Connecting global SAF leaders to accelerate deployment

As Sustainable Aviation Fuels move from ambition to large-scale deployment, strategic dialogue at the highest level becomes essential.

The EUBCE High-Level SAF Roundtable brings together a selected group of senior representatives from industry, governments, international organisations, finance and innovation for a focused exchange on the future of SAF.

Participation is by invitation only, creating a trusted environment where decision-makers can openly discuss the policy, market, technology and financing conditions required to accelerate SAF deployment worldwide.

From international dialogue to action

The SAF Roundtable has developed over successive editions into an international platform connecting major SAF markets and stakeholders.

The High-level round table on sustainable aviation fuels operates on the basis of delegations alongside international organisations and leading industry players. So far there are delegations from EU, Brazil, Canada, China, Japan, India, Philippines and the US.

The heads of delegations are respectively:

• Kyriakos Maniatis
  Former European Commission, DG ENERGY
  EUBCE SAF Roundtable & Industry Track Coordinator
• Paula Isabel da Costa Barbosa
  Energy Research Analys, EPE 20+, Brazil
• Shizhong Li
  Tsingua University China, China
• Yukihiko Matsumura
  Professor, Hirosima University, Japan
• YB Ramakrishna
  Senior Vice President IFGE, Chairperson IFGE, Former Chairman Working group on Biofuels MoPNG, India
• Francis Penaflor
  Director, Philippines Board of Investments
• Pedro Ortiz Toral
  Program Director for Bioenergy, GTI Energy, USA

Discussions have focused on some of the most critical issues determining the scale-up of SAF:

• policy and regulatory frameworks;
• market creation and international cooperation;
• financing and investment conditions;
• technology pathways and feedstock availability;
• jet fuel security and resilience;
• conditions required to move SAF projects towards Final Investment Decision and commercial deployment.

The Roundtable is designed not simply to discuss SAF, but to identify common challenges and translate dialogue into concrete messages for industry and policymakers.