Special Topic A: International Energy Agency Task #39 - Liquid Biofuels

2:00 p.m.

Opening Remarks—Session Chair

2:05 p.m.

Oral Presentation A-01. Technical Progress In Bioconversion: Steps Towards Commercialization, (MS Word 29 KB) Mabee, W.E., Gregg, D.J., Gilkes, N., and Saddler, J.N., The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

2:10 p.m.

Oral Presentation A-02. Fuel Ethanol R&D in Sweden, (MS Word 20 KB) Barbel Hahn-Hägerdal, Applied Microbiology, LTH/Lund University, Lund, Sweden

2:20 p.m.

Oral Presentation A-03. Making a Business with Biofuels, (MS Word 20 KB) Manfred Wörgetter, Bundesanstalt fur LandTechnik, Wieselburg, Austria

2:30 p.m.

Oral Presentation A-04. Present Situation and Prospects on Bioethanol in Asian Countries, (MS Word 25 KB) Shiro Saka, Graduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

2:40 p.m.

Oral Presentation A-05. Liquid Biofuels in South Africa, (MS Word 21 KB) Bernard A. Prior, Department of Microbiology, University of Stellenbosch,Stellenbosch, South Africa

2:50 p.m.

Oral Presentation A-06. Bio-Ethanol from MSW Derived Paper, (MS Word 22 KB) José Roberto Moreira, CENBIO (National Centre of Biomass), Säo Paulo, Brazil

3:00 p.m.

Oral Presentation A-07. Key Barriers for Commercializing Biofuels from Lignocellulosic Biomass, (MS Word 20 KB) Birgitte K. Ahring, BioCentrum-DTU, Lyngby, Denmark

3:10 p.m.

Oral Presentation A-08. Perspectives on Biofuels Market Development in Canada, (MS Word 20 KB) Don O'Connor, (S&T)² Consultants Inc., Delta, BC, Canada

3:20 p.m.

Oral Presentation A-09. Potential Barriers To Biomass Ethanol Commercialization, (MS Word 20 KB) Quang Nguyen, Abengoa Bioenergy R&D, Inc., Chesterfield, MO

3:30 p.m.

Oral Presentation A-10. Genencor's Perspective on the Key Barriers to Commercializing Biofuels, (MS Word 20 KB) Colin Mitchinson, Genencor International Inc., Palo Alto, CA

3:40 p.m.

Oral Presentation A-11. Progress on Enzymes for Biomass Utilization and Prospects for the Future, (MS Word 19 KB) Joel R. Cherry, Novozymes Inc., Davis, CA

3:50 p.m.

Oral Presentation A-12. The Key Barriers to Commercialisation of Transport Biofuels, (MS Word 20 KB) Tony Sidwell, British Sugar, Norfolk, UK

4:00 p.m.

General Discussion

4:50 p.m.

Closing Remarks—Session Chair