The annual meeting of Bioenergy and Biorefienry in 2013 was held in Tainan, Taiwan. Summary of discussion on Bioenergy & Biorefinery Division of AFOB (2013.10.28 in NCKU, Tainan):
- Division Board members currently include Wen-Teng Wu (Leader, Taiwan), Yinbo Qu (China), Akihiko Kondo (Japan), Ji-Won Yang (Korea), Sung-hoon Park (Korea), Suraini Alb Aziz (Malaysia), Jin Chuan Wu (Singapore), Penjit Srinophakun (Thailand), and Jo-Shu Chang (Taiwan). More key persons in each region can be recommended into the board of this division.
- Webpage and mailing list of this division will be established ASAP.
- Regular symposium and division meeting will be organized and held annually. The technique session of “Bioenergy and Biorefinery” in AFOB Regional Symposium 2014, Kuala Lumpur, 2014 is dedicated to the Division.
- The ASIAN SYMPOSIUM ON INNOVATIVE BIO-PRODUCTION (i-Bio) series will turn to be a regular activity of Bioenergy and Biorefinery division. This symposium is held every year rotationally in Japan, Korea, Singapore, China, and Taiwan. However, the addition of i-Bio series to this division needs to be approved by all coordinators of i-Bio.
- Prof. Ji-Won Yang suggested that the Asia-Oceania Algae Innovation Summit (AOAIS) and its events can be associated to this AFOB division.