6th Biomass-Asia Workshop

Research and Technological Development for Sustainable Biomass Utilization
in Asian Countries - Three Models for Biomass Utilization -

Chair: Tomoaki Minowa (AIST)
Erliza Hambali (Bogor Agricultural Univ.)

8:30-9:10	Palm Complex Model A Concept of Palm Biomass Complex and Its Recent Progress in Malaysia Yoshihito Shirai Professor, Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology (KIT) Commentators: Comments on the Concept of Palm BIomass Complex and Its Recent Progress in Malaysia Wahono Sumaryono Deputy Chairman for Agroindustry and Biotechnology, the Agency for Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT), Indonesia Utilization of Palm Wastes for Biodiesel Jin Suk Lee Bioenergy Center Chief, Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER), Korea
9:10-9:50	Rice and Sugar Complex Model Rice and Sugar Energy Complex Model Peesamai Jenvanitpanjakul Senior Energy Expert, National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) Commentators: Comments on Rice and Sugar Energy Complex Model- Comparison with Statusin Vietnam Tran Dinh Man Senior Research Scientist, Institute of Biotechnology (IBT), Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST), Vietnam Estimation of Ethanol Production from Rice Sraw and Bagasse in Asian Countries Shinichi Yano Senior Research Scientist, Ethanol and Bioconversion Team, Biomass Technology Research Center , AIST, Japan
9:50-10:50	Hybrid Agricultural Wastes Utilization Model Activities of Asian Cooperative Research on Food and Agricultural Wastes Tatsuya Hasegawa Director of Center for Interdisciplinary Study on Resource Recovery and Refinery in Asia, EcoTopia Science Institute, Nagoya University The Status of Biomass Energy Utilization in China Haibin Li Director of Biomass Energy Research Center, Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion (GIEC), Chinese Academy of Sciences （CAS）, China Commentators: Koichi Yamamoto Director, Tohoku Research Center, FFPRI, Japan One Biomass Power Plant in One Plantation for Community Chowlit Nuengdee Director, Wood Economic Innovation Center, Forest Industry Organization, Thailand
10:50-11:10	Coffee Break

Plenary Lecture

Chair: Yutaka Mori (JIRCAS, Japan)

11:10-11:30

UNEP IETC Activities to Convert Waste Agricultural Biomass into Energy and Other Resources

Takehiro Nakamura

Director, International Environmental Technology Centre (IETC), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Sustainable Agriculture and Biomass Refinery

Chair: Yoshiyuki Shinogi (NARO, Japan)

11:30-12:30

Potential of Crop Production Increase as Bio-ethanol Feedstock in Southeast Asia

Naruo Matsumoto

Research Planning and Coordination Division, JIRCAS, Japan

Commentators:

Sustainable Biomass Production Lessons from Plantation Forestry

Takeshi Toma

Bureau of International Partnership, FFPRI, Japan
Commentary for Increase Fuel Crop in South East Asia

Chantho Milattanapheng

Director of Social and Environmental Management Division,
Ministry of Energy and Mines/Department of Electricity, Lao PDR

Biofuels
-Production, Standardization and Sustainability Assessment –

Chair: Masayuki Sagisaka (AIST, Japan)

14:00-15:00

Non-Catalytic Alcoholysis Process for Production of Biodiesel Fuel
- Its Application and Economical Efficiency -

Shoji Hagiwara

Senior Researcher, Reaction and Separation Engineering Laboratory, Food Engineering Division, NARO, Japan

Benchmarking of Biodiesel Fuel Standardization in East Asia

Shinichi Goto

Director, Research Center for New Fuels and Vehicle Technology, AIST, Japan

Commentators:

Comments on Presentation by Dr Hagiwara

Comments on Presentation by Dr Goto

Shabbir Gheewala

Associate Professor, The Joint Graduate School of Energy and Environment (JGSEE), King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand
Comments on Presentation by Dr Hagiwara

Comments on Presentation by Dr Goto

Jessie C. Elauria

Professor, Institute of Agricultural Engineering (IAE), College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology (CEAT), University of the Philippine Los Baños (UPLB), Philippine

Summary Session

Chair: Yukihiko Matsumura (Hiroshima Univ.)
Kinya Sakanishi (AIST)

15:30-17:30

Biomass-Asia Strategy

Kozo Uto

Director, International Affairs Department, AIST

Biomass-Town Concept in East-Asia

Yoshiyuki Shinogi

Department of Land and Water Resources, National Institute for Rural Engineering, NARO

Panel Discussion

Japan

Kenji Iiyama

President of JIRCAS
Thailand

Paritud Bhandhubanyong

Advisor to President, NSTDA
Malaysia

Mohd Ali Hassan

Dean, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University Putra Malaysia (UPM)
China

Liu Dehua

Director, Institute of Applied Chemistry in Department of Chemical Engineer, Tsinghua University

Chair’s Summary

Closing Remarks

17:30-17:40

Masakazu Yamazaki

Vice President, AIST, Japan