BIO previews "must attend" Breakout Sessions.
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Scheduled for April 17–20, BIO's 2016 World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology will feature 70 sessions in 8 tracks. Breakout sessions include: Developing Carbon Neutral Fuels in an Era of Low Price Crude; Innovation in Collaborations Makes a Difference; Charting the New Algae Industry Roadmap; Genomics Research: Design, Build, Deploy; New Renewable Food & Flavor Ingredients; Building Aromaticity in Renewable Chemicals; Renewable Chemical Platforms; and Process Improvement for Biobased Materials.
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BIO Previews "Must Attend" Breakout Sessions at 13th Annual BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology
Washington, D.C. – The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) today announces the “must attend” Breakout Sessions for BIO’s 2016 World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology. The 2016 World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology program will feature 70 sessions in eight 8 tracks over three days. This year’s conference will be held April 17-20 in San Diego, CA at the San Diego Convention Center.
“We are excited to celebrate the 13th anniversary of BIO’s World Congress by looking back at how far the industry has progressed in commercializing industrial biotech solutions,” said Brent Erickson, executive vice president for BIO’s Industrial & Environmental Section. “BIO’s 2016 World Congress breakout program will showcase the current innovations in this growing market space and highlight products that meet consumer demand.”
The featured breakout sessions include:
“Developing Carbon Neutral Fuels in an Era of Low Price Crude”
Track: Advanced Biofuels and Biorefinery Platforms
Wednesday, April 20, 10:30am-12:00pm
Victor Oh, Lux Research
Tom Jensen, Joule Unlimited
Thomas Buhl, Global Bioenergies
Timothy Cesarek, Enerkem Inc.
“Innovation in Collaborations Makes a Difference”
Track: Growing Global Biobased Markets
Wednesday, April 20, 10:30am- 12:00pm
Moderator: Joel Stone, ConVergInce Advisers
Matthew Engler, Verdezyne
Damien Perriman, Genomatica
Cindy Thyfault, Westar Trade Resources
Michael Wolcott, Washington State University
“Charting the New Algae Industry Roadmap”
Track: Algae, Biomass Supply, and Specialty Crops
Monday, April 18, 8:30am- 10:00am
Moderator: Len Smith, Heliae
Peter Lammers, Arizona State University, Arizona Center for Algae Technology and Innovation (AzCATI)
Harold Schmitz, Mars, Inc.
Ross Zirkle, DSM
“Genomics Research: Design, Build, Deploy”
Track: Synthetic Biology and Genomics Research
Tuesday, April 19th, 2:30pm-4:00pm
Moderator: Blake Simmons, JBEI, United States Department of Energy (DOE)
Darren Platt, Amyris
Neil Parry, Unilever
Mark Burk, Genomatica
Vinayak Kaaptral, Igenbio Inc.
“New Renewable Food & Flavor Ingredients”
Track: Specialty Chemicals, Food & Nutritional Ingredients
Monday, April 18th, 2:30pm-4:00pm
Moderator: Josh Silverman, Calysta, Inc.
Edi Eliezer, Conagen, Inc.
Emmanuel Petiot, Deinove
Benjamin Gonzalez, Metabolic Explorer
Michael Vevera, Mercurius Biorefining
“Building Aromaticity in Renewable Chemicals”
Track: Renewable Chemicals and Biobased Materials
Monday, April 18th, 8:30am-10:00am
Moderator:Â Philipp Walter, Succinity
Joop Groen, TNO
Michael Saltzberg, Dupont
Len Rand, xF Technologies
David Sudolsky, Anellotech, Inc.
“Renewable Chemical Platforms”
Track: Technical Presentations
Monday, April 18th, 2:30pm-4:00pm
Moderator: Susanne Kleff, MBI
Shawn Jones, White Dog Labs
Cesar Granda, Earth Energy Renewables
Rishi Jain, Praj Matrix
Allen Barbieri, Biosynthetic Technologies
“Process Improvement for Biobased Materials”
Track: Research Presentations
Monday, April 18th, 10:30am-12:00pm
Moderator: Jian Yu, University of Hawaii
Yinhua Wan, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Manju Misra, University of Guelph
Amar Mohanty, University of Guelph
Amit Goyal, Southern Research Institute
All programs at the World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology are open to attendance by members of the media. Complimentary media registration is available to editors and reporters working full time for print, broadcast or web publications with valid press credentials.
For more information on the conference, please visit www.bio.org/worldcongress. For assistance, please contact worldcongress@bio.org.
About BIO
BIO is the world's largest trade association representing 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. BIOtechNOW is BIO's blog chronicling “innovations transforming our world” and the BIO Newsletter is the organization’s bi-weekly email newsletter. Subscribe to the BIO Newsletter.
