BioMASS update Over 200 abstracts submitted tO WOrld biOenergy Jan. 26, 2012, Jönköping, SE -With months left until the World Bioenergy 2012 conference, prep-arations are already underway. According to the conference website, they have received more than 200 abstracts covering all aspects of bioenergy develop-ment, says Lena Dahlman, re-sponsible for conference plan-ning at Svebio. “The most inspiring aspect of the result of our call for papers is the wide geographical range of submissions. We have received abstracts from a record 39 coun-tries, from all continents. India, China, Malaysia, Pakistan, Kenya, South Africa, Canada and Co-lombia are just some examples of in brieF... n Windsor, QC The Honourable Joe Oliver, Minister of Natural Resources, delivered a keynote address celebrating the opening of the new CelluForce facility, the world’s first commercial-scale producer of nanocrystalline cellulose. n ontario The speaker line-up for this year’s Ontario Feed-in Tariff Forum has been announced with the province’s key government and FIT policy administrators confirmed to speak on April 3-4 in Toronto. n Uxbridge, on Most biodiesel production is making climate change worse not better, according to an article in Ecology & Society. Biodiesel from palm oil planta-tions may be the world’s dirtiest fuel – far worse than burning diesel made from oil when the entire production life cycle is considered. The World Bioenergy 2012 Conference and Exhibition takes place May 29–31, 2012, in Jönköping, Sweden. countries represented. This shows that World Bioenergy is truly a global event, attracting interest from all parts of the world.” For more information, please visit the conference website at: http://www.elmia.se/en/world-bioenergy/. Canada’s forest biomass sector changes daily. Keep up at www.canadianbiomassmagazine.ca, through our weekly Bio-Blast enews, and on Twitter @canadianbiomass. Biomass Processing Systems Liberating Untapped Energy Phone: (336) 252-4774 A worldwide leader in size reduction technology, Vecoplan works with individual customers to design, engineer, manufacture and implement technologically advanced, material specific, and application specific shredding, ferrous and non-ferrous removal, size and density separation, screening and classification technologies and extremely efficient conveyor and bulk material handling, metering, storage and unloading technologies. Contact Vecoplan today to learn more about our existing systems or to arrange a visit to one, or several, of our installations. vecoplanllc.com 6 Canadian BIOMASS JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2012
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