUDY
0945-1000 Ruy Anaya de la Rosa
NZBRC, Massey University
BIOCHAR AND THE CARBON MARKETS
1000-1015 Morning Tea
LIVE DEMONSTRATION of ¼ SCALE PYROLYSER – OPERATION
(Outside Shelter – Tea and Coffee provided)
1015-1030 Stuart McGlashin
Anthroterra
PYROLYSER SYSTEM DESIGN FOR BIOCHAR AS A SOIL IMPROVER
1030-1045 Adriana Downie
Pacific Pyrolysis
BEST ENERGIES SLOW PYROLYSIS TECHNOLOGY
1045-1100 Greer Tanner-Dempsey
Waikato University/University of Hawaii
ELECTRICITY FROM BIOCHAR; DEVELOPMENT OF A SECOND-GENERATION, AQUEOUS-ALKALINE BIOCARBON FUEL CELL
1100-1115 Mark McCurdy¹ and Phil Hetherington²
¹ CRL Energy Ltd, ² OPUS International Consultants
BIOMASS PYROLYSIS: BIO-BITUMEN AND BEYOND
1115-1130 Shusheng Pang
University of Canterbury
BIOMASS PYROLYSIS FOR BIOMASS DENSIFICATION
1130-1145 Cory Leatherland, Doug Stewart
Lakeland Steel
PYROLYSIS OF SAWDUST
1145-1200 Jim Jones
Massey University
BIOCHAR RESEARCH AT THE NZBRC: PYROLYSIS STREAM
1200-1230 Closing Remarks and Panel Discussion
1230-1245 LIVE DEMONSTRATION of ¼ SCALE PYROLYSER – SHUTDOWN
(Outside Shelter)
1245- Join us for Lunch at Massey Dining Hall

Posters

  1. L. M. Macdonald¹, D. V. Murphy², E. S Krull¹
    ¹ CSIRO Land & Water, Australia
    ² University of Western, Australia
    A FUNDAMENTAL UNDERSTANDING OF BIOCHAR: IMPLICATIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE GRAINS INDUSTRY.
  2. T. Maddern, J. McGowan, E. Krull
    CSIRO Land and Water, Australia
    A NEW SET-UP FOR THE ANALYSES OF WATER-BORNE C AND N COMPONENTS: A COMBINED THERMALOXTM CRYOPREP-IRMS APPROACH
  3. K. Hina¹, P. Bishop¹, M. Camps¹, R. Calvelo-Pereira², J.A. Maciá-Agulló³, J. Hindmarsh¹, J.A. Hanly¹, F. Macías², M.J. Hedley¹
    ¹ NZBRC, Massey University
    ² USC, Spain
    ³ INCAR-CSIC, Spain
    PRODUCING BIOCHARS WITH ENHANCED SURFACE ACTIVITY THROUGH ALKALINE PRETREATMENT OF FEEDSTOCKS
  4. E. I. Wisnubroto, M. Hedley, K. Hina, M. Camps
    NZBRC, Massey University
    THE USE OF BIOCHAR FROM BIOSOLIDS ON WAITARERE SANDY SOILS: EFFECT ON THE GROWTH OF RYE GRASS
  5. R. Calvelo Pereira¹, R. Pardo Lorenzo¹, W. Aitkenhead², F. Macías¹, M. Hedley², J. A. Maciá-Agulló³ and M. Camps-Arbestain²
    ¹ NZBRC, Massey University
    ² USC, Spain
    ³ INCAR-CSIC, Spain
    INFLUENCE OF PYROLYSIS TEMPERATURE ON HETEROTROPHIC BASAL SOIL RESPIRATION IN BIOCHAR/SOIL MIXTURES
  6. D.N. Dickinson¹, J.P. Kim¹, A.R. Hayman¹, W.W. Dickinson²
    ¹ University of Otago
    ² Antarctic Research Centre, Victoria University
    CHAR PRODUCTION BY HYDROTHERMAL CARBONIZATION

Programme is subject to change.