Biofuels In Singapore Conference 2011

Meeting Summary
The topics covered at this conference will include the most promising avenues for bioenergy production. Talks will cover state-of-the-art research on cellulosic ethanol, next-generation fermentation of biofuels, algal biofuels?, and the development of new biomass feedstocks. Talks will also cover economic and environmental considerations of biofuels technologies, as well as integration of biofuels into the existing energy infrastructure. As the world enters an era of decreasing fossil fuel use it needs to understand the opportunities and challenges of building a new biofuels industry. Significant economic and logistic challenges need to be met, while retaining the most environmentally beneficial practices. This meeting will bring together academic and industrial scientists with planning and policymakers, all working to identify the most promising avenues to a viable biofuels future.

Plenary Topics

* Bioenergy: The Options for an Economic and Sustainable Future
* Biofuel Production from Algae
* Cellulosics
* Alternative Feedstocks and CO2 Sequestration
* Potential of Biomass Production in Southeast Asia
* Alternative Strategies

Meeting Program

TUESDAY, MARCH 1

OPENING REMARKS
Charles F. Zukoski, Science and Engineering Research Council? or SERC?, Singapore

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Speaker to be Announced

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2

WELCOMING REMARKS
Minister of Trade and Industry, Singapore

BIOENERGY: THE OPTIONS FOR AN ECONOMIC AND SUSTAINABLE FUTURE I

Adam Brown, International Energy Agency, France
An Economic and Environmental Analysis of our Bioenergy Options
Jay D. Keasling, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Next Generation Biofuels through Synthetic Biology
Lee Rybeck Lynd, Dartmouth College, USA
Talk Title to be Determined
Short Talk to be Chosen from Abstracts
POSTER SESSION 1

BIOENERGY: THE OPTIONS FOR AN ECONOMIC AND SUSTAINABLE FUTURE II
P.K. Wong, Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences?, Singapore
Sustainable Production of Biobased Fuels and Chemicals
Jason Pyle, Sapphire Energy, USA
Examining our Renewable Energy Options
Amaral Weber, Universidade de São Paulo - Piracicaba, Brazil
Sustainability of Second-Generation Ethanol
Short Talk to be Chosen from Abstracts

THURSDAY, MARCH 3

BIOFUEL PRODUCTION FROM ALGAE I
Arthur Grossman, Solazyme? USA
The Photoautotrophic and Heterotrophic Production of Algal Biofuels
Stephen P. Mayfield, University of California, San Diego, USA
The potential of micro-algae for the production of biofuels and bio-products
Susan S. Golden, University of California, San Diego, USA
Developing Cyanobacteria for Production of Industrial Products and Fuels
Ben Hankamer, University of Queensland, Australia
Towards High-Efficiency Microalgae Biofuel Systems
Short Talk to be Chosen from Abstracts
POSTER SESSION 2

BIOFUEL PRODUCTION FROM ALGAE II
Paul G. Falkowski, Rutgers University, USA
Understanding Lipid Production in Diatoms
Christoph Benning, Michigan State University, USA
Regulation of Triacylglycerol Synthesis and Turnover in Microalgae
Ursula Goodenough, Washington University, USA
Lipid Accumulation in Microalgae under Stress
Short Talk to be Chosen from Abstracts

FRIDAY, MARCH 4

CELLULOSICS I
Iain Donnison, Aberystwyth University, UK
Miscanthus and Other Grasses as Bioenergy Feedstocks
Martin Keller, Oak Ridge National Laboratory?, USA
The BioEnergy? Science Center: On the Way to a Sustainable Bioenergy Industry
Timothy J. Donohue, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Development of Sustainable Cellulosic Biofuels by Great Lakes Bioenergy
Mark Davis, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA
Plant Cell Wall Characterization
Short Talk to be Chosen from Abstracts

CELLULOSICS II
David Hogsett, Mascoma Corp
Talk Title to be Determined
Lonnie O. Ingram, University of Florida, USA
Engineering Bacteria for Fuels and Chemicals from Lignocellose
Luuk van der Wielen, Delft University, Netherlands
The European Biorefinery Project
Short Talk to be Chosen from Abstracts

SATURDAY, MARCH 5

ALTERNATIVE FEEDSTOCKS AND CO2 SEQUESTRATION
Speaker to be Announced
Soil Sequestration and Plant Growth or Palm Oil as Alternative
Richard A. Dixon, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, USA
Alternative Bioenergy Crops: Switchgrass.
Hong Yan, Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, Singapore
Research and Development to Improve the Biodiesel Feedstock Plant, Jatropha curcas
Hock Aun Khoo, Cosmo Biofuels Group?
Talk Title to be Determined
Short Talk to be Chosen from Abstracts

WORKSHOP: POTENTIAL OF BIOMASS PRODUCTION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
Jeffrey P. Obbard*, Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences?, Singapore
Short Talks to be Chosen from Abstracts

ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES
Richard T. Sayre, Donald Danforth Plant Sciences Center, USA
Algal Biofuels Production: A Systems Approach
Robert J. Schmidt, SG Biofuels?, USA
Re-emergence of Jatropha as a Biofuel Crop; Back to Basics of Breeding and Biotechnology
Sabeeha Merchant, UCLA, USA
RNA Seq analysis of the Chlamydomonas Transcriptome Under Nutrient Limitation
Short Talk to be Chosen from Abstracts


* Session Chair
† Invited but not yet accepted

External Link:

www.keystonesymposia.org/11C3