5th

— 6th

March 2018 | Glasgow, UK

2nd International Conference on

Marine Biomass as Renewable Energy

MBRE 2018 Call for Papers

Abstracts should be sent to mbre@asranet.co.uk, by the deadline of 1 Jan 2018

MBRE 2018

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About the Conference One source of biofuels has been identified as marine biomass or marine algae. Many researchers are working on

the feasibility of using algae as a feedstock for producing bio-fuels. One example of biofuel from marine algae would

be the conversion of Marine biomass to methane via anaerobic digestion, which can generate electricity. Another

potential for algae is its potential for biodiesel.

One great characteristic of micro-algae is that it doesn’t rely on soil and land. They thrive in water which is salty or

dirty. Therefore, they do not need fresh water resources. Algae also have high growth rates, good growth densities

which also makes them a good source for biofuels. Algae can be grown in a variety of climates and in different types

of production methods. These can be from photo bioreactors, ponds and fermenters.

The conference aims to explore the challenges and opportunities in the area of marine algae as a source of biofuel.

It will highlight the recent developments in research areas such as cultivation of marine algae and research & devel-

opment of algal—biofuel production.

Organising Committee

Dr Christopher Chuck University of Bath, UK

Ms Ditipriya Das ASRANet Ltd, UK Dr Ian Watson University of Glasgow, UK

Technical Advisory Panel

Dr Mike Allen Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK

Dr Christopher Chuck University of Bath, UK

Prof John Day Scottish Association for Marine Science/University of the Highlands & Islands

Prof Kevin Flynn Swansea University, UK

Mr Bert Groenendaal Sioen Industries N.V, Netherlands

Prof John Love University of Exeter, UK

Dr Jagroop Pandhal University of Sheffield, UK

Prof Saul Purton University College London , UK

Dr Olga Sayanova Rothamsted Research, UK

Mr Wolfgang Schuster Marenate, Germany

Dr Ian Watson University of Glasgow, UK

Conference Themes

• Methods of Cultivating Marine Algae

• R&D of algal-biofuel pro-duction

• Technologies for large scale farming of macro algae

• Micro — algal culture strategies for biofuel pro-duction

• Genetic Engineering of Algae for Enhanced Biofu-el Production

• Anaerobic digestion of micro algae the optimum conditions for an anaero-

bic digester pilot plant

• Current status and poten-tial

• for algal biofuels produc-tion

• Reducing costs in large scale microalgae produc-tion

• Algal — biofuel in the near future

• Macro algae derived bio-fuel

• Technologies for large scale farming of macro algae

Registration Fees

Full Registration: Student Registration: One Day Attendance:

£400 £200 £200

Key Dates

Abstract Deadline: 1st Jan 2018 Abstract Acceptance: 15th Jan 2018

Full Paper Submission: 14th Feb 2018

Abstract to be maximum of 300 words. Abstract/Paper format will be provided on request

Keynote Speakers

Prof John Day Scottish Association for Marine Science/University of the Highlands & Islands ‘Algae, the next generation of biotechnological resources – Can we guarantee their genotypic and function stability? ‘

Dr. Christopher J. Chuck Director of the Bioprocessing Research Unit (BRU)/University of Bath ‘Delivering a marine biorefinery through coupling environmental reme-diation and advanced biofuel production‘

MBRE 2018

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