| Day 1, 17 November 2008 (Monday) |
9.00
Chairman’s Welcome and Introduction
Russell Teall, President
Biodiesel Industries Inc. |
14.30
STRAIN SELECTION & LIPID UPGRADING FOR BIODIESEL PRODUCTION
Prof. Michael Borowitzka, Professor of MarinePhycology MurdochUniversity |
9.10
THE POTENTIAL ROLE OF ALGAE IN MEETING ASIAN BIOFUELS NEEDS
Clive Gibson, Principal Nexant Asia |
15.00
LARGE-SCALE ALGAE CULTIVATION AND MARKET OUTLOOK ITS PRODUCTS |
9.40
ALGAE FOR FUEL: PROMISES AND CHALLENGES
Riggs Eckelberry, President and CEO
OriginOil |
15.30
CLOSED PHOTOBIOREACTOR DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS & ECONOMICS
Peter van den Dorpel, Chief Operating Officer Algaelink |
10.10
MICROALGAE OIL PRODUCTION - STATUS REPORT
Dr. John R. Benemann
Benemann Associates, and
Manager, International Network on Biofixation
of CO2
and Greenhouse Gas Abatement with
Microalgae |
16.30
SYSTEMS & ECONOMICS OF LARGE-SCALE ALGAE PRODUCTION IN OPEN PONDS
Prof. Michael Borowitzka, Professor of MarinePhycology MurdochUniversity |
11.20
BIODIESEL FROM MICROALGAE
Prof. Yusuf Chisti, Professor of BiochemicalEngineering
MasseyUniversity |
17.00
THE INTEGRATION OF ALGAE AND BIODIESEL PRODUCTION INTO A COMBINED HEAT AND
POWER SYSTEM
Russell Teall, President
Biodiesel Industries Inc. |
12.00
STRUCTURING YOUR ALGAE VENTURE TO ATTRACT INVESTMENT / FINANCING
Christian Langaard, Managing Director
Euro-Latin Capital
Tony Dowd, Principal
New Horizon Capital Limited |
17.30
INDUSTRIAL FARMING OF ALGAE FOR CO2 SEQUESTRATION IN CEMENT PLANTS
Ramesh Suri HOLCIM Ltd. |
14.00
ALGAL DIVERSITY & APPLICATIONS
Dr. Frithjof C. Kuepper
Head of Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa (CCAP)
The Scottish Association for Marine Science |
|
| Day 2, 18 November 2008 (Tuesday) |
9.05
ALGAE MARKET OPPORTUNITIES FOR BIODIESEL AND ETHANOL
Will Thurmond, Chairman, Research & Development
National Algae Association (USA) |
12.05
POTENTIAL OF ALGAE AS ALTERNATIVE AVIATION FUEL |
9.35
LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT OF USING ALGAE FOR ENERGY PRODUCTION
Prof. Dr. Michele Aresta, Director of National Consortium on Catalysis,
University of Bari |
13.45
OPTIMIZING THE COST AND EFFICIENCY OF HARVESTING |
10.05
PROSPECTS OF DEVELOPING ALGAE
BIOFUEL
IN MALAYSIA
Syed Isa Syed Alwi, CEO
Algae Chem Sdn Bhd |
14.15
MARINE ALGAE OIL EXTRACTION TECHNOLOGY AND QUALITY EVALUATION FOR EFFICIENT BIODIESEL PRODUCTION
David Liang, VP Technology & Commercialisation
Institute of Environmental Science & Engineering |
11.05
TECHNO-ECONOMIC REVIEW OF ALGAE TO BIOETHANOL & BIOBUTANOL |
14.45
STANDARDS & SPECIFICATIONS FOR BIOCRUDE
FROM ALGAE |
11.35
MARKET POTENTIAL FOR ALGAE BIOFUELS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
Per Dahlen, Managing Director
Aum Business Creations |
15.15
CONVERSION TECHNOLOGY OF ALGAL OIL TO BIODIESEL |
| * Timetable updated as at 28 Aug 2008. |
