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Global SAF Infrastructure & Trade Forum
— Building the Network That Power Global SAF Trade

Day 2 Featured Program: Global SAF Infrastructure & Trade Forum
The Global SAF Infrastructure & Trade Forum is SAF Europe Summit 2027’s closed-door strategic platform dedicated to building the physical, logistical, and commercial backbone required for large-scale global SAF deployment.

As mandates tighten and production capacity expands, the critical challenge is no longer whether SAF can be produced — but whether the infrastructure, trade corridors, airport and port systems, and international supply chain frameworks are in place to deliver SAF across borders and at scale.

Bringing together airport and port executives, trade commissioners, logistics operators, fuel suppliers, infrastructure investors, policymakers, and aviation stakeholders, the forum is designed to accelerate cross-border SAF trade, unlock infrastructure investment, and strengthen the global fuel distribution network necessary for the next phase of aviation decarbonisation.

09:30 - 09:40 (10 mins)

[Forum Opening] Global SAF Network Outlook: Trade, Infrastructure & Strategic Cooperation
  • 2030 & 2050 SAF demand outlook
  • Policy fragmentation across Europe, the U.S., Middle East & Asia
  • Infrastructure gaps emerging under SAF mandates

09:40 - 10:20 (40 mins)

[Opening Panel] Ports & Airports as Global SAF Hubs: From Vision Positioning to Value Deployment
  • How ports and airports can position themselves as SAF storage, blending, distribution, and refueling hubs
  • Investment acceleration: key success factors and infrastructure bottlenecks
  • Building interconnected hub networks for SAF allocation, logistics coordination, and information sharing across regions

Therese Forsström
Head of Sustainable Development
Swedavia AB 

10:20 - 11:00 (40mins)

[Panel] Emerging SAF Trade Corridors: The Next Global Fuel Routes
  • Beyond transatlantic routes: how Middle East, Asia Pacific, and Africa SAF corridors are emerging
  • Regional production advantages and import dependencies
  • The role of logistics, shipping, and trade partnerships in enabling global SAF flows

Rolf Karst
Investment Director
Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) 

Coffee Break

11:30 - 11:50 (20mins)

Case Study - Reserved for Sponsors

11:50 - 12:30 (40 mins)

[Panel] From Production to Take-Off: Building the Global SAF Supply Chain, Logistics and Delivery Network
  • Creating global SAF trade corridors connecting production hubs, ports and key aviation markets
  • Developing multimodal logistics networks integrating shipping, storage, rail, trucking and airport fuel infrastructure
  • Strengthening collaboration among producers, logistics providers, ports, airports and airlines to accelerate SAF deployment at scale

Bettina Petzold
Head of Corporate Responsibility
Lufthansa Cargo

Gorka Penalva
Northwest Europe Commercial Director
Exolum

Lunch Break

14:00-14:40 (40mins)

[Panel] Trusted Global SAF Ecosystem: Certification, Traceability & Market Access
  • Scaling Book & Claim systems globally
  • Digital passports and chain-of-custody tracking
  • Certification mutual recognition pathways
  • Balancing supply chain transparency with commercial confidentiality and data privacy

Kester Brons 
Carbon Market Instruments Program Manager
Google

Koen Pouw
Sustainability Advisor
Rotterdam The Hague Airport 

14:40 - 15:00 (20mins)

Signing Ceremony of the “Rotterdam SAF Pledge”
  • Accelerating the development of a global SAF trade network
  • Signing participants include ports, airports, logistics companies, energy firms, industry associations, and government representatives.​
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