Sunday
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2:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
Arrival and Check-in
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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Dinner
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7:30 pm - 7:40 pm |
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
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7:40 pm - 9:30 pm |
Biorefinery and Bioeconomy Concepts
Discussion Leader: Madeleine Bussemaker (University of Surrey, United Kingdom)
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7:40 pm - 8:25 pm |
Brent Shanks (Iowa State University, USA)
"Identifying Performance Advantaged Biobased Chemicals Utilizing Bioprivileged Molecules"
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8:25 pm - 8:35 pm |
Discussion
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8:35 pm - 9:20 pm |
Arthur Ragauskas (University of Tennessee, USA)
"Sustainability, the Future Imperative: Approaches and Case Studies"
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9:20 pm - 9:30 pm |
Discussion
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Monday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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9:00 am - 12:30 pm |
Biorefinery Processes
Discussion Leader: Sonja Salmon (North Carolina State University, USA)
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9:00 am - 9:45 am |
Maureen McCann (Purdue University, USA)
"No Carbon Left Behind! Engineering Low-Recalcitrance Biomass for Chemical Conversion Pathways"
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9:45 am - 10:00 am |
Discussion
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10:00 am - 10:30 am |
Coffee Break
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10:30 am - 11:15 am |
Robin Rogers (525 Solutions Inc., USA)
"A Biorefinery Should Produce More than Just Chemicals and Be Based on More than Just Lignocellulosics: How Ionic Liquids Are Transformational in This Context"
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11:15 am - 11:30 am |
Discussion
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11:30 am - 12:15 pm |
Nathan Mosier (Purdue University, USA)
"Enhanced Acid-Catalyzed Biomass Conversion to Hydroxymethylfurfural Following Cellulose Solvent- and Organic Solvent-Based Lignocellulosic Fractionation Pretreatment"
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12:15 pm - 12:30 pm |
Discussion
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch
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1:30 pm - 4:00 pm |
Free Time
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4:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
Poster Session
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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Dinner
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7:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
Lignin Valorization
Discussion Leader: Seema Singh (Sandia National Laboratories, USA)
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7:30 pm - 8:15 pm |
Kristiina Hilden (University of Helsinki, Finland)
"Lignin Depolymerization by White Rot Fungi"
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8:15 pm - 8:30 pm |
Discussion
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8:30 pm - 9:15 pm |
Yuriy Román (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
"Lignin Processing in Liquid Phase"
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9:15 pm - 9:30 pm |
Discussion
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Tuesday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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9:00 am - 12:30 pm |
Carbohydrates Valorization
Discussion Leader: Brent Shanks (Iowa State University, USA)
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9:00 am - 9:45 am |
Paul Dauenhauer (University of Minnesota, USA)
"Carbohydrate Valorization for Drop-in and New Biobased Chemicals"
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9:45 am - 10:00 am |
Discussion
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10:00 am - 10:30 am |
Group Photo / Coffee Break
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10:30 am - 11:15 am |
Michel Gagne (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)
"Catalytic Approaches to Complex Molecules from Carbohydrate Biomass"
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11:15 am - 11:30 am |
Discussion
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11:30 am - 12:15 pm |
Emily Cranston (University of British Columbia, Canada)
"Cellulose Nanocrystals: Nanofibers for High Performance Materials"
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12:15 pm - 12:30 pm |
Discussion
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch
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1:30 pm - 4:00 pm |
Free Time
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4:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
Poster Session
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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Dinner
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7:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
Downstream Processing and Process Intensification
Discussion Leader: Christina Payne (National Science Foundation, USA)
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7:30 pm - 8:15 pm |
Basudeb Saha (University of Delaware, USA)
"Process Intensification Approach for Cellulosic Biomass Saccharification and Upgrading to BioProducts"
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8:15 pm - 8:30 pm |
Discussion
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8:30 pm - 9:15 pm |
Sankar Nair (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
"Developing Separations Strategies for Biorefining: Materials and Processes"
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9:15 pm - 9:30 pm |
Discussion
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Wednesday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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9:00 am - 12:30 pm |
Biocatalytic and Heterogeneous Catalysts for Biomass Conversion
Discussion Leader: Sankar Nair (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
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9:00 am - 9:45 am |
Michael Bott (Forschungszentrum Juelich, Germany)
"Recent Studies with Corynebacterium glutamicum as Production Platform for Conversion of Renewable Carbon Sources into Value-Added Products"
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9:45 am - 10:00 am |
Discussion
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10:00 am - 10:30 am |
Coffee Break
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10:30 am - 11:15 am |
Robert Kelly (North Carolina State University, USA)
"Plant Biomass Deconstruction by Extremely Thermophilic Caldicellulosiruptor Species"
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11:15 am - 11:30 am |
Discussion
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11:30 am - 12:15 pm |
Susannah Scott (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA)
"Phenomena Affecting Catalytic Reactions for Biomass Conversions at Solid-Liquid Interfaces"
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12:15 pm - 12:30 pm |
Discussion
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch
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1:30 pm - 4:00 pm |
Free Time
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4:00 pm - 5:30 pm |
Poster Session
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5:30 pm - 7:30 pm |
Whole Cell and Plant Based Chemical/Material Production Platforms
Discussion Leader: Florent Allais (URD ABI, AgroParisTech, France)
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5:30 pm - 6:15 pm |
Katrina Cornish (The Ohio State University, USA)
"Bio-Based Emergent Materials: Natural Rubber Biosynthesis and Production"
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6:15 pm - 6:30 pm |
Discussion
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6:30 pm - 7:15 pm |
Gregg Beckham (National Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA)
"Engineering Non-Model Cell Factories to Produce Novel Polymer Precursors"
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7:15 pm - 7:30 pm |
Discussion
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8:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
Dinner
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Thursday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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8:30 am - 9:00 am |
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
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9:00 am - 12:30 pm |
Sustainable Polymers/Materials from Biomass
Discussion Leader: H. N. Cheng (Agricultural Research Service, USDA, USA)
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9:00 am - 9:45 am |
Charlotte Williams (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)
"Sustainable Polymers from Renewable Resources"
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9:45 am - 10:00 am |
Discussion
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10:00 am - 10:30 am |
Coffee Break
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10:30 am - 11:15 am |
Amar Mohanty (University of Guelph, Canada)
"Composite Materials from Sustainable Resources: A Circular Approach Towards Innovation"
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11:15 am - 11:30 am |
Discussion
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11:30 am - 12:15 pm |
Eugene Chen (Colorado State University, USA)
"Catalytic Transformation of Biomass Feedstocks to Renewable Monomers and Degradable or Recyclable Polymers"
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12:15 pm - 12:30 pm |
Discussion
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch
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1:30 pm - 4:00 pm |
Free Time
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4:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
Poster Session
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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Dinner
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7:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
Biomass Derived Interfacial Chemicals
Discussion Leader: Runye Zha (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA)
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7:30 pm - 8:15 pm |
Inge Van Bogaert (Ghent University, Belgium)
"Engineering Starmerella bombicola Microbes to Tailor the Structure of Sophorolipids, a Natural Glycolipid"
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8:15 pm - 8:30 pm |
Discussion
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8:30 pm - 9:15 pm |
George John (The City College of New York, USA)
"Functional Self-Assembled Amphiphilic Systems Derived from Renewable Resources"
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9:15 pm - 9:30 pm |
Discussion
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Friday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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9:00 am |
Departure
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