3rd Algae World Asia – Premier event on Algae Commercialisation for Food, Feed & Fuel

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The 3^rd Algae World Asia 2010 brings into focus the business and technological aspects of producing algae for human and animal nutrition, as pollution control to capture carbon emissions, as biofilters to remove nutrients and other pollutants from wastewaters, and as renewable fuel and energy source.

Over 1 & a half exciting days, you will gain from unrivalled interaction with algae producers, algae biofuel developers, manufacturers of equipment for algae harvesting and processing, industrial companies in need of biofuel, carbon abatement and waste water treatment solution, research institutions, investors, and algae product purchasers.

Built into the program are 5 Central Themes & Objectives: 

I. To Share Practical Experiences in Algae Prodcution:

• Key attraction is presentation by Algae Cultivator in South Korea:
  Founded in 1956, Daesang Corporation (formerly Miwon Co., Ltd.) has been the leading food producer in Korea producing High Intensity Sweeteners, L-Amino Acids, Flavour Enhancers and Nutraceutical Product. They started R&D on chlorella in the 1990s, and developed the advanced heterotrophic cultivation method and have been producing chlorella in sterilized closed pure tanks since 1997.

II. Spelling out Value Proposition in Carbon Capture by offering varied perspectives from: 

• Cement Manufacturer, St. Marys Cement Inc:
  St Marys Cement is partnering with Pond Biofuels and the Ontario Centres of Excellence to create the world’s first demonstration of CO2 capture from a cement plant.
• Power Producer, West Bengal Power Development Corporation Ltd (WBPDCL):
  WBPDCL, a Kolkata, India-based power producer is conducting an algae-based carbon capture pilot project at the Kolaghat thermal power plant.
• CCR technology provider, MBD Energy Ltd:
  MBD technology recycles captured industrial flue-gas emissions into oils suitable for manufacture of high grade plastics, transport fuel and nutritious feed for livestock and monogastric consumption. MBD Energy has reached agreements for the planning and provision of pilot CCR plants with three of Australia’s major coal-fired power stations Loy Yang Power, Eraring Energy and Tarong Energy.

III. Put forward Value Proposition in Waste Water Treatment

Using algae for wastewater treatment offers key advantages over conventional wastewater treatment. It is cost effective, has low energy requirement, reduce GHG emissions and sludge formation. More importantly, algae based wastewater treatment creates value at every step:

• Treats wastewater
• Recovers wastewater nutrients as fertiliser
• Removes carbon dioxide from flue gas

Can be processed into Biofuels
(see below diagram for clearer illustration)

In fact, 3rd Algae World Asia is also your gateway &  opportunity to hear from two leading figures of algae-based wastewater treatment:

• Dr. Rupert Craggs, Group Manager of Aquatic Pollution, National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research (NIWA)
  NIWA in New Zealand has successfully demonstrated wastewater treatment using algae. Five hectares of the Christchurch Wastewater Treatment Plant’s oxidation ponds have been converted into the world’s first large-scale wastewater treatment algal production system.
• Dr. John R. Benemann
  Dr Benemann is no stranger to the algae research arena, his recent feat includes founding an engineering consulting company with Prof. Tryg Lundquist, California Polytechnic University (CalPoly) to specialize in algae-based processes for wastewater treatment, biofuel production and animal feeds cultivation.

IV. Exemplify Algae Technology Development in Asia Pacific

Listen in and learn as representatives from each of the following Algae Research groups unveil their achievements:

Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS), Singapore – GIS is a research institute of the A*STAR. A*STAR has a partnership with the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to develop robust methods for transforming green algal species with exogenous DNA.

Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT), Chinese Academy of Sciences, China- QIBEBT is collaborating with Boeing on algae-based aviation biofuel development.

Inha University, Korea- speaker Dr Choul-Gyun Lee, Professor, Department of Biological Engineering is the leader of Korean National Project on Marine Bioenergy Program.

Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)- CSIRO is part of the Algal Fuel Consortium (AFC) which won a US$2.259 million research grant under the Department of Resources Energy and Tourism’s Second Generation Biofuels program in Australia.

V. Bring into focus the current and future Development of Algae-Based Bioenergy and provide first hand updates from

• Aurora Biofuels Pty Ltd, OriginOil, Inc. an algae biofuel frontrunners from USA
• Biolsystems Co., Ltd. (Korea) - on Bioethanol production technology from Macro-Algae:
• Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) Lausanne - on biofuel production from microalgae by Hydrothermal Processing
• KPMG Corporate Finance Pte Ltd (Singapore) - on Carbon Finance Support for Bio-Diesel Production from Algae

Moreover, whether you are looking for algae-based solutions, or looking for new investment opportunities, attending 3rd Algae World Asia promises hours of dedicated networking time during lunches, receptions and breaks. Be sure to bring lots of business cards and gain from fruitful meetings with:
- Algae Producers – Algae Equipment Suppliers – Algae Biofuels Technology Developers
- Algae Research Institutes – Financiers and Investors – Government representatives
- Oil & Chemical Companies – Industrial CO2 Generators
- Mining Companies, Power Plant Operators, Cement Plant Operators, etc.
- Transportation companies – Wastewater Treatment Operators
- End users and Algae Product Purchasers – Biodiesel / Bioethanol / Bio-jetfuel Refiners, Fertilizer, Nutraceutical, Pharmaceuticals, Aquaculture Feed, Animal Feed, Coatings, Bioplastics, Biochemicals, and Cosmetics Companies

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