CONFERENCE OVERVIEW

The only event that focuses on the investment and financial side of the biodiesel industry!

Propelled by high fuel prices and government support, the biodiesel industry is taking off. In the U.S., where production was virtually nonexistent five years ago, production is more than doubling each year, and major agribusiness corporations and investors are taking a stake in the growing industry. In this climate of early-stage opportunities, the Platts Biodiesel Investor Conference provides insight on the business climate and strategies for investment.

Featured Speakers include:

• Joe Jobe, Executive Director, National Biodiesel Board
• Pete Nessler, Jr., Vice President, Renewable Fuels Group, FC Stone
• Hans Detweiler, Deputy Director for Energy and Recycling, Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
• Simon Upfill-Brown, General Manager, Dow Haltermann Custom Processing
• Anthony Pratt, Senior Manager, JD Power and Associates
• David Geanacopoulos, Director Industry Government Relations, Volkswagen America
• Claudio Rocchietta, Independent Consultant, and former Managing Director, Novaol
• Roger Conway, Director, Office of Energy Policy and New Uses, U.S. Department of Agriculture
• Graham Noyes, Vice President, World Energy Alternatives
• Denny DeVos, Senior Vice President, Agribusiness, Ag Country Farm Credit Services
• Will Babler, Commercial Risk Analyst, First Capitol Ag
• Martin Ross, President, Mid Atlantic Biodiesel
• Eric Bowen, Vice President Energy and Director of Biofuels, Sigma Capital Group, Inc.
• Scott Brown, CEO, New Energy Capital
• John McKenna, Chairman and CEO, Hamilton Clark & Co.
• Ron Reilly, CEO, EnGroup Securities, LLC
• Randall Besecker, CEO, Randall Besecker and Associates
• Ross Korves, Economic Policy Analyst, ProExporter Network (PRX)
• Sumesh Arora, Director of Strategic Biomass Initiative, Mississippi Technology Alliance
• Darwin Burkhart, Manager, Alternative Fuel Programs, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
• Joel Glatz, Vice President, Frontier Energy
• Mary Holmes, Manager, Illinois Value Added Rural Development Center, Western Illinois University
• Judd Hulting, Marketing Director, Illinois Soybean Association
• Kellie Walsh, Executive Director, Central Indiana Clean Cities Alliance

Audience
This conference will be valuable both for existing biodiesel producers and those who are new to the industry and exploring opportunities. Attendees will include biodiesel producers, commodity traders, agricultural banks, state government agencies, and financiers with an interest in biodiesel markets in North America.

About the Organizer
The world’s largest energy information provider, Platts provides news, prices, data, analysis, analytical tools, geospatial systems, research and consultancy–and outstanding educational and networking events–for the complete spectrum of the energy industry. Recent Platts conferences include the highly successful Ethanol Finance and Investment, held in Chicago in May 2005.

For speaking opportunities, contact:

Ron Berg
Tel: 781-860-6118
Fax: 781-860-6101
ron_berg@platts.com

For sponsorship opportunities, contact:

Lorne Grout
Tel: 781-860-6112
Fax: 781-860-6101
lorne_grout@platts.com