Advanced Biofuels and Biorefinary Platforms

Globally, industrial technologies are shifting toward the development of new products that are greenhouse gas-neutral, cleaner burning, and more environmentally sustainable. This is being driven by a variety of factors including tremendous advances in science and technology, climate change policies, consumer demand for green products, the rising price of oil, and the discovery of new functionalities of petroleum replacements. In order for the growing interest in developing biorefineries to be translated into a vibrant bioproducts sector, key challenges still need to be overcome and often these challenges require governments and the private sector to work in collaboration. Governments throughout the world have shown an interest in helping industry overcome these obstacles. From the perspective of government, investments in biorefineries and the bioproducts sector are seen to be beneficial as these endeavours can help to achieve important public policy goals such as environmental sustainability, economic growth, energy diversity and security, the development of new economic opportunities for the agricultural and forestry sectors, and rural revitalization. Industry too is working hard to establish the bioproducts sector as many companies are seeking advantages by competing on product attributes and working to green their supply chains through the development and use of bioproducts. Governments can play an important enabling role in creating the economic, policy, and regulatory environment for innovation to flourish as well as assisting in the development of needed infrastructure. With regards to biorefineries and bioproducts, many governments have helped to advance these areas through public good research, procurement and by partnering with companies to help share the risk involved with both research and the path to commercialization. The panel will discuss the roles played by governments and/or industry in their respective jurisdictions and the outcomes that been realized as a result of the actions each has taken by each. They will also discuss the key stakeholders (e.g. bioproducts sector, universities, agriculture sector, forestry sector etc.) and the roles they play, the specific characteristics and needs of their jurisdiction, the lessons that other countries can draw upon, and what roles governments and industry can play going forward. Following the presentations, the moderator will pose several thematic questions to the entire panel in order to engender a discussion amongst the panelists. Audience members will also be asked to contribute to this discussion by submitting questions that could be posed to the panel as a whole. Andrea Johnston will give a presentation on how Canada’s federal, provincial, and territorial governments have worked with industry to develop a roadmap to advance agriculture-based industrial bioproducts. Dr. Bain’s presentation will cover the history of US biomass program funding and present the US Government’s current areas of focus. Christophe Luguel will discuss the Joint European Biorefinery Vision for 2030. Dr. Barbosa will provide his perspective on how Brazil has advanced biorefineries and bioproducts. Monday, June 17, 2013 | 10:30am -12:00pm Cellulosic Ethanol: Scale-up and Commercialization Moderator: Jason Blake, Novozymes Cellulosic Ethanol: Scale-up and Commercialization Dr. Andre Koltermann, Clariant PACE : Praj Advanced Cellulosic Ethanol Project Ghansham Deshpande, Praj Industries Limited DSM Yeast and Enzyme Technologies: From Lab Scale to Global Commercial Roll Out of Ligno-Cellulosic Ethanol Oliver May, DSM Novozymes and Beta Renewables Deploy World Class Cellulosic Ethanol Technology to Market Michele Rubino, Beta Renewables