3rd International Conference on Biomass: Accelerating the Technical Development and Commercialization for Sustainable Bio-based Products and Energy

Abstract

The 3rd International Conference on Biomass 2018 was successfully conducted by Surfactant and Bioenergy Research Center (SBRC), Bogor Agricultural University (IPB) in cooperation with Indonesian Bioenergy Expert Association (IKABI), Indonesian Biogas Association (AbgI), Niigata University of International and Information Studies; University of Science Malaysia (USM), Malaysia; Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS), Japan; College of Engineering, Villanova University, USA; Biomass Project Research Center, Hiroshima University, Japan; Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER), Republic of Korea; Graduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University, Japan; Head of Energy and Environment Unit, Malaysian Palm Oil Board, Malaysia; and was supported by Indonesia Estate Crop Fund Palm Oil; PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa Tbk; The Ministry of Research, Technology, and Higher Education Republic of Indonesia; Bogor Agricultural University on 1-2 August 2018 in Bogor, Indonesia. This conference with the theme of Accelerating the Technical Development and Commercialization for Sustainable Bio-based Product and Energy was the third international scientific conference on biomass in Indonesia. This biomass-themed conference is conducted annually to raise current global issues in biomass.The committee accepted 56 of over 95 papers which were presented in the conference and the selected papers are published in this ICB 2018 proceeding. These papers were classified into the following groups:1. Production Technology of Bioenergy2. Biomaterial and Biochemical3. Feedstock, Environment, Sustainability, Policy4. Management, Business, Economy, ICT, Other Products/Applications.