Program

International Symposium on Algal Biomass

~ The Benefits of Algae to All Humankind ~

September 5-6, 2013
Nomura Conference Plaza Nihonbashi

 

Thursday, 5th September

Program Director: Makoto M. Watanabe, University of Tsukuba

9:30 – 10:00 Opening Remarks

Yuko Harayama, Council for Science and Technology Policy, The Cabinet Office, Japan

Kyosuke Nagata, President of University of Tsukuba
Isao Inouye, University of Tsukuba, Board Chairman of AIIC
Michiharu Nakamura, Chairman of Tsukuba Global Innovation Promotion Agency

 

Section 1: Policy; Japan – US Partnership for Algae-based Economy

Chair: Kunimitsu Kaya (University of Tsukuba)

10:00 – 10:35 Mark Allen, Accelergy Corporation, Board of Directors of ABO
A View of the Algae Biomass Organization and the US Algae Industry
10:35 – 11:10 Isao Inouye, University of Tsukuba, Board Chairman of AIIC
Roles, Functions and Activities of AIIC
11:10 – 11:45 Daniel Fishman, Bioenergy Technologies Office, US Department of Energy
The Algae Program at the U.S. Department of Energy's Bioenergy Technologies Office
11:45 – 12:20 Ritsuko Sanuki, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, Ministry of Economy,Trade and Industry
METI’s Challenges and Policy for Biomass Energy
12:20 – 13:20 Lunch

 

 

Chair: Hiroyuki Mochizuki (AIIC)

13:20 – 13:55 Chrisr Cassidy, US Department of Agriculture
Partnership for Algal Biomass to Renewable Energy for Japan
13:55 – 14:30 Takahiro Shiono, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
MAFF policy and R&D for promoting biomass utilization
14:30 – 15:05 Joelle Simonpietri, United States Pacific Command
U.S. Department of Defense Interests in Biofuel and Microalgae
15:05 – 15:40 Philip Pienkos, US National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Algae: The Third Way for Biofuels
15:40 – 16:15 Takeshi Kaburagi, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
The biomass utilization efforts of MEXT
16:15 – 16:45 Break

 

Section 2: International Research Collaboration on Algae Biomass

Chair: Kenichiro Ishida (University of Tsukuba)

16:45 – 17:20 Jack Legrand and Jérémy PRUVOST, GEPEA-Nantes (France)
Conception and modelling of Photobioreactor for microalgae culture
17:20 – 17:55 Iwane Suzuki, University of Tsukuba
Algae Energy Projects for Tohoku Recovery
Combination of heterotrophic and autotrophic alga for treatment of waste water in Sendai
18:30 – Banquet

 

 

Friday, 6th September

Program Director: Makoto M. Watanabe, University of Tsukuba

Section 2: International Research Collaboration on Algae Biomass

Chair: Kenichiro Ishida (University of Tsukuba)

9:00 – 9:35 Stephen Mayfield, University of California, San Diego (USA)
Food and Fuel in the 21st Century – Algae as a potential new source of both
9:35 – 10:10 Shigeaki Harayama, Chuo University
Molecular breeding of a green alga for use as a biofuel crop
10:10 – 10:45 David M. Lewis, Adelaide University (Australia)
Commercial microalgae biofuels: from production to product
10:45 – 11:30 Makoto M. Watanabe, University of Tsukuba & Yasuyuki Terasawa, Mazda Motor
Corporation
Biofuels and High-Value Products from Heterotrophic Algae including car-drive
demonstration using 70% of algal hydrocarbon oil
11:30 – 12:50 Lunch

 

Section 3: Algae – Infinite Potentials for Business

Chair: Hiroyuki Mochizuki (AIIC)

12:50 – 13:20 Hiroe Kubota, Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
"Drop-in Fuel" Production from Hydrocarbon Biocrude Synthesized Using Microalgae
13:20 – 13:50 Kinya Atsumi, DENSO CORPORATION
DENSO Algae Green Project : Challenges and Achievement
13:50 – 14:35 Fred Tennant, Director of Business Development, Heliae Development, LLC
Commercializing Specialty Products from Algae
14:35 – 15:10 Break
15:10 – 15:55 Joseph Zwillinger, Manager of Business Development, Solazyme, Inc.
Industrial-Scale Fermentation of Microalgae
15:55 – 16:40 Emilie Slaby, Market Manager of Natural and Organic Protein Products,
The Scoular Company
Going Green for Protein:Algae as Feed
16:40 – 17:25 Craig Behnke, Senior Director of Cultivation, Sapphire Energy, Inc.
Enabling technology for commercialization of a Green Crude production process
17:25 – 17:35 Break

 

 

17:35 – 18:05

Panel Discussion

18:05 – 18:15 Closing Remarks
Makoto M. Watanabe, University of Tsukuba

* A Press Interview will be held after closing remarks.