Preface

Abstract

The International Conference of Biomass and Bioenergy (ICBB) 2020 was successfully conducted as a fully online conference by the Surfactant and Bioenergy Research Center (SBRC)-IPB University, Indonesia in cooperation with the International Society of Biomass and Bioenergy (ISBB); College of Engineering, Villanova University, USA; and Biomass Project Research Center, Hiroshima University, Japan. ICBB 2020 was sponsored by The Indonesian Oil Palm Plantation Fund Management Agency (BPDP Sawit) and IPB University. ICBB 2020 with the theme of Advanced Technology and Digital Innovations in Biomass, Bioenergy and Agriculture was the fifth international scientific conference on biomass and bioenergy hosted in Indonesia. This conference is conducted annually to raise current global issues in biomass and bioenergy fields.Due to COVID-19 related real conference and travel restrictions, ICBB 2020 online conference was held on 10-11 August 2020 by Zoom Webinar and Video Conference technology platform. ICBB 2020 was organized by SBRC-IPB University and hosted from IPB International Convention Center, Bogor, Indonesia. To maintain the continuity of the annual conference and the intention of scientists to disseminate and publish their research, as well as the uncertainty of the end time for COVID-19, the ICBB 2020 stakeholders and associates decided to hold a virtual conference and not postpone the conference.List of Committees of the International Conference of Biomass and Bioenergy 2020 are available in this pdf.