| International Symposium of Algal Fuel Researches |
| The objective of the symposium is to exchange information on algal fuel researches of USA, EU, Australia, Korea and Japan and to survey the possibility of future international research collaboration.) | |
| Date: | 8 August 2009 |
| Venue: | Tsukuba International Congress Center (Epochal Tsukuba) |
| Fee: | Admission free for symposium, \5000JPY for banquet. |
| Regestration: |  |
| Conveners: | Isao Inouye and Makoto M. Watanabe (Univ. Tsukuba) |
| Hosting | Tsukuba 3E forum Committee, University of Tsukuba, City of Tsukuba, JST/CREST(Japan Science and Tschnology Agency/Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology) |
| Backing | National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Ibaraki Prefectural Government |
| Program |
| 13:30-14:00 | Prof. R. Wijffels (Wageningen Univ. Netherland) Microalgae for Production of Bulk Chemicals and Biofuels |
| 14:00-14:30 | Prof. B .Willson (Colorado State Univ. USA) Large-Scale Production of Microalgae for Biofuels |
| 14:30-15:00 | Prof. K .Kaya (Univ. Tsukuba, Japan) Possibility of Algal Lipids as Industrial Ingredients |
| 15:00-15:20 | Coffee Break |
| 15:20-15:50 | Dr. S. Blackburn (CSIRO, Australia) Challenges and Opportunities for Biodiesel from Algae: Approaches by CSIRO, Australia |
| 15:50-16:20 | Prof. J-W. Yang (KAIST ,Korea) Algal Fuel Research in Korea |
| 16:20-16:50 | Dr. J .C. Yang (U.S. Department of Energy ,USA) Biofuels Research and Development: An Overview of the U. S. Department of Energy Office of Biomass Program |
| 16:50-17:40 | General Discussion (Chair Prof. M.M. Watanabe Univ. Tsukuba) |
| 18:00- | Banquet |
| Access to Tsukuba |
| How to come Tsukuba | http://www.epochal.or.jp/eng/access/index.html | ||
| from IPC9 to Tsukuba (ca 2h by train, cost \1,430JPY) | Sangubashi Sta (Odakyu line) ->Shinjuku Sta (JR line) ->Akihabara Sta (Tsukuba Express line) ->Tsukuba Sta |
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| Map & Parking around EPOCHAL | http://www.epochal.or.jp/eng/access/map_shuhen.html | ||
| Access to Narita |
| Seats on the bus from Tsukuba to Narita must be reserved. If you need the reservations, please contact me by 1st Aug. (noriko.sasaki.ge@un.tsukuba.ac.jp) |
| Tsukuba Center -> Narita Airport | ||||
| Tsukuba | Narita Airport Terminal 1 | Narita Airport Terminal 2 | ||
| 06:00 | 07:40 | 07:45 | ||
| 07:00 | 08:40 | 08:45 | ||
| 08:50 | 10:25 | 10:30 | ||
| 10:40 | 12:15 | 12:20 | ||
| 12:20 | 13:55 | 14:00 | ||
| 13:35 | 15:10 | 15:15 | ||
| 14:35 | 16:10 | 16:15 | ||
| 15:50 | 17:25 | 17:30 | ||
| 17:35 | 19:10 | 19:15 | ||
| Accomodation |
| the OKURA FRONTIER HOTEL TSUKUBA EPOCHAL is nearest hotel connected with
the conference with corridor. You can book it from following page. https://x184.secure.ne.jp/~x184056/eng/reservation.php |
| Contact us |
| Tsukuba 3E forum office: Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, TsukubaCIbaraki 305-8572 E-mail : secretariat-3ef@sakura.cc.tsukuba.ac.jp |