Date Palm Byproducts: A Springboard for Circular Bio Economy

Cultural and Ecological Significance of the Date Palm.- The Date Palm Byproducts and Their Technological Heritage of Utilization.- Date Palm Byproducts In Enzymes, Food, Beverage, Pharmaceuticals, Cosmetics and Natural Wax.- Date palm Byproducts In Fibers, Textiles and Composites.- Date palm Byproducts For Cellulose and Cellulose Derivatives Production.- Date palm Byproducts In Timber and Wood Substitutes.- Date palm Byproducts In Architecture Isolation and Building Materials.- Date palm Byproducts In Organic Fertilizers, Compost and Soil Amendment.- Date palm Byproducts For Natural Fodder and Silage.- Date palm Byproducts For Waste Water Treatment.- Date palm Byproducts For Green Fuels and Bioenergy Production.- Other Fields of Use of Date palm Byproducts.- The Date palm As A Springboard For Circular Bioeconomy: A Biorefinery For Each Date Palm Byproduct.

The Legendary Professor Dr. Hamed El-Mously, is an Emeritus Professor at the Faculty of Engineering - Ain Shams University, Egypt and co-founder and chairman of the International Association for Palm Byproducts (ByPalma). Dr. El-Mously is recognized as the founding father of Date Palm by-products research and development, and one of the warriors of sustainable development of local communities. He received numerous prestigious awards for his work, such as Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agriculture Innovation 2013. El-Mously has been working in projects aiming at developing local communities in all villages of Egypt, by applying developing projects using their local resources since 1995. Projects include production of blockboard, parquet, and arabesque from palm midribs, production of non-traditional animal feed from agricultural residues, production of organic fertilizers from pruning-products of date palms, doum palms, and mango trees, and production of fig jam. El-Mously contributed in the foundation of several research societies and member in several strategic consulting and scientific committees, Small Industries and Local Technology Development Center. Including, The Egyptian Society for Endogenous Development of Local Communities, the Renewable Materials Research Center (RenewMat), the International Association for Palm Byproducts (ByPalma Assn.), the Network of Fiber-Plastic Composites & Tree-Free Wood Innovation, and the Network Foundation for Renewable materials Research, Technology and Applications. He is also a member in several strategic consulting and scientific committees at Ain Shams University. He obtained his Ph.D. from the Metal Cutting Machine Tools Institute, Moscow. 

Dr. Mohamad Midani is an Assistant Professor at the Materials Engineering Department, German University Cairo, and Adjunct Assistant Professor at Wilson College of Textiles, North Carolina State University. He is also the CEO of VALORIZEN R&I