Program

T2, Meng Wah Complex
The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

November 12, 2009 (Thursday)
Opening
Opening (8:45 – 9:05 am) Opening remarks by Herbert H. P. Fang (Chairman)
Welcome remarks by Joseph H. W. Lee (Pro-Vice Chancellor, HKU)
Welcome remarks by Weng-Cho Chew (Dean of Engineering, HKU)
Photo session for invited speakers
 Session I    Chairman: Professor David C. STUCKEY
Keynote Speech
9:05 – 9:55 am
Gatze LETTINGA
Wageningen University and Research Center, the Netherlands		 Challenges of a feasible route towards sustainability in environmental protection
9:55 – 10:25am
Rene MOLETTA
ESIGEC University de Savoie, France 		New technologies development in anaerobic digestion in France
10:25 – 10:55 am
 Yu-You LI
Tohoku University , Japan 		Application and new development of biogas technology in Japan
Coffee break (15min)
 Session II    Chairman: Professor Joo-Hwa TAY
11:20 – 11:50 am
 Kaijun WANG
Tsinghua University , China 		Anaerobic technologies for water pollution control in China
11:50 – 12:20 pm
 Sheng-Shung CHENG and Teh-Ming LIANG
National Cheng Kung University , Taiwan 		Full-scale applications of anaerobic technology for the treatment of chemical effluents
12:20 – 12:50 pm
 David C. STUCKEY
Imperial College , UK 		Submerged anaerobic membrane bioreactors
Lunch break (1hr 15min)
 Session III    Chairman: Professor Nanqi REN
2:15 – 2:45 pm
 Joo-Hwa TAY, Kuan-Yeow SHOW, Duu-Jong LEE and Zhen-Peng ZHANG
Nanyang Technological University , Singapore 		Anaerobic granulation and granular sludge reactor systems
3:45 – 3:15 pm
 Xu CHENG, Jinguang LIANG, Zongjuni CUI and Susheng YANG
Agriculture University of China , China 		Bioenergy production from wastewaters of sugarcane and cassava distillery
3:15 – 3:45 pm
 Hang-Sik SHIN and Dong Hoon KIM
Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology , Korea 		Two-stage anaerobic treatment of food wastes and sewage sludge
Coffee break (15min)
 Session IV    Chairman: Professor Hang-Sik SHIN
4:05 – 4:35 pm
 Nanqi REN
Harbin Institute of Technology , China 		Prospect of fermentative bio-hydrogen production from wastewater
4:35 – 5:05 pm
 Chiu-Yue LIN
Fengchia University , Taiwan 		Pilot-scale studies of biohydrogen production from wastewaters in Taiwan
5:05 – 5:35 pm
 Misun KIM
Korea Institute of Energy Research , Korea 		Biohydrogen production from organic wastes by integration of dark and photo fermentation
5:35 – 6:05 pm
 Alissara REUNGSANG
Khon Kaen University , Thailand 		Biofuel production from sugarcane
Dinner 7:00-9:00pm
November 13, 2009 (Friday)
 Session V    Chairman: Professor Hang-Sik SHIN
9:00 – 9:30 am
 Blake A. SIMMONS
US Department of Energy , USA 		Prospects of pretreatment for enhancing anaerobic digestion
9:30 – 10:00 am
 Hanqing YU, Zhen-Hu HU, Zheng-Bo YUE, Shao-Yang LIU and Guo-Ping SHENG
University of Science and Technology , China 		Anaerobic digestion of lignocellulosic wastes by rumen microorganisms: Chemical and kinetic analyses
10:00 – 10:30 am
 Jo-Shu CHANG
National Cheng Kung University , Taiwan 		Enzymatic pretreatment of cellulosic wastes for anaerobic treatment and bioenergy production
Coffee break (15min)
 Session VI    Chairman: Professor Hanqing YU
10:50 – 11:20 am
 Herbert H. P. FANG and Dawei LIANG
The University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong 		Anaerobic treatment of toxic phenolic wastewaters
11:20 – 11:50 am
 Hidenari YASUI, R. Goel, Y. Y. LI and T. NOIKE
The University of Kitakyushu , Japan 		A kinetic and stoichiometric analysis of state variables in anaerobic digestion systems
11:50 – 12:20 pm
 Tong ZHANG
The University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong 		Application of molecular methods for anaerobic technology
Closing (15min)