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The International Bioenergy (Shanghai) Exhibition and Asian Bioenergy Conference 2015 is the new leading conference and exhibition in Asia, an invaluable and influential international platform to discuss the role of bioenergy in the Asian context

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Technical Programme Co-Chairmen

Dr. David Baxter

David Baxter is a member of the Sustainable Transport Unit in the Institute for Energy & Transport of the Joint Research Centre (European Commission, Petten, The Netherlands). He is part of a team providing scientific and technical support to the development and maintenance of sustainability schemes for biomass and bioenergy, including biofuels. In addition, he is a member of the European Bioenergy Industrial Initiative (EIBI) team which is operated within the frame of the Strategic Energy Technologies (SET) Plan. He is also the leader of the International Energy Agency Bioenergy Biogas Task 37, promoting economically and environmentally sustainable management of biogas production and utilisation from agricultural residues, energy crops and municipal wastes.

David Baxter is a materials engineer who joined the European Commission Joint Research Centre in 1991 after working in an industrial company supplying components for power generation and transport.

From 2010 he has been involved in the Programme Coordination of the prestigious series of European Biomass Conferences.

Prof. Zhenhong Yuan

Director General, Biomass Energy Committee, China Renewable Energy Society Chief Scientist, Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Dr. Yuan Zhenhong has worked on developing biomass energy technology since 1983. By now, his works is related to the following areas: biomass energy biochemical conversion technology development, including bio-diesel, bio-ethanol and biogas, development of biomass energy resources (energy crops and algae), bioenergy technology tracking and development strategies (technology-economical evaluation, development road map and strategy, etc.

Conference

The main objective will be to promote synergy among markets, technologies and investments. It will create a focal meeting point for industry executives, governmental policy makers, leading academics, investment agencies and media representatives, setting up strategic communication channels and important business opportunities for the bioenergy sector.

Call for abstracts open

Submitting an abstract gives you the opportunity to showcase your research project, case study, policy/market update, best practice in front of biomass and bioenergy professionals.

Submission Deadline: 11 May 2015

Conference topics

1. Biomass resources: assessment and production

- Assessment of biomass potential and land availability at regional and national levels;
- Resources mapping in Asia;
- Production supply and logistics of biomass from forestry and agricultural residues;
- Biomass from energy crops and plantations (including algae);
- Potentials and production of biomass wastes (Including MSW, Kitchen wastes);
- Reclamation and reutilization potentials of heavy metal contaminated land

2. Biomass technologies and applications I:
biomass power and heat

- Biomass for power and heat generation in large scale applications;
- Small-scale biomass combustion power generation;
- Biomass gasification power generation and applications;
- Production and applications of biomass molding fuels (solid biofuels: pellets/briquettes)
- Integration of bioenergy with other renewable energy sources;
- Renewable energy villages and buildings;
- Bioenergy as backbone in rural electrification concepts.

3. Biomass technologies and applications II:
biogas and bio-natural gas (Biomethane)

- Household biogas production and comprehensive utilization;
- Medium and large scale biogas engineering;
- Biogas purification, enrichment and utilization;
- Anaerobic digestion treatment for kitchen wastes;
- High value utilization of the solid residue (digestate) from anaerobic process;

4. Biomass technologies and applications III:
biofuels and future transportation energy

- Cleaner production of biodiesel;
- Cellulosic ethanol technology and new trends;
- Industrialization of non-grain fuel ethanol
- Advanced biofuels by thermal and catalytic conversion technologies;
- Biofuels in future transportation systems;

5. Biomass utilization: strategies and sustainability

- Bioenergy national policies and strategies for international cooperation;
- Bioenergy and biofuel markets and international trade;
- Financing bioenergy projects;
- Socio-economic assessment of biomass and bioenergy;
- Standardization as tool for trade;
- Environmental sustainability of biomass and bioenergy.

Student Awards

The International Bioenergy (Shanghai) Exhibition and Asian Bioenergy Conference 2015 (IBSCE) encourages high-quality work amongst young researchers. The IBSCE Students Awards will be presented in recognition of the most remarkable and outstanding research work in the field of Bioenergy. The international Scientific Committee may nominate up to 5 awardees, maximum one for each main Conference Topic. Read more...

The Conference Technical Programme will be coordinated by the European Commission - JRC and BEC - Biomass Energy Center

Scientific international committee members

Alessandro AGOSTINI European Commission, Joint Research Centre	Stefano CAPACCIOLI ETA-Florence Renewable Energies, IT	Shiyan CHANG Tsinghua University, CN
David CHIARAMONTI Consorzio RE-CORD, IT	Maurizio COCCHI ETA-Florence Renewable Energies, IT	Jean-Francois DALLEMAND European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Jonas DAHL Danish Technological Institute, DK	Kejun DOU Energy Research Institute of the National Development and Reform Commission, CN	Uwe FRITSCHE IINAS - International Institute for Sustainability Analysis and Strategy National team leader for Germany within IEA Bioenergy Task 40
Carlo HAMELINCK Ecofys, NL	Xu HAN Kaidi Research Institute, CN	Andreas HORNUNG Fraunhofer-Institut UMSICHT, Institute Branch Sulzbach-Rosenberg, DE
Jianchun JIANG Institute of Chemical Industry of Forest Products, CN	Changzhu LI Hunan Academy of Forestry, CN	Xiaofeng LIU Chengdu Institute of Biology, CAS, CN
Zhongyang LUO Zhejiang University, CN	Pengmei LV Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CN	Wolter PRINS University of Ghent, BE
Peng PU China University of Petroleum, CN	Mingyu QIAN China University of Petroleum, CN	Thierry Ribeiro Institute Polytechnique LaSalle Beauvais, FR
Neeta SHARMA ENEA Research Centre, IT	Dimitrios SIDIRAS University of Piraeus, GR	Yongming SUN Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Patricia THORNLEY University of Manchester, UK	Yishui TIAN Chinese Academy of Agricultural Engineering, CN	Bert VAN DE BELD BTG Biomass Technology Group B.V. , the Netherlands
Tiejun WANG Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CN	Zhongming WANG Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CN	Jie XU Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CN
Zhenhong YUAN Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CN	Xuexia ZHANG Guangdong Institute of Eco-environmental and Soil Sciences (GIESS), CN	Hai ZHAO Chengdu Institute of Biology, CAS, CN
Lixin ZHAO Chinese Academy of Agricultural Engineering, CN	Xifeng ZHU University of Sciences and Technology of China, CN	Xinshu ZHUANG Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CN