REDcert GmbH

• Since its foundation in 2010, Managing Director of REDcert GmbH, which was founded by the leading associations of the agricultural and biofuel industry to establish an industry-based certification system for sustainably produced biofuels and bioliquids under the European Renewable Energy Directive.
• Also responsible for the subsidiary Sustainable Resources Verification Scheme (SURE), which was founded by REDcert in 2019 as a joint venture with the European umbrella organization Bioenergy Europe and focuses on the sustainability certification of solid and gaseous biomass for electricity and heat generation.
• Responsible for the SeedGuard certification system for seed treatment facilities and the supporting organization of the same name
• For almost 20 years, responsible for ORGAINVENT GmbH, which operates the only testing system for the origin labeling of meat in Germany.

Institute for Energy Research, Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences, Lemgo

Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics

East Westphalia-Lippe University of Applied Sciences, Lemgo

since 2011 Professor of Fluid Dynamics, Fluid Machinery and Energy Technology, Lemgo  

Modeling of flows and heat transport as well as energy systems, power-to-X, e-fuels, biofuels

•     2007 -2011 Development Manager Fans, mdexx/Siemens Bremen
•     2004 -2007 Project Manager Development, GEA Lufttechnik, Herne, Germany
•     2000 -2004 Flow simulation, Bayer Technology Services, Leverkusen  
•     2000 Doctorate, Institute of Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg

Susanne Köppen, Landscape ecologist, has been a research associate at ifeu since 2007 and is project manager in the team “Sustainable Biomass” department. She focuses on sustainability aspects relating to the use of biomass for energy and materials. Since the RED came into force, she has been supporting various stakeholders, particularly in its implementation and further development. This includes advising the responsible ministries on national implementation aspects as well as cooperating with and advising authorities and certification bodies on practical aspects, in particular on calculating greenhouse gas emissions. This also includes the creation and support of corresponding calculation aids at national level (the so-called ENZO₂ tools).

In addition to the derivation of biomass potentials, other focal points include the modelling of greenhouse gas emissions at sectoral level (with the help of the Agriculture and LULUCF Model (ALMOD) developed by her) and the derivation of sustainability criteria for biomass and bioenergy at national and international level, as well as the derivation of prioritization criteria within the framework of the bioeconomy.

Daniel Koslowski has been with VTA Software & Services GmbH and its predecessor companies since 2006. He is Head of Decarbonization & Application Development and has been an authorized signatory since the beginning of 2024. In these roles, he manages strategically and operationally complex projects and controls software development in various areas. He is an experienced project manager and software developer with a degree in computer science (FH) and a certification as a Project Management Professional (PMP) according to PMI standards.

His many years of expertise include software development and architecture, particularly in the areas of dispatch automation, control systems (WinCC), customs and tax applications, quantity balancing and sustainability management.

Daniel Koslowski has extensive knowledge of regulatory requirements such as RED / RED II at EU level. His knowledge of German legislation and regulations includes the Federal Immission Control Act (BImSchG), the Federal Immission Control Ordinance (BImSchV), the Biofuel Sustainability Ordinance (Biokraft-NachV) and the Fuel Emissions Trading Act (BEHG). In Austria, its portfolio includes the Fuel Ordinance (KVO) and related laws and ordinances.

Nicolas Kurtsoglou is a chemical engineer, graduated from Chimie ParisTech and IFP School.

Works as Fuel Manager at Bioethanol France, in charge of advocacy for bioethanol, working together with OEMs for Flexfuel cars and Fuel suppliers to increase the sales of E85 fuel. Also working on standardization of E20 and fully renewable E85.  

Chairwoman of the Board of Bundesverband BioEnergie e.V. (BBE)

Botagoz is a Senior Market Analyst at SGS INSPIRE, where she is responsible for conducting research and analysis on European Union policies and legislative developments within EU Member States. Based in Brussels, Belgium, she brings 13 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, specializing in regulatory affairs and commercial management.

Before joining SGS INSPIRE, Botagoz held various positions at Chevron Kazakhstan, where she worked across public affairs, regulatory compliance, marketing, and transportation departments.

Botagoz holds a bachelor's degree in Economics from the Institute of Oil & Gas, a postgraduate certification in Marketing from the European School of Economics, and a master’s degree in Clean Technology Management.

She also gained experience at SABIC in the Netherlands, where she was responsible for analyzing opportunities and constraints related to the company’s sustainable fuel strategy in response to recent EU regulations in the energy and transportation sectors.

Based in Brussels, Gabriel is the Manager of Stratas Advisors' Global Renewables and Decarbonization practice. He specializes in delivering in-depth research and analysis on global markets for biofuels and alternative fuels as part of Stratas' core services, while also offering ad hoc consulting support. Prior to joining Stratas, Gabriel honed his expertise as an energy data analyst at the Belgian Energy Ministry. He holds a master's degree in Economics from the University of Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium).

Jörg Schröder is a graduate engineer in mechatronics/combustion engines and has been working at the German Biomass Research Centre in the Renewable Fuels in Transport working group since 2010. His field of research includes the technological assessment of current and future biorefinery products in the context of vehicles, infrastructure and future demand. In this context, he is also active in the national standardisation committees for gas and liquid gas fuels and in the Transport Working Group of the European Biogas Association (EBA). At the DBFZ, he is currently investigating the sustainable implementation of green refineries and acts as editor of the DBFZ report ‘Monitoring renewable energies in transport’.

• Studies of Technical Chemistry, University of Greifswald
• 1989 - 1997 Scientific Assistant, Department of Chemistry, University of Rostock
• 1998 Doctorate in the field of analytics and environmental chemistry at the University of Rostock (Dr. rer. nat.)
• since 1999 Scientific Assistant at the Chair of Piston Engines and Internal Combustion Engines, University of Rostock
• since 2001 Head of the Fuel and Lubricant Research Group
Activities in committees and associations:
• Mineral Oil and Fuel Standards Committee of the DIN, subcommittee 632.2 - Fuels for vegetable oil compatible combustion engines - Fuel from rapeseed oil, Working group Standardization of Vegetable Oil Fuel and Working Committee 663 - Used Oil Tests
• UFOP expert commission “Biofuels and Renewable Resources”
• Technical Committee of AGQM Biodiesel

Dr Uta Weiß has over 25 years of experience in various areas of the energy industry (natural gas, electricity and liquid fuels). After studying chemical engineering, she completed her doctorate at the Institute for Chemical Reaction Engineering at the Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg.
In 1998, she began her career in the exploration/production and transport sector of the gas business at BEB Erdgas und Erdöl in Hanover. Back in Hamburg, she worked for Hamburgische Electricitätswerke (now Vattenfall) from 2001.  From 2003-2005 she worked in the Rhineland as Hub Contract Manager and Deputy Managing Director for HubCo/EuroHub, the then operator of the natural gas trading hub in Northwest Europe.

She then built up the Public Affairs division at Marquard & Bahls (now Mabanaft GmbH&Co.KG) and was additionally appointed Managing Director of GMA (Gesellschaft für Mineralölanalytik und Qualitätsmanagement) in 2012.

In September 2021, she was elected Chairwoman of the Board of MEW e.V. (Mittelständische Energiewirtschaft Deutschland).