Invitation from the Organizing
Committee
Improving the economics of producing fuels and chemicals is vital
to many industrial sectors. We’ve designed the program for the 26th Symposium on
Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals to deliver the latest research
breakthroughs and results in biotechnology that stimulate such improvements.
Whether you represent the industrial, academic, or government sector, we invite
you to join us and participate in this exciting exchange of information and
ideas. You will not only find tremendous opportunity for productive interaction
with your domestic colleagues, but since this symposium has an international
scope, you will also gain from the results of research efforts abroad.
With the 26th Symposium, we continue
the tradition of providing an informal, congenial atmosphere that our
participants find conducive to pursuing technical discussion of program topics.
You and those traveling with you will also enjoy the
history and scenery of Tennessee, taking advantage of the Symposium’s setting in
Chattanooga.
After looking over the schedule and agenda, we
hope you will register to join us this year for the 26th Symposium. Please use the registration form on our web site to register soon. We look forward to seeing you!
This year, technical topics
include:
| Feedstock Supply,
Logistics, Processing, and Composition. Topics for this
session will include sustainability considerations, environmental and
economic impacts, innovative collection, storage and transportation
methods, and plant science applications. |
| Enzyme Catalysis
and Engineering. This session will focus on identification,
modification, development, and cost-effective production and use of
enzymes to achieve numerous biological and chemical transformations. |
| Microbial
Catalysis and Metabolic Engineering. This session will focus
on finding new and further developing existing micro-organisms for
improved performance to produce fuels and chemicals. |
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| Bioprocessing and
Separations. This session will cover reactor configurations
and the integration of engineering with microbiology, biochemistry,
and chemistry to produce fuels and chemicals. |
| More than
Technology - Finance and Policy to Create the Biorefinery. A
round table discussion on the externalities needed to advance
biorefineries into reality. These include finance, risk, law and
regulations, government policy, and nongovernmental organizations. |
| Biobased
Industrial Chemicals. This session will discuss the
production of chemicals and other value-added bioproducts from
biological rather than petrochemical routes. Advances in process
integration, demonstration, economics, and commercialization will be
highlighted. |
| Biomass
Pretreatment and Hydrolysis. This session will focus on
novel reactor configurations and new process approaches for
pretreatment and saccharification of biomass. |
| Plant
Biotechnology and Feedstock Genomics.
The potential impact of transgenic, genetic, and genomic-based modifications
to the architectural, compositional or metabolic functions of plants will be
discussed in this session in relation to an enhanced renewables base. |
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