BIO’s 9th Annual World Congress Shows Strength of Industrial Biotech and Biofuels in Southeast United States
March 15 2012 - 11:55AM
Business Wire
Biofuel and renewable chemical company executives along with
consumer product companies seeking partnerships in the renewable
sector will be featured at BIO’s 9th annual World Congress on
Industrial Biotechnology and Bioprocessing, in Orlando, Fla., April
29 - May 2 at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center.
Online registration for the conference is now open.
Brent Erickson, executive vice president of BIO’s Industrial
& Environmental Section, said, “We are excited to bring this
conference to Orlando to highlight the industry's growth,
particularly in the Southeast region. Industrial and environmental
biotechnology is revitalizing manufacturing and creating new
opportunities for agriculture, generating jobs, making greener
products and cleaner processes, all aimed at building a biobased
economy.”
BIO’s World Congress will host the following sessions with
companies representing the Southeast:
Toward a Billion Tons: Biomass &
Purpose Grown Energy CropsMonday, April 30, 2:30pm – 4:00pm
- Michael Cunningham, ArborGen
- Alex Ablaev, Russian Biofuels
Association
- Bob Randle, Genera
- David Bransby, Auburn University
Fuels and Chemicals from Residues and
MSWTuesday, May 1, 8:30am – 10:00am
- Grune Guerry, Duke University
- Armindo Ribeiro Gaspar, Novozymes
- Cesar Granda, Terrabon, Inc
- Randy Cortright, Virent, Inc.
What’s Driving Demand for Biotech
Products: A Customer’s Perspective?Wednesday, May 2, 12:00pm –
2:15pm
- Melody Bomgardner, Chemical &
Engineering News
- David A. Benko, Goodyear Tire
- Jim Goddard, Nike
- Scott Vitters, The Coca Cola
Company
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, Fla., April
29 - May 2 at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center.
Please visit http://www.bio.org/worldcongress/ for additional
information, or email worldcongress@bio.org.
Online pre-registration for reporters and editors is
now open. All breakout and plenary sessions 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.
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
BIO IP Counsels Committee ConferenceApril 16 – 18, 2012Austin,
TX
World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology &
BioprocessingApril 29-May 2, 2012Orlando, FL
2012 BIO International ConventionJune 18-21, 2012Boston, MA
BIO Business ForumJune 18 – 21, 2012Boston, MA