Supported by “Overseas Expert Program” of National Education Department, we invite four keynote speakers to hold the International Workshop of Biorefineries for Biofuels during June 22-24 in SCUT. The workshop will focus on new advances of biorefineries worldwide, Omics technologies and system biology, pretreatment of lignocellulose, metabolic engineering and bioconversion.
Location: Dongtang Hall, School of Light Industry and Food Sciences, SCUT
Time: June 22-24 (Friday, 10:00am- Sunday, 12:00am)
Register: 975620779@qq.com
Keynote Speakers
Prof. Shang-Tian Yang
Depart. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
The Ohio State University
USA
http://www.chbmeng.ohio-state.edu/people/yang.html
Assistant Prof. Xiaoguang Liu
The Chemical and Biological Engineering Department
The University of Alabama, USA.
http://che.eng.ua.edu/people/xliu/
Assistant Prof. Bin Yang
The Center for Bioproducts and Bioenergy
Washington State University, Tri-Cities
USA
Email: Bin Yang binyang@tricity.wsu.edu
Seeking for outstanding graduate students in the following areas:
- Biomass fractionation, pretreatment, and cellulose hydrolysis;
- Lignin chemistry and catalytic conversion processes;
- Biological conversion biomass to hydrocarbons;
- Process Modeling.
Interview time: During June 23-27
Prof. Zhinan Xu
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Zhejiang University
Email: znxu@zju.edu.cn
SCUT Biorefineries Workshop (June 22-24, 2012)
June 22, Friday
Opening ceremony: Dr. D. Wei (South China University of Technology)
10:00 - 10:20 am – Opening introduction and welcome
10:20 - 10:45 am – Group pictures
10:45 - 11:00 am – Coffee break
Session I. Chair: Dr. X.M. Liu (Alabama State University, USA)
11:00 - 11:25am – Overview of biorefineries in USA (S.T. Yang, Ohio State U.)
11:30 - 11:55 am – Overview of biorefineries in China (Z.N. Xu, Zhejiang U.)
Questions & Answers
Lunch break
Session II. Chair: Dr. S.T. Yang (Ohio State U., USA)
2:00 - 2:45 pm - Omics technologies and systems biology for biorefineries I (X.M. Liu)
2:45 - 3:00 pm - Question & Answer
3:00 - 3:30 pm - Coffee break
3:30 - 4:15 pm - Omics technologies and systems biology for biorefineries II (X.M. Liu)
4:15 - 4:30 pm - Question & Answer
June 23, Saturday
Session III. Chair: Dr. D. Wei
9:30 - 10:15 am – Key factors for Implementation of Advanced, Cost-effective Biofuels and Bioproducts (B. Yang, Washington State U., USA)
10:15 - 10:30 am – Questions & Answers
10:30 - 11:00 am - Coffee break
11:00 - 11:45 am – Pretreatment of Cellulosic Biomass (B. Yang, Washington State U., USA)
11:45 - 12:00 am – Questions & Answers
Lunch break
Session IV. Chair: Dr. X.G. Liu
2:00 - 2:45 pm - Metabolic engineering and bioconversion technologiesI(S.T. Yang)
2:45 - 3:00 pm - Questions & Answers
3:00 - 3:30 pm - Coffee break
3:30 - 4:15 pm - Metabolic engineering and bioconversion technologies II (S.T. Yang)
4:15 - 4:30 pm - Questions & Answers
June 24, Sunday
Session V, Chair: Dr. D. Wei
9:30 - 10:15 am – Enzymatic & Microbial Hydrolysis of Cellulosic Biomass (B. Yang)
10:15 - 10:30 am –Question & Answer
10:30 - 11:00 am - Coffee break
11:00 - 11:45 am – Panel discussion – Global trends and development in biorefineries
11:45 - 12:00 pm – Summary & Closing
Guided SCUT campus tour in the afternoon
