The reference group will support the project management. The reference group consists of experts from research, industry and public authorities.

Following experts have aggreed to participate in the reference group:

• Marit Aursand, Sintef, project leader in the CYCLE project
• Lars Coenen, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute,The University of Melbourne, & City of Melbourne
• Marit Holtermann Foss, Norsk Industri, Daglig leder for Treforedlingsindustriens Bransjeforening
• Kari Kolstad, NOFIMA
• Odd Jarle Skjelshaugen, Director of the Norwegian Centre for Bioenergy Research at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences

The reference group had its first meeting with the project management on the 4th of June 2015.