Sustainable Biorefineries Plenary Session (Invited Papers)

Tuesday, November 10, 2009: 8:30 AM
Delta Ballroom B (Gaylord Opryland Hotel)

Description:
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.


Sponsor:
Sustainable Biorefineries
Co-Sponsor(s):
Bioengineering (15c), Forest and Plant Bioproducts Division (17), Sustainable Engineering Forum (23)


Chair:
David N. Thompson
Email: david.thompson@inl.gov

Co-Chair:
Bruce S. Dien
Email: Bruce.Dien@ars.usda.gov


8:30 AM
(226a) Reimagining Agriculture to Accommodate Large Scale Energy Production
Bruce E. Dale, Lee R. Lynd, Tom L. Richard, Robert P. Anex, Mark Laser and Bryan D. Bals
See more of this Group/Topical: Sustainable Engineering Forum