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n ■Processing: Processing hot topics surfactants; extended-chain surfac- 5, 2009. Required information includes
(sustainability, energy, new technol- tants; dynamic properties of surfac- the paper title, authors, affiliations, and
ogy); food/feed safety and quality; tants; industrial applications; green keywords for the proposed presentation.
exhibitor presentations; personnel and ingredients and labeling; general Authors can access their online account
facility safety; general processing cleaning—new surfaces; biobased anytime before the January 11, 2010, dead-
n ■Protein and Co-Products: Protein and surfactants/ingredients line to complete and/or edit their abstract
co-products from biofuel production; submissions. However, authors are strongly
corn meal utilization; from peptides to encouraged to add abstracts sooner, rather
macromolecules; novel technologies
HOW TO PRESENT than later, to help session chairs organize
for isolation and extraction of proteins Persons wishing to make either oral or their sessions.
and co-products; general protein and poster presentations should complete the
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facilities profitable, and POET itself has partners in the plant, which now produces of consumption and export terminals (see
remained profitable, on average, even during 40,000 liters of fuel per month. inform 19:674, 2009), according to Reuters.
the economic crisis of the past year. Graeme Sweeney, Shell executive vice Participants include Cosan, Sao Martinho,
president Future Fuels and CO2, said, “I am and Crystalsev, which have joined to form
excited we are leading the pack in cellu- Uniduto, an organization whose purpose is
Shell sells losic ethanol production technology and,
with this event, showing what is possible
take care of technical and viability studies
as well as environmental clearance for the
cellulosic ethanol in the future.” He added, “While it will be
some time before general customers can buy
pipeline.
Petrobras, the state-run oil company, is
through retail outlet this product at local service stations, we are
working with governments to make large-