Environmentally Benign Bioprocesses for Energy and Chemicals Production Preface for APCChE 2008 Special Issue of Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology

摘要

Just prior to Beijing 2008 Olympic game, the 12th Asia-Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineering Congress (APCChE 2008) was successfully held on Aug. 4–6, 2008 in China’s beautiful coast city—Dalian. This is the first time to open the regular conference in the mainland of China for APCChE, and nearly 1,000 participants from over 30 countries or regions attended this exciting event. Under the theme of the Chemical Engineering in Sustainable Development, six frontier fields of chemical engineering and biochemical engineering were substantially discussed during APCChE 2008, including Clean Energy Technology, Environment and Green Processing, Materials Science and Engineering, Biotechnology, New Frontiers in Chemical Engineering, and Education for Chemical Engineers. The biotechnology topic was the most concerned subject among more than 1,800 submissions to APCChE 2008. Only in Biotechnology session, 75 orals and160 posters were presented, in which two excellent paper prizes, two technical innovation prizes, and four excellent poster prizes were awarded.