Part 1: General
1. Introduction (Prof Ashok Pandey, India)
2. Feedstock suitability for thermo-chemical processes (Dr Rupam Kataki, India)
3. Analytical techniques as a tool to understand the reaction mechanism (Prof Emma Jakab, Hungary)
4. Catalysts for the thermo-chemical conversion of biomass (Dr Thallada Bhaskar, India)
5. Artificial neural networks for thermo-chemical conversion of biomass (Prof Juan Carlos Bruno)
6. Thermo-chemical biorefinery (Ms Bhavya Balagurumurthy, India)
Part 2: Primary Processes
7. Pyrolysis of biomass (Prof. Philip Steele, USA)
8. Gasification of biomass to produce syngas (Prof Yohan Richardson, Burkina Faso)
9. Hydrothermal gasification of biomass (Prof Y Matsumura, Japan)
10. Hydrothermal liquefaction of biomass (Dr Thallada Bhaskar, India)
11. Carbonization of biomass (Dr Frederik Ronsse, Belgium)
12. Hydrothermal carbonization of biomass (Dr Maria Magdelana Titrici, UK)
Part 3: Secondary Processes
13. Co-processing of upgraded bio-oil in fluid catalytic cracking (Prof Ulises Sedran, Argentina)
14. Biomass gasification and Fischer-Tropsch process to produce liquid hydrocarbons (Prof VS Moholkar, India)
15. Conversion of cellulose-derived compounds into value-added chemicals using carbon dioxide and water (Dr M Shirai, Japan)
16. Thermo-chemical valorisation of lignin (Dr Thallada Bhaskar, India)