| Wednesday, November 19, 2008: 8:30 AM-11:00 AM | |||
| Room 201-C (Pennsylvania Convention Center) | |||
Topical 4: Sustainable Biorefineries (T4) | |||
| #450 - Sustainable Biorefineries Plenary Session (Invited Papers) (T4001) | |||
| Visionary talks (invited) will outline commercial, governmental, or academic efforts to advance multi-product biorefineries. Topics likely to be addressed include: development or improvement -- including conceptual analysis and life cycle assessments -- of renewable feedstocks-based multiproduct biorefineries, i.e., based on starch or oil crops and/or lignocellulosic biomass; development of enabling catalytic and/or separative processes; discovery or development of enabling enzyme or fermentative/microbial technologies or bio-based materials. | |||
| Chair: | Bruce S. Dien | ||
| CoChair: | David N. Thompson | ||
| CoSponsor(s): | Bioengineering (15c) Forest and Plant Bioproducts Division (17) Sustainable Engineering Forum (23) | ||
| 8:30 AM | 450a | Bioenergy Conversion and Science – Challenges in Making Cellulosic Fuels Brian H. Davison | |
| 9:00 AM | 450b | An Investor Perspective on Biofuels Commercialization and the Developing Bioeconomy Douglas C. Cameron | |
| 9:30 AM | 450c | Biofuels: Unlocking the Potential Joseph Kocal, Jennifer Holmgren | |
| 10:00 AM | 450d | Poet's Vision for the Future of Biorefining Jason Kwiatkowski, David Carlson | |
| 10:30 AM | 450e | Process Engineering of Renewable Resources for Ethanol Production Michael Ladisch | |
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