| Biofuels: Breaking the Barriers for Biomass Conversion - Challenges and Opportunities
How can we unlock the potential that is bound up in biomass? Can we
do it economically at an appropriate scale? Join us in our search for
answers to these questions as we invite two world-renowned experts to
Minnesota. Prof. Charlie Wyman (UC-Riverside) and Prof. Simon Harvey
(Chalmers University, Sweden) will share their perspectives on
technical challenges and potential opportunities, and then answer
questions in a panel discussion with U of M professors Simo Sarkanen and Roger Ruan, both from the Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering.
Your
participation will enrich our discussion and help "Break the Barriers
of Biomass Conversion." More information coming soon...including an
invitation for a poster session!
September 19th, 2007
12:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Northstar Ballroom
St. Paul Student Center
Symposium Agenda
12:00 p.m. - 1:25 p.m. - Noon Buffet lunch and Poster Session
Master of Ceremonies: Shri Ramaswamy, Professor and Head of the Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering
Opening of Symposium: Dean Allen S. Levine, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences
1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Keynote Speakers
- 1:30 - Advancing Cellulosic Ethanol for Large Scale Sustainable Transportation
- 2:15 - Technical Challenges and Opportunities for Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass to Biofuels - A Swedish Perspective
3:00 p.m. - Break - 15 minutes
3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. - Roundtable Panel Discussion
4:15 p.m. - Closing of Symposium - Associate Dean F. Abel Ponce de Leon, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences
4:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Poster Sessions Continued
| 
