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Session 5
Biotechnology for Bioenergy

Chair:
Francesco Salamini, University of Milan & Italy PTP, Italy

Co-chairs:
Veronique Hervouet, TOTAL & Chair of ETP Biofuels, France
Andreas Schütte, Agency for Renewable Resources (FNR), Germany
Bärbel Hahn-Hägerdal, Lund University, Sweden

Keynote:
Andreas Schütte, FNR-Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe, Germany
– Alternative to fossil based energy? State of the art and future perspective

Main Lectures:
Dario Giordano, CHEMTEX ITALIA SRL - M&G GROUP, Italy
– Second generation bio-ethanol: M&G and its innovative technology

Jonathan Gressel, Weizmann Institute, Israel
– Transgenically domesticating marine micro-algae for biofuel and feed uses: No competition with crops for land and water

Adrian Fisher, University of Cambridge, UK
– Biological electrochemical devices for production of current and hydrogen

Bärbel Hahn-Hägerdal, Lund University, Sweden
– Yeast optimization for fermenting C5 and C6 sugars

Neal Stewart, University of Tennessee, USA
– Building the perfect bioenergy feedstock for cellulosic biofuel production

Andre Koltermann, Corporate Research and Development, Süd-Chemie AG, Germany
– Second Generation Bioethanol: Challenges and Perspectives 

Badal Saha, U.S. Department of Agriculture, USA
– Fuel ethanol production from agricultural residues: current status and future prospects

Veronique Hervouet, TOTAL & Chair of ETP Biofuels, France
– Boosting the contribution of sustainable bioenergy to the EU 2020 climate & energy targets: the European Industrial Bioenergy Initiative

Walter Mirabella, Lyondell Chemical, Italy
– Improving bio-fuels performance through Chemistry

Main lecture on a EU project:
Merja Penttila, VTT, Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland & FP7 EU Project NEMO
– Novel high performance enzymes and micro-organisms for conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to bioethanol

Topics

• Breeding for optimisation of non food energy crops
• Biotechnology bridging to the next generation biofuels production
• Biotechnology for the lignocellulose pretreatment
• Microalgal Biotechnology
• Microbial fuel cells
• Biotechnology for enhanced biohydrogen and biogas production