Frontiers in Biorefining IV: Chemicals and Products from Renewable Carbon

联合生产有价值的化学品和材料可以提高将可再生生物质资源转化为生物燃料的生物炼油厂的经济可行性。作为新兴生物精炼概念的论坛，第四届生物精炼前沿系列科学会议，题为“来自可再生碳的化学品和材料”，将于2016年11月在乔治亚州的圣西蒙斯岛举行。本次会议将聚集来自世界各地的科学家和工程师，分享最新进展，探索信息需求，并提出推进综合生物精炼厂概念的想法。预计将有来自学术界、政府和工业界的90名与会者。该奖项将支持五名研究生研究人员在会议上展示他们的原创研究，并与生物精炼领域有影响力的科学和工业研究人员建立联系。随着研究项目继续建立基础科学体系，创造新的生物精炼概念，召开科学会议以促进科学家和研究机构之间的交流、交流思想和进一步合作是及时的。开幕式全体会议将由受邀科学家重点介绍新兴生物精炼厂概念的关键发展。随后的技术方案强调生物质转化为有用和有价值的化学品和材料的途径，在六个平行会议和学生海报招待会上。具体课程有：生物精炼厂的工程原料；细胞壁解构与生物质分馏；木质素催化转化；碳水化合物催化转化；碳水化合物和木质素的生化转化；全生物质催化热化学转化；生物质与石油化工的界面。一篇开放获取、同行评议的论文将总结本次会议的活动，以指导生物精炼和生物能源领域未来的研究、资助机会和政策制定。

The co-production of valuable chemicals and materials can improve the economic viability of bio-refinery processes that convert renewable biomass resources into biofuels. To serve as a forum for emerging bio-refinery concepts, the fourth scientific conference in the Frontiers in Biorefining series, titled Chemicals and Materials from Renewable Carbon, will be held during November 2016, at St. Simons Island, Georgia. This conference will assemble scientists and engineers from around the world to share recent progress, explore information needs, and present ideas that advance integrated bio-refinery concepts. A total of 90 participants from academia, government, and industry are expected. This award will support the travel of five graduate student researchers to present their original research at the conference, and to network with influential scientific and industrial researchers in the field of biorefining.As research programs continue to build the body of fundamental science that create new bio-refinery concepts, a scientific conference to facilitate networking, exchange ideas, and further collaboration between scientists and research institutions is timely. The opening plenary session will highlight key developments in emerging bio-refinery concepts by invited scientists. The subsequent technical program emphasizes pathways for conversion of biomass to useful and valuable chemicals and materials in six parallel sessions and a student poster reception. Specific sessions are: Engineered feedstocks for the bio-refinery; Cell wall deconstruction and biomass fractionation; Catalytic conversion of lignin; Catalytic conversion of carbohydrates; Biochemical conversion of carbohydrates and lignin; Catalytic thermochemical conversion of whole biomass; The interface of biomass and petrochemicals. An open-access, peer-reviewed paper will summarize the activities at the conference in an effort to guide future research, funding opportunities, and policymaking in the fields of biorefining and bioenergy.