Next Gen Bio-Ethanol,

22-23 Apr, 2008 - Bangkok, THAILAND

The Westin Grande Sukhumvit

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"Commercialisation Prospects - Feedstocks Availability, Enzymes Technology, Water Purifications Issues & Processing Challenges" 

How You Will Benefit
You will attain a comprehensive grounding in Ethanol Production from 1st & 2nd Generation Feedstocks
• Production Processes from various feedstocks and how they affect ethanol quality
• Cellulosic Ethanol Manufacture, Economics, Technical Aspects
• State of Cellulosic Ethanol Technologies Worldwide
• Parameters influencing the Economics and Efficiency of Cellulosic ethanol Production
 from Diverse Crop
• Certification of Sustainability for export
• Quality Inspection along the logistics chain
• Ethanol Capacities in the region
• Most popular ethanol feedstocks in the region - Cassava, Sweet Sorghum and potential of palm fruit branches, rice husks  
• Purification of Ethanol - and new developments in membrane technology
• Biobutanol and how it will impact the ethanol market

PLUS: Optional 3rd Day Site Visit to
Commercial Cassava fields & Rayong Fields Crops Research Institute
Please register early to avoid disappointments!

Who Should Attend
• Supply/Operations Executives/Analysts of Oil & Gas Majors
• Oil Trader’s Assistants for Quality control and Blending
• Business, Planning & New Managers of Ethanol and Biodiesel Producers
• Ethanol Investors,Traders & Financiers & Risk Managers
• Sales and Marketing Executives of Food/Agriculture and Industrial Biotechnology Corporations
• Sales and Marketing Executives of Additives and Enzymes Companies
• Commercial Managers of Shipping,Terminal, Logistics & Tanker Operations
• Middle/New Executives in Biofuels Technology and R&D
• Feedstock and Biomass Suppliers of Sugarcane, Corn/Maize, Sorghum etc
• Managers & Technical Executives incharge of Biofuels STARTUPs

Expert panelists:
Lead program contributor - Cesar B. Granda, Ph.D
Other presenters include  - Chris de Lavigne, Dr. Belum Reddy, Dr. Reinhardt Howeler, Dr. Samai Jai-In, Dr. Klanarong Sriroth, Willy Yeo

Cesar B. Granda, Ph.D.
Dr. Granda has been involved with biomass conversion to chemicals and fuels since 1997 conducting research in almost all unit operations of the process.  He has experience in the sugar industry as well.  Many technical publications and patents in these areas have resulted. 
In his research, he has been involved in the preservation of sugarcane juice for processing into sugar and ethanol, pretreatment of sorghum & sugarcane fiber to increase biological digestibility, enzymatic degradation of sugarcane fibers into simple sugars for ethanol production, mixed & fermentation of lignocellulosic residues, conversion of organic acids and salts into alcohols (isopropanol and ethanol).