Is Ethanol Production Truly Responsible for the Global Food Price Hikes? Get the Right Perspectives at Next Generation Bioethanol

Singapore (PRWEB) March 13, 2008 -- Is Ethanol Production truly responsible for the global food price hike? Or does this myth stem from a lack of understanding about Ethanol?

Ethanol has been produced since antiquity and its use as transportation fuel dates from the very inception of motorized transportation. In 1908, Henry Ford designed his Model T to run on a mixture of gasoline and alcohol, calling it the fuel of the future.

However, conventional ethanol feedstocks (i.e. corn, sugar cane) have limited availability and compete with food. As a result of this competition, Ethanol is now under the spotlight due to the recent global food price hikes.

CMT's Next Generation Bioethanol will look at other, much more abundant, more available and less costly Ethanol feedstocks.

Cellulose and the other biopolymers that often accompany it, including hemicellulose and lignin as well as the material containing these three biopolymers, known as lignocellulose, can be grown productively all over the World, and along side with food.

Ethanol economies are bound to, eventually, implement cellulosic ethanol to continue to grow. However, cellulosic ethanol implementation has challenges.

Ethanol producers are also investigating other feedstocks, including Cassava. This quick growing drought resistant crop has already been successfully utilized for ethanol production and does not compete with traditional food sources like corn or wheat.

Next Generation Bioethanol, an authoritative seminar on the ethanol value chain, will give executives the inside edge on the myths that prevail in the ethanol markets. The workshop aims to set itself apart by being objective and separate fact from fiction in the myriad of issues surrounding Ethanol production and processing.

At Next Generation Bioethanol, seminar leader Dr. Ceasar Granda will provide attendees with a comprehensive grounding in Ethanol Production from 1st and 2nd Generation Feedstocks.

Dr. Granda has been involved with Biomass conversion to chemicals from 1997, and has been conducting research in almost all unit operations of the process. Dr Granda also has significant research interests in the Sugar industry, all culminating in a series of patents and technical publications.

Dr. Granda's intensive course will cover the following:

- A comprehensive introduction to Cellulosic ethanol and the importance of a Cellulosic-ethanol based economy.

- The Potential feedstocks including sugarcane bagasse, trash, corn straw, rice stray, wheat straw, rice husks, municipal solid waste, sewage sludge, manure, wood chips, switch grass

- Characteristics of lignocellulose

- Incentives for implementation of Cellulosic ethanol

- High productivity crops including energy cane, miscanthus hybrids, sweet sorghum, water hyacinth

- Harvesting, transportation and storage technologies

- Ethanol production from lignocellulose

- Recent developments in BioButanol

Top research institutes like ICRISAT (International Crops Research Institute for Semi Arid Tropics) and CIAT (International Center for Tropical Agriculture), MTEC (Metal and Material Technology Center) and Kasetsart University are among the authoritative panel sharing at this seminar.

Participants will be able to hear insights on the most promising ethanol feedstocks in Asia; Sweet Sorghum and Cassava, as well as Thai government policies for biofuels usage and fuel ethanol production. Participants will also hear from SGS, who will share on the quality certification standards for the sustainability along the logistics chain.

However, the Next Generation BioEthanol experience does not end with mere theoretical knowledge sharing.

Next Generation BioEthanol organizer CMT believes strongly in experiential learning, which is why they have arranged for course attendees to participate in a full day site visit to the Rayong Fields Crop Research Institute.

This optional visit will give attendees a complete overview of the latest research into Cassava planting and ethanol production. In addition to viewing hybrid varieties which have promisingly high ethanol yields, attendees will also visit a starch factory, and chipping and drying factories located within the premises for a first hand demonstration of the ethanol manufacturing process.

Next Generation BioEthanol is for industry executives, investors and project financiers who need to be aware of the ethanol markets. With the industry's top researchers helming this program, the event will attract top executives from the oil, gas and biofuels industries in the region and world.

For more information on Next Generation BioEthanol, please visit www.cmtevents.com or contact Ms. Divya Sangam via e-mail at divya@cmtsp.com.sg.

About Centre for Management Technology:

A global organizer HQ in Singapore, CMT is dedicated to the provision of latest business and technology information through high profile conferences for varied industries. CMT forums encircle the globe from Asia Pacific to Middle East to New Europe/Russia and the Americas. In 25 years of operation, CMT has hosted leading conferences on Petroleum, Refining, LPG, future fuels like Biodiesel, Biofuels and Coal to Liquids, Gas to Liquids, Bio mass to Liquid Technology and many more. Visit www.cmtevents.com for further information about us.

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