The shortage and high cost of fossil resources make it necessary to explore the use of bioresources such as plants or their by-products for chemicals and fuels production. This workshop organized by BioEnergy Society of Singapore (BESS) aims to update you the latest development in the R&D of bioresources to fuels and chemicals.
Workshop Programme
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
| 2:30-3:00 pm | Registration | |
| 3:00-3:05 pm | Welcome | Dr. Geng Anli, BESS President |
| 3:05-3:10 pm | Introduction of the workshop | Chairman of the workshop, Assoc/Prof. Li Zhi, NUS |
| 3:10 – 3:50 pm | Converting flue gas CO2 to microalgal biomass for biofuels and bio-based chemicals production | Prof. Chang Ju-Shu, Deputy Director, Centre for Bioscience and Biotechnology; Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan |
| 3:50 – 4:30 pm | Catalyst Development for Biomass Conversion to Fuels and Chemicals – An introduction of research activities in Heterogeneous Catalysis Programme at ICES, A*star | Dr. Chen Luwei, Team Leader, Heterogeneous Catalysis, Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences, A*star, Singapore |
| 4:30 – 5:10 pm | Biocatalytic Conversion of Biomass to Chemicals | Dr. Steve Collier, Director of R&D, Codexis Laboratories Singapore Pte Ltd |
| 5:10 – 5:30 pm | Networking and Discussion | |
| 6:00 – 6:30 pm | Bus transport to restaurant | |
| 6:30 pm | Workshop dinner | |
Registration: Free for BESS members. S$30 for non-BESS members (S$10 for students) – inclusive of membership fee for 2012, payable at the registration counter.
Conference Dinner: Members $20, International buffet at Fullerton Hotel
Please provide the following information to Dr. Geng Anli at gan2@np.edu.sg for registration. Registration deadline is 11 May 2012.
MAP for the workshop venue is avaialble from here.
BioEnergy Society of Singapore 
