Key Reasons to Attend
You will attain a comprehensive grounding in Ethanol Production from traditional & mostly *2nd Generation Feedstocks
• Production Processes from various feedstocks and how they affect ethanol quality
• Markets & pricing for ethanol byproducts DDGS
• Cellulosic Ethanol, Economics, Technical Aspects and Parameters influencing Production Efficiency
• State of Cellulosic Ethanol Technologies Worldwide & Commercialisation strategies
• EU Certification of Sustainability for export
• Quality Inspection along the logistics chain
• Water Management Issue, purification of ethanol and new developments in membrane technology
• Biobutanol - technical challenges and why is should be considered a better biofuel than ethanol
* sugarcane bagasse & trash, corn straw (stover), rice straw, wheat straw, rice husks, municipal solid waste, sewage sludge, manure (cattle, poultry, swine), wood chips, switch grass

COURSE LEADERS

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-acid fermentation of lignocellulosic residues, conversion of organic acids and salts into alcohols (isopropanol and ethanol).

Hans Blaschek
Hans research areas include Genetic manipulation of microorganisms for biotechnological applications, examination of dry milling co-products as substrates for fermentation to value-added products, development of an integrated fermentation system for solvent production and recovery, pathogen transmission on minimally processed foods.  Hans served for the U.S. Department of Agriculture as the Value-Added/Biofuels Panel Manager for NRI Competitive Grants Program from 1994-1995.  He has also consulted on Biomass Conversion systems for Dupont.  Hans served as a Research Collaborator and Consultant for Mitsubishi Chemical and Research Institute Technology for Earth (RITE), Kyoto, Japan since 1994.

Including other Industry Panelists from Frost & Sullivan, Ecofys, Hyflux, SGS

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
• Business, Planning & New Managers of Ethanol and Biodiesel Producers
• Ethanol Investors,Traders & Financiers & Risk Managers
• Sales and Marketing Executives of Food/Grains/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
• Managers & Technical Executives incharge of Biofuels StartUps
• Renewable Energy Cos