| Tuesday, 3/27/2007 1:20 PM - 5:15 PM , Oral | AGRO |
Agricultural Biomass, Biobased Products, and Biofuels | |
| Organized by: Justin R. Barone, Cathleen J. Hapeman, Joseph H. Massey, James N. Seiber Presiding: James N. Seiber | |
1:20 PM | Introductory Remarks | ||||||
1:25 PM | Agricultural biomass, biobased products, and biofuels: Challenges and opportunites Gale Buchanan | ||||||
1:55 PM | Biomass-to-ethanol conversion: Strategies for developing flexible biorefineries William J. Orts Kevin M. Holtman, Gregory M. Glenn, Richard Offeman, George H. Robertson, Syed H. Imam, Dominic W. S. Wong | ||||||
2:20 PM | Chemical and physical properties of pretreated biomass that affect enzyme accessibility and digestibility Mark F. Davis Claudia Ishizawa, Tina Jeoh, William S. Adney, Michael E. Himmel, David K. Johnson | ||||||
2:45 PM | Biodiesel: Science based regulation and consumer protection Kevin L. Armbrust Jose Rodriguez | ||||||
3:10 PM | Intermission | ||||||
3:25 PM | Enzyme and microbial bioconversion of agricultural and forestry residues for transportation fuel Joy Doran Peterson Kate Brandon, Dana Cook, Emily DeCrescenzo, Eduardo de Ximines, Amrutra Jangid, Zeynep Cvetkovich, Jenna Young | ||||||
3:50 PM | Co-production of fuel ethanol and new value added coproducts David B. Johnston | ||||||
4:15 PM | Energy balance of switchgrass grown for cellulosic ethanol in the Northern Plains, USA Marty R. Schmer Kenneth P. Vogel, Robert B. Mitchell, Richard K. Perrin |