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CCG
International Inc
is going to organize an International Symposium on Renewable
Feedstock for Biofuel and Bio-based Products - the roles
of non-food fiber crops: kenaf, jute, hemp, flax, and allied
in
collaboration with the School of Human Ecology in The
University of Texas at Austin and Supported by the Center
for Biorefining, University of Minnesota on 11-13 August
2010.
The
Symposium will focus on non-food feedstock which has high
biomass productivity, less production inputs, and no
competition with food crops, including but not limited to
kenaf, jute, hemp, flax, ramie, switch grass, willow, crop
residues, wood chips, etc.
The
symposium would cover the following topics:
·
Applications of plant fibers in textile, paper pulp, biofuel,
auto-mobile, construction, packaging, animal feed and
environmental cleaning, etc.
· New
technologies for converting bast fibers into value-added
products, such as processing techniques, pretreatments for
fiber extraction, evaluation tools for fiber quality, and
improved pro-duction technologies
·
Production and supply of feedstock for biofuels and
bio-based products, including cultivation practice,
harvesting and process-ing, mechanization, storage, new
variety,, and biotechnology
·
Marketing, supply chain, and quality control of fibers
·
Networking with producers, end users, experts, business
devel-opers, investors, governmental officials, and
international agen-cies from around the world
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Exploring investment opportunities, international
collaborations, and new project development.
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Promoting environmentally friendly products and policy and
improve regional economy through poverty alleviation
An
exhibition of products and services will also be arranged in
the symposium.
It is
expected that the Symposium would bring together
researchers, producers, end users, business developers,
investors, and policy makers from around the world to
explore the values of non-food fiber crops in contributing a
better environment and the bioeconomy.
Interested persons may contact at
info@ccgconsultinginc.com for any question or
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