Travel Grant: Joint Symposium on Forest Based Biorefinery Technologies International Conference on Biomass-Energy Technologies (ICBT2012), Nanjing, China, October 22-24, 2012

PI：Bandaru V.Ramarao机构：纽约州立大学环境科学与林业学院标题：旅行与研讨会资助：林基生物精炼技术联合研讨会2012年生物质能源技术国际会议(ICBT2012)南京，中国，2012年10月22-24日。摘要：这笔旅行补助金将资助来自美国的约12名学术研究人员参加2012年10月22日至24日在南京举行的森林生物精炼技术联合研讨会和生物质能源技术国际会议，并发表论文。研讨会旨在为生物质能源领域的专家、学者和企业家提供一个交流和展示的平台。与会代表不仅包括知名专家、学者和政府官员，还将包括亚洲、欧洲和美国的公司高管和投资机构的专业人士。在这次活动中，他们将就热点、新技术和商业开发进行探讨和交流，以鼓励中国与其他国家在生物质能技术方面的合作研究，并促进中国生物质能产业与国际企业和投资机构的接轨。本次大会也将为国际生物质能源机构和企业提供新的发展机遇。包括研究生和博士后研究人员在内的美国团队将在研讨会上调查国际合作机会。此次研讨会将满足美国和中国在原料供应、转化技术、生物质转化的动力学和反应工程、分离和提纯工艺以及林产品生物精炼背景下的新型生物制品和材料等方面的迫切需求，并集中讨论两国在这方面的合作。

PI: Bandaru V. RamaraoInstitution: State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and ForestryTitle: Travel & Symposium Grant: Joint Symposium on Forest Based Biorefinery TechnologiesInternational Conference on Biomass-Energy Technologies (ICBT2012)Nanjing, China October 22-24, 2012. Abstract:This travel grant is to provide funding to about 12 academic researchers from the USA to participate and present papers at the Joint Symposium on Forest Based Biorefinery Technologies and International Conference on Biomass-Energy Technologies, ICBT 2012 in Nanjing, China, October 22-24, 2012. The symposium aims to provide a communication and exhibition platform for experts, scholars, and entrepreneur in the biomass energy field. The delegates will include not only renowned experts, scholars, and government officials, but also company executives and professionals of investment institutions in Asia, Europe, and the United States. At this event they will discuss and exchange their ideas on ?hot spots??novel technologies?and commercial development so as to encourage cooperative research on biomass energy technologies between China and other countries, and promote the integration of the Chinese biomass energy industry with international enterprises and investment institutions. This conference will also provide new development opportunities for international biomass energy institutions and enterprises. The U.S. team including graduate students and postdoctoral researchers will investigate international collaborative opportunities at the symposium. This symposium will fill a critical need and bring focus to joint efforts between USA and China on feedstock supply, conversion technologies, kinetics and reaction engineering of biomass conversions, separation and purification processes and novel bioproducts and materials in the context of forest products based biorefineries.