Palm oil (PO) is the world’s most widely produced and traded vegetable oil. It is predominantly used for food, but increasingly also used for oleochemicals and more recently as a feedstock for biodiesel. Indonesia and Malaysia dominate production of palm oil and have done much to make the oil so important, but have also come under criticism for destruction of tropical rain forest. With world population projected to increase to over 9 billion by 2050, PO will become even more important for world food supplies.
| Programme | ||
| Monday 23 March | ||
| 11:35 | Keynote: The challenges facing palm oil in the 21st century (pdf 200Kb) James Fry, LMC International, UK | |
| 12:20 | Sustainable palm oil developments in Malaysia (pdf 2.7Mb) Mohd. Basri Wahid, Malaysian Palm Oil Board, Malaysia | |
| 13:50 | Sustainable palm oil developments in Indonesia (pdf 2.5Mb) Rosediana Suharto, Indonesian Palm Oil Board, Indonesia | |
| 14:20 | Sustainability and New Britain Palm Oil Limited (pdf 2.7Mb) Andrew Worrall, Pacific Rim/New Britain Palm Oil, UK | |
| 14:50 | Sustainable palm oil developments in Brazil (pdf 5.1Mb) Marcello Brito, Grupo Agropalma, Brazil | |
| 15:50 | Palm oil prospects in the USA (pdf 900Kb) Gerald McNeill, Loders Croklaan, USA | |
| 16:20 | Recent Trends: Vegetable oils and tanker markets (pdf 540Kb) Fred Doll, Doll Shipping Consultancy, UK | |
| 16:50 | Future prospects for palm oil in the 21st century: Biological and related challenges (pdf 1.5Mb) Denis Murphy, University of Glamorgan, UK | |
| Tuesday 24 March | ||
| 09:00 | Keynote: Nutritional aspects of palm oil (pdf 960Kb) Tom Sanders, Kings College London, UK | |
| 09:45 | Minor components in palm oil and their health benefits (pdf 4Mb) Kalanithi Nesaretnam, Malaysian Palm Oil Board, Malaysia | |
| 10:15 | Technological advances in food formulation based on palm oil (pdf 1Mb) Noraini Idris, Malaysian Palm Oil Board, Malaysia | |
| 11:15 | Future prospects for palm oil processing (pdf 1.2Mb) Véronique Gibon, de Smet, Belgium | |
| 11:45 | Biodiesel from palm oil in comparison with other renewable fuels (pdf 130Kb) Wolfgang Rupilius, Germany | |
| 12:15 | Palm oil methyl esters: Sustainable and environmentally friendly feedstocks for the oleochemical and biodiesel industries (pdf 1.3Mb) Salmiah Ahmad, Malaysian Palm Oil Board, Malaysia | |
| 13:45 | SCI’s Oils & Fats Group International lecture: Life cycle assessments of palm oil and other vegetable oils (pdf 200Kb) Erich Dumelin, Switzerland | |
| 14:15 | Greenpeace’s view of palm oil (pdf 800Kb) Andy Tait, Greenpeace, UK | |
| 14:45 | The potential of palm oil for developing countries and the role in the food and fuel debate (pdf 1.5Mb) Yusof Basiron, MPOC-Malaysian Palm Oil Council, Malaysia | |
| 15:00 | Response to Greenpeace: Promoting the production of sustainable palm oil in Indonesia (pdf 1.6Mb) Derom Bangun, Indonesian Palm Oil Association, Indonesia | |
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