Biochar Conferences

IBI believes that bringing biochar enthusiasts, researchers, policy makers, producers, and users together is a key to moving biochar into the mainstream.  International and regional biochar conferences allow for an exchange of ideas and information in one place that is essential for the field. 

IBI has hosted three international conferences to date.  The first international conference took place in April/May 2007 in Terrigal, Australia with a total of 107 participants from 13 countries, representing scientists, economists, farmers, commercial interests, risk management ventures, representatives of the governments of Australia and New Zealand, the media, and others. Just over a year later, in September 2008, IBI hosted the second international conference in Newcastle, United Kingdom, "Biochar, Sustainability and Security in a Changing Climate" with over 225 attendees from 31 different countries and over 70 presentations. In September 2010, IBI held the 3rd International Conference in partnership with Embrapa in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Upcoming local, regional and national conferences are listed on the IBI website Calendar. Please send us information if you are planning a conference.

Previous Biochar Conferences

Regional biochar conferences allow participants to focus in on industry, research, and implementation of biochar in a certain area. Click on any of the links below for more conference information. The conferences listed below are those that have a good deal of information/presentations included online.

• 2011 ASA/SSSA/CSSA Meeting Report Highlighting Biochar Presentations, United States, October 2011
• International Symposium on Biochar Research, Development and Application, Nanjing China, October 2011
• Launch of the Global Soil Partnership, October 2011
• European Biochar Symposium 2011, Halle (Saale), Germany, September 2011
• Gasification Camp Report from Honduras, September 2011
• Asia Pacific Biochar, Kyoto Japan, September 2011
• Biochar and New Green Agriculture of China, September 2011
• Report from Trentino Stove Camp, Italy in September 2011
• Biochar Sessions at the American Chemical Society (ACS) annual meeting in Denver, CO, United States, August 2011
• Report from BEF CHAB (Combined Heat and Biochar) camp in August 2011
  
• First TLUD Stove camp in Uganda: June 2011 stove camp report
• Biomass to Biochar, Montana, USA, March 2011
• Pacific West Biomass Conference and Trade Show, Seattle WA, January 12-15 2011
• International Symposium on Environmental Behavior and Effects of Biomass-derived Charcoal Hangzhou, China, October 2010
• 2010 Biochar Symposium, Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, USA, September 2010
• US Biochar 2010 Conference, Iowa State University, USA, June 2010
• The Northeast Biochar Symposium, Massachusetts, USA, November 2009
• North American Biochar, Boulder CO USA, August 2009
• Asia Pacific Biochar, Gold Coast Australia, May 2009
• Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) Conference, October 2008 (United States)