[Stoves] The PROTOS Plant Oil Cooker

[Tom Miles]

Will anyone be attending the 2007 Biofuels and Feedstocks conference in
Manila, Phillipines, May 23-24?

You can find the schedule and brochure at:
http://www.cmtevents.com/eventschedule.aspx?id=84&ev=070529&

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will probably discuss Jatropha in her
opening address since it is a major energy policy in her administration. 

There is a "Focus on Jatropha" session May 23  
  
16:00  MANAGING COSTS, YIELD & PRODUCTIVITY 
. Innovations in extraction / processing 
. Quality & characteristics of FAME (Fatty Acid Methyl Ester) using jatropha
oil :
. Factors to consider in managing large scale plantation
Satish Lele,Technical Director
Sai Petrochemicals Pvt. Ltd.  
http://www.saipetro.com/ 
  
16:30  CULTIVATION, PROSPECTS & CHALLENGES
. Plantation material 
. Spacing, Fertilisers, Irrigation, Pests and diseases, Pruning, Harvesting,
Inter crops 
. Risk mitigation 
. Large scale cultivation
Sreenivas Ghatty,Managing Director
Tree Oils India Ltd.  
http://www.treeoilsindia.com/
 
17:00  JATROPHA CURCAS PRODUCTION- MYANMAR'S EXPERIENCE
U Myint Oo,Senior Agriculture Consultant
Myanmar Agri-Tech Ltd 
http://www.spa.com.mm/agre-tech.php
  
 Hishamuddin Koh,Senior Agriculture Consultant
Myanmar Agri-Tech Ltd  
  
17:20  JATROPHA BIODIESEL - EXTRACTION/PROCESSING
U Sein Thaung Oo,Chairman
Myanmar Chemical Engineers Group 1  
  
17:40  PLANNING & CONCEPTUALISATION OF JATROPHA BASED PROJECTS
Clovis T. Tupas,Operations Department Manager
PNOC Alternative Fuels Corporation
http://www.pnoc.com.ph/subsidiaries/ppdc.asp 

Biodiesel, Ethanol and other feedstocks like sugar and sweet sorghum wil be
discussed. 

Tom Miles