A report from Vice-Chancellor's Travel Prize winner Thian Hong Ng
Conference Attendance Report
6th International Rubber Glove Conference and Exhibition, 4 - 6 September 2012, KLCC International Conventional Centre, Malaysia
The sixth IRGCE 2012 was held over three days from 4-6 September 2012 at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC). It serves as the landmark point of convergence for key players within the rubber glove and its related industries, as well as a common platform for the latest industry news and updates, innovations and developments, whilst fostering closer industrial rapport amongst them.
We were invited as speaker to present our research finding on lignocellulosic bio-refinery. The topic of our presentation is “Anti-oxidant from lignocellulosic waste: A bio-refinery from waste product under
bio-alcohol and Kraft pulping production.” This piece of finding is well fitted into the theme of the
conference which themed as Innovation for Sustainability for rubber and chemical industry. The
project is actually a collaboration project between Brunel University and two others international
industrial partners – Synthomer Sdn. Bhd., Malaysia and Innventia AB, Sweden.
The presentation summarised our research progress from laboratory idea to real time application screening at industry and was very well received by the conference audients. We managed to make more new contact from research institutes and industrial. An emulsion polymer manufacturer is quite keen on
the project that we are working with.
This has also created a good future career platform for me. In conclusion, this is a very fruitful trip and I would like to extend my sincere appreciation to my PhD supervisors, PhD sponsor – MOSTI, Malaysia, Brunel Graduate School and Brunel School of Engineering and Design on the financial support to make this project success.
Prepared by Thian Hong Ng
