WASHINGTON, Apr 19, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) –
Biofuel and biobased product company executives, scientists and
government officials from across the globe will speak in breakout
sessions at BIO’s 9th annual World
Congress on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioprocessing. The world’s
largest industrial biotechnology conference for business leaders,
investors, academics and policymakers in biofuels, biobased products,
renewable chemicals, synthetic biology, food ingredients and biomass
comes to Orlando, April 29 — May 2 at the Gaylord Palms Resort
Convention Center.
“As widely used consumer products continue to join the biobased economy,
speakers at the World Congress will highlight this growing biobased
economy, in which homegrown biomass resources are transformed into
consumer products,” said Brent Erickson, executive vice president of
BIO’s Industrial Environmental Section. “In addition to creating
consumer products industrial biotechnology benefits consumers by
revitalizing manufacturing and creating new opportunities for
agriculture, generating jobs, making greener products and cleaner
processes.”
Representatives from the Dow Chemical Company, Coca Cola, the National
Defense Center for Energy and Environment and more will discuss the
innovative use of industrial biotech in consumer products. As companies
continue to commercialize industrial biotech solutions building a
worldwide biobased economy, businesses, consumers, and our environment
all benefit. Breakout
sessions examining the future of industrial biotech and consumer
products include:
Building Blocks to Consumer Products Tuesday, May 1, 2:30pm
— 4pm
–
Steve Tuttle, The
Dow Chemical Company
–
Bob Bernacki, Gevo
–
Mike Schultheis, Coca-Cola
Company
–
Ian McLennan, EcoSynthetix
Inc
–
Olga Selifonova, Reluceo,
Inc
Development of Sustainable Procurement Policies Wednesday,
May 2, 10:30am — 12pm
–
George Handy, National
Defense Center for Energy and Environment
–
Nancy Gillis, GSA
–
Dave Asiello, Office
of Deputy Under Secretary of Defense IE
–
Ron Buckhalt, USDA
BioPreferred
–
Darden Hood, Beta
Analytic
Commercial Scale Production of Renewable Chemicals Monday,
April 30, 10:30am — 12pm
–
John Bissell, Micromidas
Inc.
–
Christophe Schilling, Genomatica
–
Alexander Tseitlin, Ecosynthetix
Inc
–
Steve Donen, Rivertop
Renewables
–
Peter Nagler, Evonik
Industries
BIO’s World Congress will feature six breakout session tracks over three
days, with industry presentations on Advanced Biofuel Technologies;
Algae and Feedstock Crops; Renewable Chemical Platforms and Biobased
Materials; Specialty Chemicals; Synthetic Biology and Metabolic
Engineering; and Technical Presentations. The full program of breakout
panel sessions and speakers is available online.
Online
pre-registration for reporters and editors is now open. All programs
at the BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioprocessing
are open to attendance by members of the media. Complimentary media
registration is available to editors and reporters with valid press
credentials working full time for print, broadcast or web publications.
Online
registration for the conference in Orlando, Fla., April 29 — May 2
at the Gaylord Palms Resort Convention Center is open. Please visit
http://www.bio.org/worldcongress/
for additional information, or email worldcongress@bio.org.
About BIO
BIO represents more than 1,100 biotechnology companies, academic
institutions, state biotechnology centers and related organizations
across the United States and in more than 30 other nations. BIO members
are involved in the research and development of innovative healthcare,
agricultural, industrial and environmental biotechnology products. BIO
also produces the BIO International Convention, the world’s largest
gathering of the biotechnology industry, along with industry-leading
investor and partnering meetings held around the world. BIO produces BIOtech
NOW, an online portal and monthly newsletter chronicling
“innovations transforming our world.” Subscribe
to BIOtech NOW.
Upcoming BIO Events
World
Congress on Industrial Biotechnology Bioprocessing April
29 — May 2, 2012 Orlando, FL
2012
BIO International Convention June 18 — 21, 2012 Boston, MA
BIO
Business Forum June 18 — 21, 2012 Boston, MA
SOURCE: BIO
BIO
Colleen Lerro, 202-470-5207
clerro@bio.org
www.bio.org
Copyright Business Wire 2012
