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FAPESP BIOENERGY PROGRAM - BIOEN

The BIOEN Program aims to integrate comprehensive research on sugarcane and other plants that can be used as biofuel sources, thus assuring Brazil’s position among the leaders in the area of Bioenergy. Research includes from biomass production and processing to biofuel production and its impacts.
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Latin American Convention of the Global Sustainable Bioenergy Project

March, 23rd

8:30 GSB Round Table, Part A: Project Status,
Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz (FAPESP)
Lee Lynd (Dartmouth College, USA)
Gláucia Souza (USP and BIOEN/FAPESP Coordinator)
14:30 Key Note 1: Chair: José Roberto Moreira (CENBIO)
How Can Biofuels Help the World to Fulfill the GHG Emissions Reduction Targets?

Jose Goldemberg (USP)
Q+A
15:30 Key Note 2: (Chair: Luiz Cortez (Unicamp and CTBE)
Replacing 5% of World Gasoline Consumption with Brazilian Fuel Ethanol
Rogério C. Cerqueira Leite (UNICAMP)
Q+A
16:30 GSB Project Overview (Chair)
Roger Beachy (Danforth Plant Science Center)
Clive James (ISAAA-International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications)
Q+A
17:10 Welcome Reception

 

March, 24th

8:30 GSB Round Table, Part A: Project Status
Patricia Osseweijer (Europe)
Emile van Zyl (Africa)
Reinhold Mann (Asia-Australia)
John Sheehan (North America)
Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz (Latin America)
9:45 Coffee break
10:00 GSB Round Table, Part B: Discussion
Patricia Osseweijer (Europe)
Emile van Zyl (Africa)
Reinhold Mann (Asia-Australia)
John Sheehan (North America)
Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz (Latin America)
Q+A
10:45 Latin American Vision, the next 50 years – Part A
Chair: Luiz Augusto Horta Nogueira (UNIFEI)
Food vs Bioenergy, Gustavo Best (FAO)
Q+A
Land Use Change: the Brazilian experience
André Nassar (Icone)
Q+A
11:55 Lunch
12:55 Latin American Vision, the next 50 years – Part B
Chair: Carlos Cerri (USP)
Biofuels for Social Inclusion,
Márcia Azanha (ESALQ-USP)
Q+A,
Sustainability: Energy Balance and GHG
Joaquim Seabra (CTBE)
Q+A
14:05 Latin American Vision, the next 50 years – Part C
Sustainability: Water use, Fertilizer, Soil Carbon
Heitor Cantarella (IAC/APTA)
Q+A
Argentina Vision on Biofuels Sustainability
Faustino Sineriz (UNT and CONICET)
Q+A
15:30 Coffee Break
15:45 Break-out sessions - 3 or 4 parallel sessions
17:45 Plenary Presentations from Breakout Sessions

 

March 25th

8:30 Break-out sessions continued for closure and agreement
Recommendations for Stages 2, 3 and Common Resolution
10:00 Coffee break
10:15 Plenary presentations recommendations Stages 2 and 3
Chair: Marcos Buckeridge (IB, USP and CTBE)
11:15 Coffee break
11:30 Final Latin American Resolution,
Discussion on amendments and voting
Chairs: Carlos H Brito Cruz and José Goldemberg
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Presentation of Final European Resolution, final conclusions and recommendations to invited politicians; key stakeholders and press
Chairs: Tom Richard and Carlos H Brito Cruz
14:30 Closure
16:30 Lee Lynd