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