Algae for Energy Conference at the University of Vermont
on March 17th & 18th, 2010
Mark the Dates and Register Now

The conference on Algae & Energy in the Northeast, co-hosted by the University of Vermont , the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund, and VT EPSCoR will be held at the University of Vermont in Burlington on March 17 & 18, 2010. Foremost algae biofuel researchers and entrepreneurs have been invited to present the current state and projected future of algae as a biofuel feedstock. If you work within the energy, agriculture, academic, business, or government sectors, make your plans now to join us for this exciting event!
 

Photos are now available

Presentations are now available:

• Conference Objectives & Outcomes
  Dr. Anju Dahiya (University of Vermont, Cofounder General Systems Research LLC)
   
  
• Development of Microalgal Biofuels: A National Laboratory Perspective
  Dr. Al Darzins (Principal Group Manager NREL)
   
  
• Pumping Algae! An Alternative Energy Future
  Donald Redalje - Univ. of Southern Mississippi Department of Marine Science and Cofounder of HR BioPetroleum Inc.
   
  
• Algae Grown on Agricultural Wastewater: Algal Production, Composition and Utilization
  Dr. Walter Mulbury (Environmental Management and Byproducts Lab,USDA Beltsville, Maryland )
   
  
• Algae Farming for Biofuel Feedstocks
  Dr. Ron Putt - Chemical Engineering Dept., Auburn Univ.
   
  
• Algae to Biofuel: Opportunities and Challenges
  Vikram M Pattarkine, PhD - CEO, PEACE USA and formerly CTO/Chief Scientist, OriginOil
   
  
• Algae for Biofeeds and Biofuels
  Dr. Ira Levine (University of Southern Maine)
   
  
• Reflections of a Life Time of Working with Algae Towards Useful Ends
  Dr. John Todd (University of Vermont)
   
  
• Algae Culture and Biofuels Development in Integrated Systems
  Dr. Mary Watzin (University of Vermont)
   
  
• Microalgae Production of Biodiesel
  Dr. Ihab H. Farag (University of New Hampshire)
   
  

Abstracts are now available:

• Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Microalgae with Integrated Nutrient Recovery
  Robert Levine, Pelgao Duan, Tylisha Brown, Phillip E.Savage - Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
   
  
• Selected Algae Cultures for Oil Production
  Chad Richard Hobson - Georgia College & State University
   
  
• Light-Dependent Electrogenic Activity of Cyanobacteria
  John M. Pisciotta, YongJin Zou, Ilia V. Baskakov - Center for Biomedical Engineering and Technology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
   
  
• Lipid Production from Chlorella Vulgaris under Nitrogen-Limitation
  Lutfiye Kurt, Jim Glick, Matthew Bracken, and Carolyn Lee-Parsons - Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Dept. of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Dept. of Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
   
  
• Coupling Phycoremeditation and Biodiesel Production from Microalgae
  Anil Patel, Mark Lefsrud and Suzelle Barrington - Department of Bioresource Engineering, Macdonald Campus, McGill University, Quebec, Canada
   
  
• Simulation of Light-Limited Algae Growth in Homogeneous Turbulence
  Jeffrey S. Marshall and Yun Huang - School of Engineering, The University of Vermont, Burlington
   
  
• Algae Production for Oil Integrated with Industrial Wastewater Treatment
  Anju Dahiya, Anthony McInnis, Eulaila Ishee, Eleanor Regan, John Todd - General Systems Research LLC, Burlington Vermont Rubenstein School of Environment & Natural Resources, The University of Vermont John Todd Ecological Design, Inc.
   
  

• Conference agenda HERE

 

• Conference participants HERE

 

• Register online HERE

 

• For poster session information, click HERE

 

• For lodging information and directions to the University of Vermont, click HERE

 

Topics to be covered include:

• Overcoming challenges to algae feedstock production in the Northeast
• Algal harvesting, lipid (oil) extraction, and biofuel conversion
• Uses and markets for algal oil and by-products
• Concurrent poster session featuring algae R&D projects.

For conference info and to submit abstracts for concurrent poster sessions:
Contact Dr. Anju Dahiya, adahiya@uvm.edu
 
For Sponsorship opportunities:
Contact Netaka White, netaka@vsjf.org
 
VSJF conference link:
http://www.vsjf.org/resources/events