Session: Advances in biotechnologies for lignocellulose conversion and valorization

This is a multi-session collaborative symposium between the Forest Product division and BEC-CRES: Biomass Energy Committee of China Renewable Energy Society. Presenters from both the USA and China are encouraged to submit abstracts. Sessions will be mixed with presenters from the two organizations. CRES is an authoritative non-profit academic association founded in 1979 and belongs to the China Association for Science and Technology. BEC is one of the 9 professional committees of CRES, which has 300 members and covers 94 units, including universities, research institutes, and industrial companies devoted to biomass energy research and applications in China.