Twenty-Second Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals
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lysts using enzyme, microbial, and plantbiochemistriesand genetic engi neeringand ProcessingResearch describedtheconversionofplantcom ponentsviaintegrationofmicrobiology,biochemistry,andchemistrywith engineering, separations, and hybrid systems. The Enzymatic Processes and Enzyme Production session focused on the manufacture and use of enzymes. TheIndustrialChemicalssessionemphasizedrecentdevelop mentsintheintegratedproductionandscale-upofchemicalsfrombiologi cal rather than petrochemical routes. Special interest was on separation methods and their integrationintonew fermentation orhybrid processes. 35 oral presentations, a roundtable The technical program consisted of forum, two special topic discussions, and a poster session of 135 posters. WecontinuedasuccessfulinformalroundtableserieswithBioenergy and Bioproducts: Forum on Recent Government Initiatives, which dis cussedthePresidentsExecutiveOrder, the BioenergyInitiative, the Tech nology Roadmap for Renewables Vision 2020, and other thrusts. These eventscontinuethe strongindustrial focus and activeindustrialparticipa tionintheorganizingcommittee. Thishasbecomeverypopularbecauseit allows industrialand government participants to speakmore openly. AspecialTopicsDiscussionGroupwasheldonC0 Sequestration, 2 ledby James W. Lee. Another onwas held on Commercializationof Bio mass-to-Ethanol where chairs Jack N. Saddler and David J. Gregg made thegoal ofthisworkshop to showparticipantsthatweare close to demon stratingthe technicalviability ofanintegratedbiomass-to-ethanolprocess and that progressive technical advances and policy decisions will likely greatly enhance the economic attractiveness of the process.
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