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The global biofuel and feedstock market is currently undergoing unprecedented revolution and this has opened up new business opportunities. Can profitability and sustainability be achieved through competitive feedstocks, value chain innovation and technologies breakthrough? What are the global market directions and demand/supply in the coming 5 years? What are the challenges and opportunities amid violent commodity price changes and energy/food security concerns? How will government policies, mandates, subsidies and post-Tokyo world impact your business? How can you gain from non-food feedstocks such as jatropha, algae, cassava and sugar cane? What do economics comparisons of various feedstocks and production imply? What are the critical issues involved in plantation, sourcing, trading and production? What are the new developments in the lignocellulose, waste-to-biofuel and bio-based chemical markets? What latest key R&D and technology commercialization you can leverage on? What are the new opportunities identified in global marketing, trading and logistics? How should you adapt finance and investment strategy?
Recognizing these key pressing challenges, Global Sustainable Feedstock, Biofuel & Biochemical Summit (SFBB) 2009, proudly organized by Neoedge Singapore, will take place at JW Marriott Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 3-6 March 2009 (Main Conference 4-5,Pre-conference Workshop 3,Site-tour 6). It features ongoing projects and leading case studies, providing a timely platform for both private and public stakeholders in Asia and the world to learn, exchange ideas and build relationship. It is hoped that this Summit will unravel real and sustainable business solutions for all participants.
Key Issues to be Addressed in Depth
- Direction of global markets and demand/supply situation
- Profitability and sustainability of biofuel and feedstocks
- Challenges in see-saw fluctuations of commodity prices and energy/food security concerns
- Value chain integration to enhance competitiveness
- Innovative business strategy for palm oil biofuel
- Flexible and multi feedstocks biofuel
- Alternative feedstocks such as jatropha, cassava, sugarcane and algae etc
- The huge potential of lignocellulose, waste-to-biofuel and bio-based chemical
- Opportunities with plantation, trading, marketing and logistics
- The latest R&D findings and technological breakthrough
- Financing & investment in current economic climate
- Government policies, mandates and subsidies
- Post Kyoto World
Industry Pioneer Expert Speakers featuring
- Senior Official, Malaysia Government
- Director General of Oil and Gas, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of Indonesia
- Assistant President, COFCO Ltd.
- Chairman and Chief Executive, Pure Power
- Managing Director, Platinum Energy
- Founder & President, Biodiesel Industries, Inc.
Plus Innovative Practices and Case Studies from
- Global Bio-Diesel Sdn Bhd
- Abundant Biofuels Corp.
- Tianguan Group China
- SeaOil
- Indian Oil Corporation Ltd
- Ethanol Company of Malawi
- Supreme Biotechnologies Ltd
- Vertical LLP
- 2thePoint AG
- Danish Technological Institute
- Austrian Biofuels Institute
- LMC International Ltd, UK
- Tsinghua University
- Cosmo Biofuels Group
- Chumporn Palm Oil Ind. (Public) Co, Ltd.
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