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Topics:
(1) Biomass
- Agronomical, breeding, biotechnological aspects of Feedstocks
- Engineering aspects of biomass production (harvest, logistics, optimization)
- Biomass pretreatment and fractionation
- Fundamental research on natural and artificial photosynthesis and carbohydrate metabolism
- Source/sink regulation of carbohydrates and photosynthesis
- Feedstock ‘omics’
- Metabolic engineering and synthetic biology in biorenewables
(2) Biofuel Technologies
- Enzymes and enzymatic hydrolysis
- Fermentation and anaerobic digestion
- Algae based biofuels
- Thermochemical conversions
- Co-generation
- Beyond ethanol
(3) Alcoholchemistry and Biorefineries
- High value chemicals and novel materials from plants
- Development of an integrated biochemicals complex
- Fuel for transportation, heat and electricity
- Pilot and demo scale plants (1G and 2G)
(4) Engines and other conversion devices
- Internal combustion engines
- Other engines
(5) Sustainability
- Sustainability of biomass production
- Land use and modeling
- Policy
- Economics of Ethanol Production
- Water use Social issues (including health, labor, safety)
- Human resources and education
(6) Process integration
- Zero carbon biorefinery design
- Process and harvest technologies, scale of operation
- New developments in the processing of agro-feedstocks
- Agro-Fuels-Chemicals integration
- Crossing the bio/chemo border
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