Dear Industrial Colleague,
Growdiesel Climate Care Council is pleased to invite you to the inaugural International Summit on Algae Biofuels to be held on 17th,18th & 19th September 2008 at New Delhi, India. The main objective of the Summit is to provide an improved up-to-date understanding of the next generation feedstocks and technologies in Algae Biofuel Industry. The Summit will be an excellent platform to gain and disseminate information regarding recent research, development and commercialization activities in the field of Algae, mass production systems, Photobioreactor technologies and other important areas of Algae Biofuel Industry. In view of Biofuel industry facing feedstock challenges, the summit shall bring out many value added opportunities for the entrepreneurs, investors, venture/PE companies, Renewable fuel Sector, co-organisers, speakers, industry experts and sponsors. The techno-commercial sessions of the summit shall cover the entire Algae Biofuel Industry.
Tentative Agenda & Summary of Sessions:
Sept.17th, 2008- Day 1 Announcing the Arrival of Next Generation Biofuels
Sept.18th, 2008- -Day 2 Commercialization of Algae Farming Technologies
Sept.19th, 2008- - Day 3 Investment Opportunities in Algae Biofuel Projects
Key Speakers: Renowned experts from all over the world are expected to present papers and speak at Algae Biofuel Summit 2008. A tentative List of Speakers (As on 13th April 200 
is as follows:
1. Dr.George Sakellaris, Sr. Scientist, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Greece
2. Dr. Miao Jian Ren, Jiangxi Provincial Sciences & Technologies Commission, China
3. Dr.Victor Ivin, Sr.Scientist, A.V.Zhirmunsky Institute of Marine Biology, Russia.
4. Thomas Byrne, President & CEO, Bryne & Company Limited, USA
5. Prof. Qingyu Wu, Director, Lab of Algae Biofuels, Tsinghua University, China.
6. Dr.Ira Levine, Associate Professor, Natural & Applied Sciences, University of Southern Maine, USA.
7. Arvind Lal, IRIMEE-Indian Railways Institute of Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, India
8. Prof. Dolly Dhar, Principal Scientist-Department of Blue Green Algae, , Indian Agriculture Research Institute, New Delhi
9. Dr. Amir Neori, Associate Scientist, Israel Oceanographic & Limnological Research Ltd., Eilat
10. Dr. Steven Burgess, Senior Researcher, Imperial College, London
11. Dr.Arun Jaura, Chief Technology Officer, Office of Innovation & Global Advanced Technologies, Mahindra & Mahindra, India
12. Dr.Sebastian Thomas, CEO, Parry Nutraceuticals, India
13. Dr. Anil Patil/ Dr. Anuj Mittal, Essar Excellence Center, Mumbai, India
14. Greg Austic, Research & Development Coordinator, Piedmont Biofuels, USA
15. Dr.Bryan Willson, Chief Technology Officer, Solix Biofuels, USA
16. Dr. Robert Andersen, Director, National Center for Culture of Marine Phytoplankton, USA
17. Dr.Janardan Lamichhane, Associate Professor & Head,Dept.of Biotechnology, Kathmandu University, Nepal
18. Dr.Monammad I.Abdel-Hamid, Associate Professor-Applied Phycology (Algae),University of Mansoura, Egypt.
19. Dr.Seenivasan Ramasubbu, Professor,School of Biotechnology, VIT University
20. Prof.Choul-Gyun Lee, Professor, Dept.of Biological Engineering, Inha University
21. Prof. S.P.Singh, Emeritus Scientist, Dept. of Botany, Banaras University, India.
22. Girish Saraf, Director, Wonder Finvest Pvt.Ltd., India
23. Dr.Karl-Hermann Steinberg, Vertriebs GmbH & Co., Germany
24. Atul Saxena, CEO & Founder, Growdiesel Consortium, India
The conference secretariat is receiving confirmations-updates on daily basis. The final agenda with a list of confirmed speakers shall be sent to all the confirmed participants before the Summit.
You are requested to help us by forwarding this communication to your friends and colleagues who are active in this field.
Summit Secretariat
Growdiesel Climate Care Council,
Fax: +91 11 42404335
E-mail: info@algaebiofuelsummit.com;algaebiofuelsummit@gmail.com
www.algaebiofuelsummit.com
