Date: 25 September 2026
Location: Comet Louise, Pl. Stephanie 20 in Brussels
ICARUS Final Conference
This ICARUS Final Conference on 25 September 2026 serves to present and discuss project results with interested stakeholders active in the field of Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) at an on-site event taking place at Comet Louise, Pl. Stephanie 20 in Brussels.
The ICARUS project provides innovative solutions and concepts for up-scaling for three main SAF production routes, namely Biocrude from hydrothermal liquefaction to SAF, Isobutanol from lignocellulosic biomass to SAF, and Synthetic Fischer-Tropsch from biomass gasification to SAF. Project targets include increased and sustainable biomass supply, cutting edge technological developments, techno-economic, environmental, and social assessments throughout the entire value chains.
Conference Registration:
Please, send an email confirming your participation to rainer.janssen@wip-munich.de.
09:00 – 10:00 Registration, coffee and networking
Opening
10:00 – 10:10 Welcome and introduction
Rainer Janssen, WIP Renewable Energies, Germany
10:10 – 10:25 ICARUS in a snapshot
Myrsini Christou, CRES, Greece
10:25 – 10:40 Financing instruments for SAF upscaling
Mrs. Maria Georgiadou, DG RTD
SESSION 1 – ICARUS R&I Achievements on SAF Value Chains
10:40 – 10:50 Enabling scalable SAF production through feedstock innovation
Walter Zegada Lizerazu, University of Bologna, Italy
10:50 – 11:00 Innovation in biocrude oils to SAF
Francisco Girio, LNEG, Portugal
11:00 – 11:10 Innovation in isobutanol/alcohol to SAF
Iker Aguirrezabal, University of the Basque Country, Spain
11:10 – 11:20 Innovation in syngas to SAF
Berend Vreugdenhil, TNO, The Netherlands
11:20 – 11:45 Open discussion “ICARUS innovations on SAF value chains”
Moderator: Rainer Janssen, WIP
Coffee break and networking (11:45 – 12:00)
SESSION 2 – Assessments, Policies and Markets
12:00 – 12:10 Environmental impacts of SAF value chains
Marcos Djun Barbosa Watanabe, NTNU, Norway
12:10 – 12:20 Cost analysis of SAF production
Niels Dögnitz, DBFZ, Germany
12:20 – 12:30 SAF policies and markets
Kyriakos Maniatis, Consultant
12:30 – 12:40 SAF sustainability certification
Esther Hegel, RSB, Switzerland
12:40 – 13:00 Open discussion “SAF impacts, costs, policies and markets”
Moderator: Kyriakos Maniatis
Lunch break and networking (13:00 – 14:30)
SESSION 3 – External Insights
14:30 – 14:50 To be confirmed
Themistoklis Neokosmidis, CONCAWE (tbc)
14:50 – 15:10 To be confirmed
Sergi Alegre, Airport Regions Council (ARC) (tbc)
15:10 – 15:30 To be confirmed
Marco Buffi, JRC (tbc)
Coffee break and networking (15:30 – 15:45)
SESSION 4 – ICARUS Outlook on SAF Innovation
15:45 – 16:15 ICARUS best practices and concepts
Berta Matas Güell, SINTEF, Norway and Myrsini Christou, CRES, Greece
16:15 – 16:55 Open discussion “Outlook on SAF innovation”
Moderator: Rainer Janssen, WIP
16:55 – 17:00 Conclusions and farewell
Myrsini Christou, CRES, Greece
