A Biofuels Conference entitled: “Biofuels Development in Southeast and East Asia: Policy Issues and Research Agenda,” will be held at the Renaissance Hotel in Makati on Oct 7-8, 2007. Global and regional insights in biofuels development and country papers on the prospects of national biofuels initiatives will be presented by invited resource speakers.
The purpose of the conference according to the organizers are:
- Is to address concerns over energy security and the environment as countries all over the world are aggressively adapting biofuels to power their economy.
- To unite stake holders in the region in order to discuss “a systematic and research-based impact assessment initiative on biofuel development in the region”
- Identify key policy issues and agenda for research in order to come up with an overall framework for the impact assessment study.
- To establish regional and country teams in the selected Southeast Asian countries that will undertake the assessment study.
Listed Sponsors are: Los Baños-based Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization-Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEAMEO SEARCA), Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy (CCAP), International Development Research Center (IDRC) of Canada and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).
Looks like a great conference to go to, the article made no mention of whether there is an entry fee or whether it is open to the general public though.
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Category: Biodiesel, Bioethanol, Asia
