First International Conference on Renewable Resources and Biorefineries

September 19-21st 2005

The first International Conference on Renewable Resources and Biorefineries was held at Ghent University in September 19-21st 2005.

This conference brought together leading political, corporate and academic figures from three continents to provide an overview of the economic, environmental and social issues.

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	Conference opening
	Marc Declercq - Vice-rector Ghent University
	Plenary lectures
	Christian Patermann - European Commission, Belgium Building the European knowledge based bio-economy
	James Clark - University of York, UK Renewable resources: The first step in greening the life-cycle of chemical products?
	Greg Zeikus – Michigan State University, USA Biobased industrial products: Back to the future for agriculture
	Session 1. General aspects of biorefineries
	Johan Sanders - Wageningen University, The Netherlands Biorefinery, the bridge between Agriculture and Chemistry
	Christophe Rupp-Dahlem – Roquette, France The starch based biorefinery: today and tomorrow
	Alexander Steinbüchel – University of Münster, Germany Biopolymer degrading and synthesizing microorganisms as integral parts of biorefineries
	Thierry Talou - ENSIACET Toulouse, France AgroResource Refining Concept (A2RC) applied to aromatic plants
	Birgit Kamm – Research institute Biopos e.V., Germany International Biorefinery-Systems.
	Session 2. Bio-energy I
	Réné van Ree - Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands Large-scale biomass-derived Fischer-Tropsch diesel production: technological status and perspectives
	Markus Maly - Clausthaler Umwelttechnik Institut, Germany The Biomass-to-Liquid-Process at CUTEC: Optimisation of the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis with carbon dioxide-rich synthesis gas
	Martin Mittelbach – University of Graz, Austria Biodiesel: Production technologies and perspectives
	Luc Van Ginneken - Flemish Institute for Technological Research, Belgium Biodiesel fuel production from vegetable oil by transesterification in supercritical methanol
	Roland Verhé – Ghent University, Belgium Waste fats and oils as a basis for biodiesel production
	Session 3. Bioplastics and biopolymers
	Richard Larock - Iowa State University, USA Novel polymeric materials from biological oils
	Jeroen Van Soest - Wageningen University and Research Centre, The Netherlands The development of biopolymer nanostructured materials – plastics, gels, IPN’s and nanofoams
	Bruno De Wilde - Organic Waste Systems, Belgium Biodegradable polymers: State of affairs
	Frits de Wolf - Wageningen University and Research Centre, The Netherlands Tailor-made collagen-like, silk-like and other protein polymers produced by microorganisms
	Luisa Serafim – Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal Biodegradable polymer production from volatile fatty acids
	Session 4. Metabolic engineering and industrial fermentation
	Manfred Kircher – Degussa, Germany Chemical industry, white biotechnology and renewables
	Benjamin Gonzalez & Philippe Soucaille - Metabolic Explorer, France Scaling up the business of white biotechnology
	Jefferson Lievense – Tate & Lyle, UK The 1,3 propanediol biorefinery: Production and applications of 1,3 propanediol
	Olga Selifonova – Cargill, USA 3-Hydroxypropionic acid - an example of a bio-based industrial chemical
	Ka-Yiu San – Rice University, USA Development of efficient Escherichia coli succinate production strains
	Session 5. Sustainability aspects of the bio-based economy
	Peter Saling, BASF Eco-efficiency balance studies
	Chris Hessler – AJW Consulting, USA Industrial Biotechnology for pollution prevention, resource conservation and cost reduction
	Jo Dewulf - Ghent University, Belgium An exergy-based approach to assess the efficiency and renewability of biofuel production
	Dieter Sell – Dechema, Germany BioBeN: a software tool for the evaluation of sustainability aspects in biotechnology
	Sergio Blanco-Rosete – University of Manchester, UK Development of sustainable processes for the conversion of renewable raw materials to platform chemicals
	Session 6. Bio-energy II
	Brigitte Ahring – Danish Technical University (DTU) BioCentrum  Transforming straw into renewable fuels and chemicals
	Bruce Dale – Michigan State University, USA What is the net energy of bio-ethanol? A foolish and unimportant question
	Willy Verstraete – Ghent University, Belgium The biogas promise in large-scale practice
	Mehrdad Arshadi - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Wood pellets as renewable biomaterial for energy production
	Korneel Rabaey - Ghent University, Belgium Microbial fuel cells: Carbohydrates to power in a single step
	Keynote lecture
	Larry Johnson - Iowa State University, USA Biobased products and biofuels from the vast reserves of renewable resources
	Policy opening lecture
	Kris Peeters – Flemish Minister of Energy and Environment Flemish policy in renewable resources
	Session 7. Policy aspects of the bio-based economy
	Jo Vanhemelrijk – Europabio, Belgium The European Bio-based economy: A vision for 2025
	Christian Bertsch – German parliament The Renewable Resources act: a german perspective for promotion and funding of bio-based products and industries
	Colja Laane – DSM, The Netherlands White Biotechnology: Europe on the move
	Matthew Carr, BIO, USA The bipartisan bioeconomy: The ascent of "biobased" in the United States
	Rolf Bachmann – McKinsey & Co, Switzerland Making the bio-based economy happen: changes and successful management approaches in the chemical industry
	Session 8. Enzymatic bioprocessing
	Kirsten Birkegaard Staer – Novozymes, Denmark The contribution of enzymes to bioprocessing and industrial sustainability
	Pauline J. M. Teunissen – Genencor, The Netherlands Industrial biocatalysts for the bio-based economy
	Tianwei Tan – Beijing Key Laboratory of Bioprocessing, China Production of biodiesel by enzymatic conversion
	Marc van der Maarel – TNO/University of Groningen, The Netherlands Engineering the Thermus thermophilus amylomaltase for production of thermoreversible starch gels
	Nóra Szijártó - Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary Hydrolytic properties of two novel cellulases of Melanocarpus albomyces expressed in Trichoderma reesei
	Session 9: Chemical modification of renewable raw materials
	Tina Rogge - Ghent University, Belgium Chemical modification of inulin
	Jacco van Haveren - Wageningen University and Research Centre, The Netherlands New non-food technologies using (un)saturated and hydroxyl functionalised fatty acids
	Andrew Proctor - University of Arkansas, USA Conjugated linoleic acid synthesis from soy oil by photoisomerization
	Session 10: Hemicellulose-based chemicals
	Pierre-Yves Pontalier - Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse, France Production of hemicelluloses by the combination of twin-screw extrusion and ultrafiltration
	Simon Curling - University of Wales, UK Timber residue as a source for hemicellulose process chemicals
	Boris Estrine – Agro-Industrie Recherches et Développements, France Development of new environmentally friendly surfactants derived from wheat byproducts