WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) today announced education program session titles and speakers for the 2017 BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology. The education program features seven diverse content tracks with speakers from around the world over three days of the conference. The world’s largest industrial biotechnology and partnering event will be held July 23-26, 2017 at the Palais des congrès de Montréal in Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Brent Erickson, executive vice president of BIO’s Industrial & Environmental Section, stated, “BIO’s 2017 World Congress will feature the most diverse group of speakers and presenters in the conference’s history, with scientists and executives from start-up companies, investors from the finance sector, consumer product manufacturers and government officials from across Canada, Europe, the United States and Asia. The education program and partnering system provide a unique forum for conference attendees to share the latest advances in renewable chemicals, synthetic biology, enzymes, food ingredients, fragrances, flavors, cosmetics, biofuels and biorefineries, agricultural crops and biobased materials.”
Sessions featuring Renewable Chemicals and Biobased Materials include:
A Revolution in Biobased Products and Packaging
Wed. July
26, 11:45 am
- Victor Oh – Lux Research
- Thijs Rodenburg – Rodenburg Biopolymers
- Gustavo Sergi – Braskem
- Puneet Trehan – IKEA
- Bob Walsh – Intrexon
Renewable Chemicals and Thermoplastics for Performance Materials
Mon.
July 24, 10:30 AM
- Mateus Lopes – Braskem
- Stefano Facco – Novamont SpA
- Natalie Bittner – Covestro
- Allen Barbieri – Biosynthetic Technologies
- Marcel Lubben – Reverdia
Scaling Novel and Innovative Processes for Commercialization
Mon.
July 24, 1:45 PM
- Derek Griffin – LanzaTech
- Cecil Massie – Amec Foster Wheeler
- Todd Pray – Advanced Biofuels Process Demonstration Unit, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
- Aristos Aristidou – Cargill
- Bryan Yeh – Intrexon
Meeting Brand Owner and Retailer Demand for Green Chemicals,
Materials, and Products
Wed. July 26, 10:30 AM
- Martin Wolf – Seventh Generation
- Karen Graziano – Acme-Hardesty
- Kaj Johnson – Method
- Jack Linard – Unilever
- Joel Stone – ConVergInce Advisers LLC
Industrial Synergies and the Circular Economy
Wed. July 26,
10:30 AM
- Timothy Cesarek – Enerkem Inc.
- Daniel Normandin – Institute for the Environment, Sustainable Development and Circular Economy
- Peter Nieuwenhuizen – AkzoNobel
- Ryan O'Gara – SKB Environmental – a Waste Connections Company
- Marie-Hélène Labrie – Ecotech Quebec and Enerkem
All programs at the 2017 BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology are open to 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 https://www.bio.org/events/bio-world-congress. 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.
Upcoming BIO Events
BIO
International Convention
June 19-22, 2017
San Diego, Calif.
BIO
World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology
July 23-26, 2017
Montreal,
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