Preface

Abstract

The International Conference on Biomass and Bioenergy (ICBB) 2021 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 2021 was sponsored by The Palm Oil Fund Management Agency (BPDP Sawit) and IPB University. ICBB 2021 with the theme of Challenges in Biomass, Bioenergy, and Biomaterials Research and Development in a Rapidly Changing World was the sixth 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 2021 was held as an online conference on 9-10 August 2021 by Zoom Video Conference platform. ICBB 2021 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 2021 associates and stakeholders decided to hold a virtual conference and not postpone the conference.The list of Committees of the International Conference of Biomass and Bioenergy 2020, Steering Committee, Organizing Committee, ICBB 2021 was proudly and logos are available in the pdf