Scientific program

The conference scientific program comprises 6 invited lectures of leading specialists (1 hour including questions), 8 key-note lectures (30 minutes including questions), 60 oral (15 min including questions) and 60 poster presentations on the following topics.

  • Catalysis in combustion and co-combustion of biomass
  • Catalytic processes for chemicals production from biomass
  • Biocatalysis: fermentation and enzymatic processes
  • Catalyst application in biomass gasification for clean syn-gas production, power and CHP
  • Catalytic aspects in liquid biofuels production from carbohydrate crops and oilseeds
  • Catalytic approach to production of liquid biofuels from lignocelluloses
     

 List of invited speakers

Valentin Parmon
DESIGN OF CATALYSTS AND CATALYTIC PROCESSES FOR BIOFUELS PRODUCTION
Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia

Dmitry Murzin
CATALYTIC TRANSFORMATIONS FOR PRODUCTION OF BIOFUELS, SPECIALTY CHEMICALS AND PHARMACEUTICALS FROM WOODY BIOMASS
Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland

Muthanna Al-Dahhan
ADVANCEMENT OF CATALYTIC FISCHER-TROPSCH SLURRY BUBBLE COLUMNS VIA ADVANCED MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY AND CHEMICALS PRODUCTION
Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, USA

Wolter Prins
PROGRESS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF BIOMASS FAST PYROLYSIS TECHNOLOGY AND ITS APPLICATION
University of Ghent, Belgium

Palligarnai Vasudevan
ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE BIOFUELS: ADVANCES IN BIODIESEL RESEARCH
University of New Hampshire, Durham, USA

Donato Aranda
TRANSESTERIFICATION AND HYDROESTERIFICATION: THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF BIODIESEL PRODUCTION USING HETEROGENEOUS CATALYSIS
Greentec-Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

 Key-Note presentations

Elena V. Gusevskaya, Luciana A. Parreira, Luciano Menini
PALLADIUM-CATALYZED AEROBIC OXIDATION OF BIOMASS-BASED ALKENES AS A ROUTE TO VALUABLE FRAGRANCE AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOUNDS
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

Ivan Kozhevnikov
POLYOXOMETALATES AS CATALYSTS FOR SUSTAINABLE ORGANIC SYNTHESIS
University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

B.N. Kuznetsov1,2, V.I. Sharypov1, S.V. Baryshnikov1
CONVERSIONS OF WOOD AND CELLULOSE TO GLUCOSE AND LEVULINIC ACID UNDER THE ACTION OF ACIDIC CATALYSTS
1Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology SB RAS, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
2Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia

N. Lingaiah, K. Jagadeeswaraiah, M. Balaraju and P.S. Sai Prasad
VALUE ADDED CHEMICALS FROM GLYCEROL: SYNTHESIS OF GLYCEROL CARBONATES USING SOLID BASE CATALYSTS
Catalysis Laboratory, I&PC Division, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, India

Jyri-Pekka Mikkola1,2, Leif Jönsson1, Stellan Marklund1
BIO4ENERGY – THE SWEDISH QUEST FOR SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY
1Umeå University, Department of Chemistry, Technical Chemistry, Chemical-Biological Center, Sweden
2Åbo Akademi University, Department of Chemical Engineering, Laboratory of Industrial Chemistry and Reaction Engineering, Process Chemistry Centre, Turku, Finland

Brenno A. D. Neto, Paulo A. Z. Suarez, Alexandre A. M. Lapis, Wendylene S. D. Silva
ENZYME-CATALYZED EPOXIDATION OF BIODIESEL SUPPORTED BY IONIC LIQUIDS – AN IMPROVED ECO-FRIENDLY PROCESS
1Laboratory of Medicinal and Technological Chemistry, University of Brasília (IQ-UnB), Brasilia, Brazil

P.E. Strizhak, A.I.Tripolskyi, V.E. Eremenko, T.S. Ivashchenko, A.O. Busko
CATALYTIC CRACKING OF SUNFLOWER SEED OIL
L.V. Pisarzhevsky Institute of Physical Chemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine

L. van de Beld, E.J. Leijenhorst
CATALYTIC FUEL-GAS CLEANING IN A STAGED BIOMASS GASIFICATION PROCESS
BTG Biomass Technology Group, Enschede, The Netherlands

 

The official language of the conference is English.

 Exhibition and advertisement

Representatives of industrial enterprises and companies engaged in chemical technology are welcome to take part in the conference and in the exhibition as part of the conference, to give a presentation of the company, to publish the advertisement materials in the Book of Abstracts (CD). The proposals are available at the conference site.

 Presentation

Beamer for the projection of computer- or video signal on the screen will be provided. It is recommended that you prepare computer presentations in *.ppt format (Microsoft Power Point from the package MS Office). Posters should be not more than 100 cm wide and 100 cm high.