NextGenFuels 2010

• The Next Wave of Biofuels-Market Potential and Opportunity
• What’s happening now and predictions for a fully commercial market
• What are the advantages of next gen fuels over first generation biofuels
• Next Generation Biofuels-making it work
• Making it work on a large enough scale and at a low enough cost
• Commercial, financing viability and prospects for growth of next gen fuels
• Regulation and policy drivers for next generation biofuels-how will it work
• International development and innovative policy tools to support next generation biofuels
• How do you differentiate between first and second generation biofuels?
• Innovative policy tools to support next generation biofuels development
• Towards sustainable biofuel markets and trade: international developments
• Outlook on long term global potential for sustainable biofuel production
• How can sustainability of biofuels can be secured;
• Green certificates for next generation biofuels
• Finance and investment – investing in the biofuels of tomorrow

• The role of venture capital in the early growth phases of tomorrow’s biofuel producers
• How important is venture capital
• At what company stage is venture capital a suitable source of finance
• What makes a company VC financeable
• What values do VC’s add their portfolio firms
• The costs of next generation biofuels
• Converting biomass to ethanol – commercial opportunities
• How to make cellulosic ethanol cost competitive
• The countdown to cellulose-commercializing cellulosic ethanol technology
• Making cellulosic ethanol a reality
• Current and future investment opportunities
• When will cellulosic ethanol refineries become commercially viable
• Scaling up cellulosic ethanol production
• Making cellulosic ethanol economically viable-collection, storage and delivery of cellulosic ethanol
• How do you overcome these challenges
• What’s the outlook for cellulosic ethanol technology
• Accelerating cost reduction and commercial development of cellulosic ethanol production
• Technical and commercial challenges
• Current and future investment opportunities for cellulosic ethanol technology
• Maximizing biomass feedstock productivity
•  Next generation biofuels applications
• Biomass to liquids commercialization and development, next generation biodiesel and bio-DME
• BTL commercialization and development: is BTL the way forward for 2^nd generation biofuels
• Competitive large scale production of B2L fuels-progress, financing etc.
• Catalytic pyrolysis of biomass for the production of green oil for diesel engines
• A new flash pyrolysis technology
• Propane as new biofuel
• The advantages of drop-in bio-replacements of existing fuels and chemicals
• High efficiency biofuel production in supercritical water
• Creating a sustainable biofuels infrastructure
• Today’s biofuels
• Importance of transitioning to 2^nd generation biofuels
• Strategy and tactics for creating a sustainable biofuels infrastructure

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2. Algae to Biofuel

•  Algae – History & uses

• Algae monoculture

• Growing, Harvesting and Oil extraction of algae

• Algae as an energy source – Potential for Biofuels from Algae

• Commercial and industrial  uses of Algae

• Types of Microalgae based Biofuels

• Are Microalgae a viable option for Biofuels?

• Algae Strain Selection & Improvement for Biofuels

• Large scale commercial Algae Photobioreactors

• Algae Biodiesel from waste water treatment ponds

• CO2 mitigation and Renewable oil from photosynthetic microbes

• Algae Biomass – Next Generation Biofuel Feedstock

• Algae Production – Large & Small Scale

• Scalable and Modular Photobioreactors and  the optimization of Algae Growth

• Algae’s potential for Driving a Carbon Capture and  Recycle Industry

• Algae Conversion to Biofuels – The Challenges

• Alternative Fuels for use in vehicles

• Global Algae culture collections

• Evolution of concepts in mass production of photoautotrophic microalgae

• Lipid Production from microalgae, strain selection, induction of lipid synthesis and outdoor

• Emissions to biofuels process and technology update

• Production of Marine unicellular algae on power plant flue gas – An approach toward biodiesel and bioethanol

• Biotechnology of Microalgae Biofuels

• Growth opportunities of algae biotechnology

• Bio-hydrogen production with microalgae

• Assessment of antibacterial and antifungal activity in four lichen species

• Screening of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii mutant strains for photobiological hydrogen production

• Microalgal Biotechnology for environmental remediation

• An  integrated process for the capture and use of CO2 from flue gas using microalgae

• Green algae on artificial hard substrates- a recent growing phenomenon

• Utilization of photobioreactors for production of fish feed based on diatoms

• Microalgae in animal feeding & aquaculture

• Even when the sun doesn’t shine-Algae cultivation without sunlight

• Chrysolaminarans as immunostimulants

• Carotenoid-enriched algal biomass as a feed supplement for ornamental fish

• Industrial photobioreactor design around the globe

• Annular reactors or the production of microalgae aquaculture feed

• Characterization of a flat plate photobioreactor for the production of microalgae

• On the relative efficiency of two stage vs. one stage production of astaxanthin from the green microalga Haematococcuss pluvialis

• The green solar collector. A novel photo-bioreactor for the efficient production of algal biomass with sunlight

• Biosolar Technology for biomass production

• Microalgal extracts with stimulants, preventive or repair effects and examples for application

• A process for the production  of lutein from Scendesmus almeriensis for human consumption

• Best lipases and conditions in biocatalyzed selective-esterification of Phaeodactylum tricornuntum FFA-extracts of EPA purification

• Effects of Algae dietary fat supplements on the fatty acid composition of milk products from dairy animals

• Secondary carotenoid accumulation in green microalgae – biosynthesis and its  Manipulation

• Relationship between astaxanthin accumulation and nitrogen assimilation in Haematococcus pluvialis

• Long term cultivation of the moss Physcomitrella patens for recombinant protein production

• Functionalized macroporous materials and systems for efficient downstream processing of microalgal bioproducts

• The solar biofuel project

• CO2 capture and usage for Algae Projects

• Value added products from Algae

• Spirulina farming and health benefits of Spirulina

• Any other topic of significant interest in the field of Algae Biofuel Technology.

3. Biomass to Biofuel