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SINGAPORE TO HOLD BIOFUELS CONFERENCE IN MARCH
SINGAPORE, Dec 22 (Bernama) – International academia, scientists and experts
on biofuels will meet here in March to identify promising avenues to a viable
biofuels future.
The experts will discuss economic and environmental considerations of
biofuel technologies and the integration of biofuels into the existing energy
infrastructure, while the academia, government and the private sector will
discuss and comment on research and policy.
The six-day conference to begin on March 1 is being organised by a United
States-based non-profit organisation, Keystone Symposia on Molecular and
Cellular Biology, and Singapore's Agency for Science Technology and Research
(A*STAR).
In a statement Wednesday, A*STAR said the conference titled "Biofuels" will
discuss the options of biofuels for an economic and sustainable future,
sustainability of cellulosic ethanol (biofuel produced from non-food biomass),
algae biofuels (deriving fuel from algae), development of new biomass feedstocks
and potential of biomass production in Southeast Asia.
Among the internationally renowned speakers at the conference includes Dr
Adam Brown of the International Energy Agency, Professor Timothy Donohue of the
University of Wisconsin-Madison/ Great Lakes Bioenergy, Dr Arthur Grossman of
Solazyme Inc and Professor Lonnie Ingram of the University of Florida.
One of the conference's scientific organiser Professor Stephen P. Mayfield
of the University of California said one of the greatest challenges that mankind
faced today was to develop efficient, sustainable and scalable processes for
converting sunlight energy into the food and fuel the world needs.
"No single renewable-energy strategy will be able to provide a total
solution but a combination of strategies that can be coordinated and integrated
effectively has the potential to significantly decrease our dependence on fossil
fuel," he said.
He added that at this critical time in mapping a new global energy strategy,
this symposium would address the potential of cellulosic and algal produced
bioenergy as part of a sustainable future for the world.
Keystone Symposia held its first meeting on biofuels last year in US.
More information on the conference can be found at
www.keystonesymposia.org/biofuels.
on biofuels will meet here in March to identify promising avenues to a viable
biofuels future.
The experts will discuss economic and environmental considerations of
biofuel technologies and the integration of biofuels into the existing energy
infrastructure, while the academia, government and the private sector will
discuss and comment on research and policy.
The six-day conference to begin on March 1 is being organised by a United
States-based non-profit organisation, Keystone Symposia on Molecular and
Cellular Biology, and Singapore's Agency for Science Technology and Research
(A*STAR).
In a statement Wednesday, A*STAR said the conference titled "Biofuels" will
discuss the options of biofuels for an economic and sustainable future,
sustainability of cellulosic ethanol (biofuel produced from non-food biomass),
algae biofuels (deriving fuel from algae), development of new biomass feedstocks
and potential of biomass production in Southeast Asia.
Among the internationally renowned speakers at the conference includes Dr
Adam Brown of the International Energy Agency, Professor Timothy Donohue of the
University of Wisconsin-Madison/ Great Lakes Bioenergy, Dr Arthur Grossman of
Solazyme Inc and Professor Lonnie Ingram of the University of Florida.
One of the conference's scientific organiser Professor Stephen P. Mayfield
of the University of California said one of the greatest challenges that mankind
faced today was to develop efficient, sustainable and scalable processes for
converting sunlight energy into the food and fuel the world needs.
"No single renewable-energy strategy will be able to provide a total
solution but a combination of strategies that can be coordinated and integrated
effectively has the potential to significantly decrease our dependence on fossil
fuel," he said.
He added that at this critical time in mapping a new global energy strategy,
this symposium would address the potential of cellulosic and algal produced
bioenergy as part of a sustainable future for the world.
Keystone Symposia held its first meeting on biofuels last year in US.
More information on the conference can be found at
www.keystonesymposia.org/biofuels.
