Track 1: Global Bioenergy Economy and Policy
Session 100: Global Bioenergy Economy and Policy
Time: 08:30-10:30, April 26, 2012 (Thursday); Place: Room 311A, 3rd Floor, QICC
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Chair: |
Dr. Peter Lohmander, Professor, Forest Management and Economic Optimization, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden |
08:30-08:35 |
Chair’s Introduction |
08:35-09:00 |
Title: Advancing Federal Biomass Policy through Legislative Initiatives
Mr. Michael R. Brower, Senior Federa Policy Director, Mosaic Federal Affairs LLC/Hiscock & Barclay LLP., USA |
09:00-09:25 |
Title: Global Impact Pathways of Biofuels and on Poor
Dr. Jun Yang, Senior Research Staff, Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China |
09:25-09:50 |
Title: Renewable Energy, Biomass and Alternatives for Sustaining Agriculture
Dr. Stephen J. Herbert, Professor & Associate Dean, University of Massachusetts, USA |
09:50-10:15 |
Title: Economic Optimization of Sustainable Energy Systems Based on Forest Resources with Consideration of the Global Warming Problem: International Perspectives
Dr. Peter Lohmander, Professor, Forest Management and Economic Optimization, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden |
10:15-10:30 |
Coffee Break |
Session 101: Global Biofuel Programs/Biofuels in Developing and Developed Countries
Time: 10:30-12:15, April 27, 2012 (Friday) ; Place: Room 311B, 3rd Floor, QICC |
Chair: |
Dr. Jianzhong Sun, Distinguished Professor & Director, Biofuels Institute of Jiangsu University, China |
| 10:30-10:35 |
Chair’s Introduction |
| 10:35-10:55 |
Title: The Economics of Enzyme Production for 2nd Generation Fuel Ethanol
Dr. Haiyu Ren, Business Development Manager, Novozymes A/S, Denmark |
| 10:55-11:15 |
Title: Biodiesel in Brazil: Learning, Understanding Issues and Challenges
Dr. Isabel C. P. Fortes, Associated Professor III, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| 11:15-11:35 |
Title: Challenges Set by the European RES Directive on Sustainable Production of Biofuels from Energy Crops in Finland
Mr. Rabbe Thun, Senior Research Scientist, MTT Agrifood Research Finland, Finland |
| 11:35-11:55 |
Title: Biofuel Development in Indonesia: Progress and Challenges
Mr. Heru Komarudin, Senior Researcher, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Indonesia |
11:55-12:15 |
Title: Lignocellulose-Centered Biofuels in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities to China and the World
Dr. Jianzhong Sun, Distinguished Professor & Director, Biofuels Institute of Jiangsu University, China |
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