SAHYOG Mini-Symposium and Twinning Workshop

Utrecht, Netherlands
28-29 October 2013

Monday, 28th October 2013

Welcome address to the Mini-Symposium
KEES KWANT, NL AGENCY RENEWABLE ENERGIES, THE NETHERLANDS

Overview of the SAHYOG project
NEETA SHARMA, EU COORDINATOR SAHYOG, ENEA, ITALYTHE NETHERLANDS

BIOBASED ECONOMY POLICIES
MARC NELLEN, PROGRAMME DIRECTION BIOBASED ECONOMY, DUTCH GOVERNMENT

Sustainable development of Biomass in an International context
DAAN DIJK, RABOBANK SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

INDUSTRY’S PERSPECTIVES ON BIOMASS AND BIOENERGY DEVELOPMENT
Priyangshu Sarma on behalf of R.CHANDIHOK,DIRECTOR – ENERGY, CONFEDERATION OF INDIAN INDUSTRY, INDIA

ROLE OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS IN INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION
BRAM BROUWER, BE-BASIC FOUNDATION, THE NETHERLANDS

SAHYOG Twinning Workshop Objectives
DOMINIK RUTZ, WIP RENEWABLE ENERGIES, GERMANY

Tuesday, 29th October 2013

Twinning Session 1:
Feedstock production and genetic improvement of plants

- M.N.V. Prasad, UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD, INDIA
- MR EL KASMIOUI OUAFIK, DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP

Twinning Session 2:
Bioethanol production from lignocellulosic biomass

- PRAMOD KUMBHAR, PRAJ INDUSTRIES, INDIA
- JOHAN THEVELEIN, KU LEUVEN, BELGIUM

Twinning Session 3:
Biorefinery: chemicals and materials from biomass

- P. SARMA, TERI, INDIA
- ROB BAKKER, WUR; DEEPAK PANT, VITO

Twinning Session 4:
Thermochemical conversion technologies

- S. DASAPPA, INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE, INDIA
- D. CHIARAMONTI, UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE, ITALY

Twinning Session 5:
Algae production and conversion systems

- V. SIVASUBRAMANIAN, PHYCOSPECTRUM ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE (PERC), INDIA
- L. SIJTSMA, SPLASH; SUSTAINABLE POLYMERS FROM ALGAE SUGARS AND HYDROCARBONS
- M. PRUSSI, UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE, ITALY

Twinning Session 6:
Anaerobic digestion technologies (biogas, biomethane, hydrogen)

- S.V. MOHAN, CSIR-INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY, INDIA
- RICHARD BLANCHARD, LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY

Twinning Session 7:
Sustainability and life cycle assessment

- AKSHAY PATEL, UTRECHT UNIVERSITY
- INDU SHEKHAR THAKUR, J. NEHRU UNIVERSITY
- ROCIO A. DIAZ-CHAVEZ, IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON, UK
- L. PARI and E. Alexopoulou, FIBRA PROJECT, ROME