"Bioenergy Research within SLU"

Symposium Program

Tuesday, 25 September 2011

Loftets Hörsal, Ultuna

09:00 – 09:30 Registration & Coffee

09:30 – 09:45 Opening and aim of the symposium with an introduction of the Research School Bioenergy
 Martin Weih

09:45 – 10:00 Swedish funding for bioenergy research 2007-2010
 Pär Aronsson
 Research Officer, Faculty of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences, SLU Uppsala

10:00 – 10:15 Sustainable harvesting of tree stumps for bioenergy
 Tryggve Persson
 Department of Ecology, SLU Uppsala

10:15 – 10:30 Microbially Derived Energy - MicroDrivE
 Mats Sandgren
 Department of Molecular Biology, SLU Uppsala

10:30 – 10:45 Salix Molecular Breeding Actions - SAMBA2
 Martin Weih
 Department of Crop Production Ecology, SLU Uppsala

10:45 – 11:15 Coffee break (30 min)

11:15 – 11:30 STandUP for energy and activities at the Department for Energy and Technology
 Per-Anders Hansson
 Department of Energy and Technology, SLU Uppsala

11:30 – 11:45 The economics of bioenergy production
 Luca Di Corato
 Department of Economics, SLU Uppsala

11:45 – 12:00 Bioenergy policy in Sweden and Germany - perceptions of sectors and the general public
              Viveca Sjöstedt, Daniela Kleinschmit
 Department of Forest Products, SLU Uppsala

12:00 – 13:15 Lunch break

13:15 - 13:30 Activities at the Deptarment of Agrosystems
 Charlott Gissén
 Department of Agrosystems, SLU Alnarp

13:30 - 13:45 Bioenergy at the SLU - social science contributions
 Erik Westholm
 Department of Urban and Rural Development, SLU Uppsala

13.45 – 14:00 Forest refine (Efficient forest biomass supply chain managment for biorefineries) &
  INFRES (Innovative and effective technology and logistics for forest residual biomass supply in the EU)
 Tomas Nordfjell
 Department of Forest Resource Management, SLU Umeå

14:00 – 14:15 Bio4energy - a Research Center on Wood Based Biorefining
 Björn Sundberg
 Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, SLU Umeå

14:15 – 15:30 Poster session & Coffee break

14:15 – 14:30 The Unit of Biomass Technology and Chemistry at SLU in Umeå
 Michael Finell
 Unit of Biomass Technology and Chemistry, SLU Umeå

15:45 - 16:00 Reed canary grass - experiences from collaboration with end users
 Cecilia Palmborg
 Department of Agricultural Research for Northern Sweden, SLU Umeå

16:00 - 16:15 Forum for discussion

16:15 – 16:30 Summary of the symposium
 Martin Weih
 Department of Crop Production Ecology, SLU Uppsala