| GBEP agenda for the rest of 2011 and other events The following events are scheduled as part of the GBEP programme of work: • 15-18 November 2011 – Tokyo (Japan): technical workshops on sustainability indicators and GHG lifecycle analysis, Working Group on Capacity Building meeting and 12th meeting of the GBEP Steering Committee. Further details about these events will be provided by the GBEP Secretariat in due course and posted on the events section of the GBEP website. GBEP is planning to organize a side event during the XIX International Symposium on Alcohol Fuels (ISAF 2011) and 2nd Lignocellulosic Bioethanol Conference to present and discuss GBEP’s accomplishments in promoting the sustainable development of bioenergy. The side event will present the work of the two GBEP Task Forces (Task Force on GHG Methodologies and Task Force on Sustainability) and will focus in particular on the 24 sustainability indicators agreed in May. ISAF XIX will be held in Verona (Italy) on 10-14 October 2011. ISAF is a non-profit international organisation that gathers together specialists, technologists, executives and technical experts from alcohol, alcohol fuels, methanol, ethers and biofuel industries. ISAF XIX will be co-located with the 2nd Lignocellulosic Bioethanol Conference, a major event on 2nd generation bioethanol technologies organised by the European Commission and Brazil. In October 2011 GBEP will also take part in the Low Carbon Earth Summit 2011 (LCES 2011), which will take place in Dalian, China on 19-26 October. Dr. Corrado Clini, GBEP Chair, will participate in the summit and present the contribution of the Partnership to build international consensus on sustainable energy.
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