Jatropha Revival as Viable Feedstock for Global Biofuels Marks Return of CMTs

JatrophaWorld to Asia at Hainan Island Southern China

As they assess "Delivering Jatropha Oil to the Market - Strategies to Ramp Up Production" delegates at JatrophaWorld Asia in Hainan Island on 27-28 June also benefit from latest shared lessons in large scale cultivation in key regions, including site visit to a reputable Jatropha Nursery R&D centre.

From Asia to Latin America there's renewed interest in Jatropha oil and its cultivation. CMT's JatrophaWorld Asia on 27-28 June in Hainan Island hones in on Jatropha as sustainable feedstock option for biofuel. Armed with factual data and aided by real success stories, Jatropha practitioners, growers, investors, end-users and researchers on cultivation, processing, and supplying oil will again share their first hand and field experiences.

The conference focuses on the latest developments in effective large-scale jatropha commercialization and cultivation methods; as well as assesses how the global industry will be shaped by new sustainability standards.

Plus this year's agenda features an exclusive post-conference site visit (for registered delegates only) to China Petroleum Bio-energy's Jatropha Nursery R&D Centre in Hainan Province, located just an hour away from the conference venue. The centre which is about 35ha (520mu), and supported by the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology, China International Center for Economic and Technical Exchanges and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), with technical assistance from Life Science College of Sichuan University, focuses on elite seed breeding as well as high yield cultivation technological research.

JatrophaWorld Asia 2011 is the 7th edition of the world's largest and hugely successful JatrophaWorld conference series, previously held in Jakarta, Miami, Hamburg, Kuala Lumpur, Brussels and Rotterdam. This year's event spotlights on successful case studies of large-scale Jatropha production in Asia, Brazil and Madagascar, strategies to optimize production output, best practices for producers to improve Jatropha productivity, ensuring sustainability standards, progressing Jatropha' position, and the global outlook of the Biofuel market.

Panellists include senior executives and R&D experts from China Petroleum Bio-Energy Co. Ltd, YunNan ShenYu New Energy Co. Ltd, Bioenergy Development Co. Ltd, Fuelstock, Pakistan State Oil, Mission NewEnergy , Waterland, Biogreen Oil Brazil, BEI International LLC, Lux Research, Quinvita, Sichuan University, ISCC System, Joil and Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels.

As seats are limited one can contact hafizah@cmtsp.com.sg to sign up for the conference early and secure your place for the SITE visit or visit official JatrophaWorld Asia web page to register online