Mon., Jan. 28, 2013, "International Symposium on Marine Biomass Utilization" was held at Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University.

Marine biomass has a potential as the renewable energy and material feedstock, but for that purpose, strategic development of related technology is needed. In this symposium, researchers from Hiroshima University, J-POWER, and University of Hawaii presented their research, and discussed the technology development and possibility of the marine biomass utilization.

[Lecture]

	Invited Lecture "Fundamental and application of hydrothermal technology" Michael J. Antal, Jr. (Univ. of Hawaii)
	"Marine biomass utilization strategy" Yutaka NAKASHIMADA (Hiroshima University)
	"Oil production using marine microbes" Tsunehiro AKI (Hiroshima University)
	"The new challenges by marine biotechnology" Yoshiko OKAMURA (Hiroshima University)
	"Hydrothermal pretreatment of marine biomass" Yukihiko MATSUMURA (Hiroshima University)
	"Green oil production by Oleaginous Marine Diatom Fistulifera sp. strain JPCC DA0580" Mitsufumi MATSUMOTO (J-POWERCo.,Ltd)
[General discussion] Mediator: Yutaka NAKASHIMADA

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