Sustainable Energy and Chemical Sciences Collaboration in Biomass Conversion Research between the US and Brazil: Roadmap 1.0

Prepared November 6, 2007

DRAFT

Table of Contents

• Presidential Symposium on US/Brazil Research Collaboration Agenda
• US/Brazil Biomass Conversion Symposium Follow Up Survey
• Biofuel Bonanza: Cover Story Chemical and Engineering News Vol 85, #26

Presidential Symposium on US/Brazil Research Collaboration

• Moving to a Bioeconomy- Opportunities for Bilateral Collaboration
  Dr. Gale Buchanan, USDA Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics
• Introduction to Thematic Focal Points
  Dr. Pedro Arraes, Embrapa Labex-USA
• Crop-based/Naturally Occurring Biomass Feedstocks: Thermochemical and Enzymatic Perspectives
  Dr. Foster A. Agblevor, Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• Crop-based naturally occurring biomass feedstocks: Thermochemical and Enzymatic Perspectives
  Dr. Luiz Pereira Ramos Research Center in Applied Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Paraná
• Biomass Conversion: Biorefining, Storage and Transportation
  Dr. Ed Olson, EERC
• Byproducts and Value Added Co-Products
  Dr. William R. Sutterlin, Renewable Alternatives, associated with The University of Missouri-Columbia
• Closing Panel Presidential Symposium on US/Brazil Research Collaboration

Presidential Symposium on US/Brazil Research Collaboration, Other Materials

• Assessment of C1--C4 Carbonyl Compounds from Exhaustion of Diesel Engine Filled in Biodiesel//Diesel Blends
  Lilian Lefol Nani Guarieiro, Instituto de Quimica – UFBA, Campus Ondina, 40170-290, Salvador-BA – Brazil
  Winner Best Poster Presentation of Presidential Symposium
• The Role of Additives for Diesel and Diesel Blended (Ethanol or Biodiesel) Fuels: A Review
  Co-authored by Lilian Lefol Nani Guarieiro, institution above
• Western Regional Research Center Plant Gene Expression Center Pacific West Area Administration
  James N. Seiber, Albany, California, Location of USDA-ARS
• Biographies from Presidential Symposium on US/Brazil Research Collaboration