Session: Biofuels Symposium: Future Fuels from Renewable Resources (2008 Annual Meeting)

Monday, November 17, 2008: 3:00 PM

Salon G/H (Marriott Philadelphia Downtown)

Description:

Invited, keynote speakers will highlight the availability of biomass and the technologies enabling its thermochemical and biochemical conversion into energy.

Sponsor:

Liaison Functions

Co-Sponsor(s):

Food, Pharmaceutical & Bioengineering Division (15), Fuels and Petrochemicals Division (16), Forest and Plant Bioproducts Division (17)

Chair:

Gregory N. Stephanopoulos
Email: gregstep@mit.edu

3:00 PM

(129a) The Catalytic Conversion of Bioproducts to Fuels
James A. Dumesic

3:40 PM

(129b) Supplying Biofuels: Implications for Costs, Food and Global Warming
Timothy Searchinger

4:20 PM

(129c) All Biomass Is Local: Thinking Creatively about Biofuel Feedstocks
Bruce E. Dale

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