The UK BBSRC Sustainable Bioenergy Centre (BSBEC)
Angela Karp, Bioenergy & Climate Change Centre, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, United Kingdom, Paul Dupree, Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Claire Halpin, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom, Simon McQueen-Mason, Department of Biology, University of York, York, United Kingdom, Nigel Minton, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom and Katherine Smart, Faculty of Science, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

Production technology of clean biofuels from lignocellulosic biomass resources
Kinya Sakanishi, Biomass technology Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan

The BioEnergy Science Center: update on progress
Paul Gilna, Director, BioEnergy Science Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN

Beyond ethanol: advanced biofuel research at the Joint BioEnergy Institute
Blake A. Simmons, Deconstruction Division, Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, CA, Henrik Scheller, Feedstocks Division, Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, CA, Paul Adams, Technology Division, Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, CA, Harvey Blanch, Chief Science and Technology Officer, Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, CA and Jay Keasling, Chief Executive Officer, Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, CA

Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center: producing sustainable cellulosic biofuels
Timothy Donohue, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

The Energy Biosciences Institute: an update
Heather L. Youngs, Energy Biosciences Institute, Berkeley, CA

Panel Discussion