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26th
Symposium on Biotechnology For Fuels and Chemicals
May 9 - 12, 2004
Chattanooga Choo Choo Holiday Inn & Centennial Center
Chattanooga, TN USA
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Welcome to the home page of the
26th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals!
The 26th
symposium continues a series that focuses on improving the technology and
economics of fuels and chemicals production. This year’s program provided the
opportunity for experts from around the world to gather and discuss the latest
research breakthroughs and results in biotechnology. A variety of formal
technical sessions, a poster session, and informal discussion groups allowed the
exchange of new information among attendees from industrial, academic, and
government sectors.
Congratulations to Guido Zacchi of Lund University, the winner of the 2004 C. D.
Scott Award. This award was established in 1994 to recognize
distinguished individuals in the application of biotechnology to produce fuels
and chemicals.
Congratulations also to the outstanding student poster award winners. In
the Scientific Category: Stacy Hutchens, University of Tennessee, "Biopolymer-Patterned
Nanoparticle Deposition and in the Engineering Category: Yongming Zhu,
Auburn University, "High Solids Dilute-acid Pretreatment of Corn Stover Using a
Percolation Reactor."
Final
Attendee List - please verify your information, and notify
watlingtonnw@ornl.gov if changes
should be made. The response for photographs was underwhelming, but those
that were submitted will be published. It's not too late to submit a
photograph if you'd like to be included.
This site contains the schedules and viewable abstracts from the
symposium, which was held May 9-12, 2004 at the
Chattanooga Choo Choo Holiday Inn and
Centennial Convention Center, Chattanooga, Tennessee.
We thank you for either attending the
conference or for just visiting our website. If you have questions,
you may call the conference office at (865) 576-1645, or e-mail
luffmanaj@ornl.gov.
Click here to download a
pdf photo collage (7
Mbytes!) from previous symposia.
Last updated on June 4, 2004
 Invitation to the 26th Symposium
Call for
Papers
Schedule
at a Glance
Sessions
List with Platform Presentations
Poster
Presentations
Author
List (alphabetical) with session numbers
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Session 1A |
Sunday
1:00-5:00 p.m. |
Feedstock Supply,
Logistics, Processing, and Composition. Topics for this
session will include sustainability considerations, environmental and
economic impacts, innovative collection, storage and transportation
methods, and plant science applications. |
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Session 1B |
Sunday
1:00-5:00 p.m. |
Enzyme Catalysis
and Engineering. This session will focus on identification,
modification, development, and cost-effective production and use of
enzymes to achieve numerous biological and chemical transformations. |
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Session 2 |
Monday
8:15 a.m. - 12:00 noon |
Microbial
Catalysis and Metabolic Engineering. This session will focus
on finding new and further developing existing micro-organisms for
improved performance to produce fuels and chemicals. |
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Special Topics |
Monday
2:00-4:00 p.m. |
Special
Topics Lignin from Biorefineries: Chemical and
Biochemical Perspective and Applications
Biohydrogen: The Challenges and the Possible Future
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Poster Session |
Monday
5:30-9:30 p.m. |
This program will
showcase the full range of topics for the formal sessions.
Presenters are encouraged to set up their posters early. The
poster format is most appropriate for presentations that benefit from
detailed descriptions and direct interaction between the author and
other participants. |
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Session 3 |
Tuesday 8:15 a.m. - 12:00 noon |
Bioprocessing and
Separations. This session will cover reactor configurations
and the integration of engineering with microbiology, biochemistry,
and chemistry to produce fuels and chemicals. |
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Session 4 |
Tuesday 7:00-9:00 p.m. |
The
Lighter Side of Policy and Politics. A
round table discussion on the externalities needed to advance
biorefineries into reality. These include finance, risk, law and
regulations, government policy, and nongovernmental organizations. |
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Session 5 |
Wednesday 8:15 a.m.-12:00 noon |
Biobased
Industrial Chemicals. This session will discuss the
production of chemicals and other value-added bioproducts from
biological rather than petrochemical routes. Advances in process
integration, demonstration, economics, and commercialization will be
highlighted. |
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Session 6A |
Wednesday 1:15-5:00 p.m. |
Biomass
Pretreatment and Hydrolysis. This session will focus on
novel reactor configurations and new process approaches for
pretreatment and saccharification of biomass. |
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Session 6B |
Wednesday 1:15-5:00 p.m. |
Plant
Biotechnology and Feedstock Genomics.
The potential impact of transgenic, genetic, and genomic-based modifications
to the architectural, compositional or metabolic functions of plants will be
discussed in this session in relation to an enhanced renewables base. |
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Reception & Banquet |
Wednesday 6:00 p.m. |
Speaker and
entertainment TBD. Presentation of the C. D. Scott Award. |
Abstract
Submission Guidelines
Manuscript
Submission Guidelines
Poster
Presentation Guidelines
Student
Poster Competition
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Opportunities
Bioprocessing
Research and Development Center at ORNL
Links to Previous Symposia:
20th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals
(1998)
21st Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals (1999)
22nd Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals (2000)
23rd
Symposium on Biotechnology
for Fuels and Chemicals (2001)
24th Symposium on Biotechnology
for Fuels and Chemicals (2002)
25th Symposium on Biotechnology
for Fuels and Chemicals (2003)
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