Biomass Asia Workshop[malaysia/asia/japan]

Biomass Asia Workshop Program

Day1 20November 2007

0830-0900 Registration
Opening Remarks
0900-0915
Tatsuo Katsura
Senior Vice President, AIST, on behalf of Representative of Biomass-Asia
Research Consortium, Japan
0915-0930
Kunio Oguri
Deputy Director General,Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Council Secretariat, MAFF, Japan
0930-1000 Break
Special Lecture
Chair: Zainal Abidin Mohd Yusuf iVice President, SIRIM, Malaysia
1000-1030
Lignocellulose refinery system must be realized for global environment and economy
Kenji Iiyama
President, JIRCAS, Japan
1030-1100 Coffee Break
Plenary Lecture
Chair: Yasuyuki Yagi (Councillor, International Affairs Dept., AIST, Japan)
1100-1125
Food Security with Biofuels: FAO Perspective
Abdolreza Abbassian
Secretary of the Intergovernmental Group on Grains, FAO, UN
1125-1150
Biomass for Energy Generation in Malaysia
Anuar Abdul Rahman
CEO of Pusat Tenaga Malaysia (PTM)
1150-1215
Biomass for Material Application
Peesamai Jenvanitpanjakul
Deputy Governor, Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research(TISTR), Thailand
1215-1240
Policy and Legislation on Biofuel Utilisation
Datu Dr. Michael Dosim Lunjew
Secretary General, Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities Malaysia
1240-1420 Lunch / Poster Session
Keynote Speech
1430-1500
H.E. Datof Sri Dr. Lim Keng Yaik
Minister of Energy, Water and Communications, Malaysia
Future Prospect of Biomass Utilisation in Asian Countries
Chair: Masayuki Kamimoto (Research Coordinator, AIST, Japan)
1500-1525
Biomass-Asia Project-Second Stage: Research and Technological Development for Sustainable Biomass Utilization in Asian Countries
Kinya Sakanishi
Representative of Research Core for Asian Biomass Energy, AIST, Japan
1525-1550
The Road Map of Chinese Biomass Energy Development
Haibin Li
Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion (GIEC),
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China
1550-1610 Coffee Break
1610-1635
Rice-Sugarcane Complex Model
Klanarong Sriroth
Associate Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Agro-Industry, Kasetsart University, Thailand
1635-1700
Palm Complex Model
Wahono Sumaryono
Deputy Chairman for Agroindustry and Biotechnology,
Agency for Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT), Indonesia
- Panel Discussion -
Asian Partnership on
Sustainable Environmentally Benign Biomass Production and Utilisation
Moderator: Yukihiko Matsumura (Professor, Hiroshima University, Japan)
1700-1830

ƒPanelists„

China:The Development of Biofuels in China
Dehua Liu
Professor, Director of Institute of Applied Chemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University
Indonesia : Biofuel Development in Indonesia
Petrus Panaka
Professor, Project Development Advisor, PT Gikoko Kogyo Indonesia
Malaysia : Sustainable Biomass Production and Utilisation
- Profit, People and Planet -
Mohamad Ali Hassan
Dean, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University Putra Malaysia (UPM)
Philippines: Non-fossil Energy
Luis F. Razon
Director, University Research Coordination Office, Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, De La Salle University
Thailand : Asian Partnership on Sustainable Environmentally Benign Biomass Production and Utilization
Samai Jai-In
presented by Nuwong Chollacoop
National Metal and Materials Technology Center (MTEC),
National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA)
Vietnam : Seaweed: Potential Biomass for Ethanol Production
Truong Nam Hai
Deputy Director, Institute of Biotechnology,
Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology (VAST)
2000-2130
Reception
hosted by Datof Dr. Halim Man
Secretary General for Ministry of Energy, Water and Communications, Malaysia