08:00am

Registration commences

09:00am

Arrival of Guest-of-Honor

09:00-09:20 am

Speech by Guest-of-Honor

Keynote presentation – Chairperson: Dr. Hong Yan

09:20-10:00 am

Genetic Improvement of Jatropha by Biotechnology

Prof. Chua Nam Hai, Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory Limited, Singapore

10:00-10:30 am

Singapore's role as a nerve centre in the commercialization of plantation-derived energy sources

Mr. Chong Whye Keet,
Economic Development Board, Singapore

10:30-11:00 am

Chinese Bio-diesel policy

Prof. Li Jiayang,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R. China

11:00-11:30 am

Tea break

Session 1 – Chairperson: Mr. Roland Jansen

11:30-12:00 pm

Bio-fuel business in India

Mr. S. Sriram,
TATA Chemicals Limited, India

12:00-12:30 pm

Jatropha for investors

Mr. Roland Jansen,
Mother Earth Investments AG, Switzerland

12:30-13:00 pm

Bayer CropScience and Jatropha curcas

Dr. Sagar Kaushik,
Bayer (South East Asia) Pte Ltd, Singapore

13:00-14:30 pm

Lunch and poster presentation

Session 2 – Chairperson: Prof. Pushpito K. Ghosh

14:30-15:00 pm

Jatropha Business & Market Development in West Africa

Mr. Abiodun Olaniyi, Centre Jatropha Promotions and Biofuels, Nigeria

15:00-15:30 pm

Experience of a large scale Jatropha plantation

Mr. Frankie S.K. Tan, Plantation Resources, Singapore

15:30-16:00 pm

The CSMCRI Jatropha experience and its impact

Prof. Pushpito K. Ghosh, Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute, India

16:00-16:30 pm

Tea Break

Session 3 – Chairperson: Prof. Harinder P.S. Makkar

16:30-17:00 pm

Phorbol ester biosynthesis

Dr. Hong Yan,
Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory Limited, Singapore

17:00-17:30 pm

Developing non-toxic Jatropha varieties

Dr. Ajay Kohli, Institute for Research on Environment & Sustainability (IRES), UK

17:30-18:00 pm

Antinutritional and toxic factors in Jatropha seed and the potential of detoxified Jatropha kernel meal as livestock feed

Prof. Harinder P.S. Makka,
Institute for Animal Production in the Tropics and Subtropics, University of Hohenheim, Germany

18:00 pm

End

08:00am

Registration commences

Session 4 – Chairperson: Dr. E.N. van Loo

09:00-09:30 am

Genetic diversity and Jatropha evaluation program

Dr. E.N. van Loo, Plant Breeding, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Netherlands

09:30-10:00 am

Evaluation of Jatropha curcas Germplasm in Southwest China

10:00-10:30 am

Genetics and Genomics of Jatropha for Genetic Improvement

Dr. Yue Genhua,
Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory Limited, Singapore

10:30-11:00 am

Tea break

Session 5 – Chairperson: Prof. Chen Fang

11:00-11:30 am

Jatropha genomics: An approach
towards sustainable bio-fuels

Dr. Cheah Suan Choo, Asiatic Centre for Genome Technology Sdn Bhd, Malaysia

11:30-12:00 pm

Identification of genes involved in fatty acid/lipid biosynthesis and curcin production

Dr. Yin Zhongchao,
Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory Limited, Singapore

12:00-12.30 pm

Breeding and Propagating Jatropha for Plantation

Dr. Hong Yan,
Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory Limited, Singapore

12:30-14:00 pm

Lunch and poster presentation

Session 6 – Chairperson: Prof. Li Jiayang

14:00-14:30 pm

Jatropha Biodiesel Research and Development in China

Prof. Chen Fang,
Sichuan University, China

14:30-15:00 pm

Biomass utilization of Jatropha

15:00-15:30 pm

Processing of Jatropha curcas

Mr. Eka Bukit,
PT Kreatif Energi Indonesia, Indonesia

15:30-16:00 pm

Downstream technologies for Jatropha oil and biodiesel

Mr. Khoo Hock Aun,
Ark Bio Sdn Bhd, Malaysia

16:00-16:30 pm

Tea Break

Session 7

16:30-17:30 pm

Panel Discussion:

Challenges and future of Jatropha as a bio-fuel crop
(Moderator: Prof. Chua Nam Hai)
-Prof. Li Jiayang (Policy)
-Mr. Roland Jansen (Business)
-Prof. Chua Nam Hai (Research)
-Mr. Frankie S.K. Tan (Plantation)
-Mr. Khoo Hock Aun
(Downstream technologies)

17:30-17:40 pm

Closing speech

17:40-18:30 pm

Networking session

18:30 pm

End