The Centre of Excellence for Biomass Utilization (COEBU), Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) is pleased to announce that we will be hosting the 1st International Conference on Biomass Utilization and Sustainable Energy 2020 (ICoBiomasSE 2020) on 15-16 December 2020 with the theme of “Biomass Innovation for Sustainable Development”.  Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, the conference will be conducted virtually.

 

The aim is to provide a platform to professionals, researchers, academicians and industries to share and generate interest in cutting-edge applications, challenges and issues in the area of biomass utilization and sustainable energy. The theme of the conference this year has been chosen in view of the current revolution and rapid developments in the field of biomass innovation towards sustainable development. Two special keynote speakers will be invited to share their ideas of the current trend in these emerging and important topics.

 

COEBU was established in 2015 under the School of Bioprocess Engineering, UniMAP. The purpose of this centre is to focus on research involving the utilization of biomass, since it is located in Perlis, where the main agricultural crops are paddy, sugarcane, mango farms and teakwood among others. The establishment is in line with the 11th Malaysia Plan (2016-2020), Strategy 4 which is to pursue green growth for sustainability and resilience. This centre of excellence is well planned in the interest to enhance research culture in combining chemical engineering, agriculture, bioprocessing, biosystems and others to convert waste to wealth.