| Please Note: The Conference Program below is not in its final version, adjustments will occur. Final Program will be available two months before the conference date. |
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| BIT’s 2nd Annual World Congress of |
Bioenergy |
| Theme: Renewable Energy for Sustainability |
Time: April 25-28, 2012
Place: Qujiang International Conference Center (QICC), Xi'an, China |
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Nobel Laureates Forum (Part I)
April 25, 2012 (Wednesday)
Time: 09:30-11:40; Place: Qujiang Auditorium, 3rd Floor, QICC |
Moderator: |
Dr. Richard Roberts, Chief Scientific Officer, New England Biolabs, USA |
| 09:30-09:35 |
Chair’s Introduction |
| 09:35-10:00 |
Title: TBD
Dr. Martin J. Evans, Director, Cardiff University, UK, Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology/Medicine 2007 |
| 10:00-10:25 |
Title: Structural Insights into DNA Replication by the Replisome and Transcription by T7 RNA Polymerase
Dr. Thomas Steitz, Professor, Yale University, USA, Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry 2009 |
| 10:25-10:50 |
Title: COMBREX - Genomes, Computers and Experimentation in Biology
Dr. Richard Roberts, Chief Scientific Officer, New England Biolabs, USA, Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology/Medicine 1993 |
| 10:50-11:15 |
Title: Discovering Helicobacter
Dr. J. Robin Warren, Pathologist, Royal Perth Hospital, Australia, Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology/Medicine 2005 |
11:15-11:40 |
Title: Membrane Proteins: Importance, Structures, Mechanisms
Dr. Hartmut Michel, Professor, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Germany, Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry 1988 Speech Opportunity Available |
Keynote Forum
April 25, 2012 (Wednesday)
Time: 13:30-16:10; Place: Room 305, 3rd Floor, QICC |
Moderator: |
Dr. James Zhang, Vice President, Business Development, LanzaTech Inc., China |
13:30-13:40 |
Moderator's Introduction |
13:40-14:10 |
Title: DuPont Industrial Biosciences Strategies for Success: Building out the Bio-based Economy
Mr. Floris Luger, Vice President, Business Development, Genencor, DuPont Industrial Biosciences, USA |
14:10-14:40 |
Title: Advancing the Algal Fuel Industry through Innovations
Dr. Xun Wang, Vice President, Sapphire Energy Inc., USA |
14:40-15:10 |
Title: Europe's View on Sustainable Liquid Biofuels
Dr. Robert M.S. Vierhout, Secretary-General, ePURE, European Renewable Ethanol Association, Belgium |
15:10-15:40 |
Title: Commercialization of Cellulosic Biofuel in China
Dr. Xiucai Liu, Chairman and CEO, Cathay Industrial Biotech Ltd., China |
15:40-16:10 |
Title: Waste Gases to Chemicals Platform
Dr. James Zhang, Vice President, Business Development, LanzaTech Inc., China |
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