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Advanced Biofuels and Biorefinery Platforms

Forestry Companies Discovering the Biorefinery Within
Date: Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Time: 8:30am - 10:00am
 
Moderator
Laura McIlveen, Alberta Innovates - Technology Futures
 
 
Financing Biorefinery Projects
Date: Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Time: 10:30am - 12:00pm
 
Moderator
Alan Propp, Merrick & Company 
 
 
Biogas: Surprising New Opportunities and Approaches
Date: Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Time: 2:30pm - 4:00pm
 
 
 
The Move to Drop-In Fuels
Date: Thrusday, October 11, 2012
Time: 2:00pm - 3:30pm
 
Moderator
Mike Cey, Ag-West 
Paul Beckwith, Butamax Advanced Biofuels LLC
 
Microalgae: Advancing to Commercial Applications
Date: Thrusday, October 11, 2012
Time: 4:00pm - 5:30pm
 
 
Biorefinery Platforms: Perspectives from Leading Commercial Developers
Date: Friday, October 12, 2012
Time: 8:30am - 10:00am
 
Moderator
Bob Walsh, ZeaChem Inc.
Speakers
Johnway Gao, Catchlight Energy
Bob Walsh, ZeaChem Inc.
Dan Cummings, INEOS
Len Bykowski, Mascoma Corporation Alberta
 

Biomass Production and Utilization

Creating an Acceptable Supply of Biomass Feedstock to Satisfy Project Financing Requirements
Date: Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Time: 8:30am - 10:00am
 
Moderator
Spencer Swayze, Ceres, Inc.
 
Speakers
Chris Roach, Ceres, Inc.
John May, Stern Brothers & Co.
Bob Avant, Texas AgriLife
Paolo Carollo, Chemtex International Inc.
 
Next-Gen Feedstocks: Grass, Reeds, and Macroalgae
Date: Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Time: 10:30am - 12:00pm
 
Moderator
TBD
Speakers
MJ Maloof, NexSteppe
Sergio Trejo-Estrada, Instituto Politécnico Nacional - México
Enrica Bargiacchi, University of Pisa
Ajay Kshatriya , Bio Architecture Lab
 
The Challenge of Sustainable Feedstock: Certification and Reputation Management for Producers and Brand Owners
Date: Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Time: 2:30pm - 4:00pm
 
 
Biomass Crops: The Role of Breeding, Genomics, and Plant Biotechnology
Date: Thrusday, October 11, 2012
Time: 2:00pm - 3:30pm
 
Moderator
Dilara Ally, SG Biofuels (SGB)
 
Speakers
Ken Davenport, Chromatin, Inc.
Dilara Ally, SG Biofuels (SGB)
Toni Voelker, Monsanto Company
Mark Harrison, Queensland University of Technology
 
Biomass Pretreatment and Fractionation - Fundamentals and Application
Date: Thrusday, October 11, 2012
Time: 4:00pm - 5:30pm
 
Moderator
Richard Chandra, University of British Columbia
 
 
Advances in Algal Biomass Production and Processing
Date: Friday, October 12, 2012
Time: 8:30am - 10:00am
 
Moderator
Tim Zenk, Sapphire Energy  
 
 

Renewable Chemical Platforms

Sponsored by Genomatica
 
Renewable Chemicals: Next Generation Monomers and Polymers
Date: Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Time: 8:30am - 10:00am
 
Moderator
William Baum, Genomatica
 
Speakers
Nelson Barton, Genomatica
David Gogerty, Global Bioenergies S.A
Max Senechal, Metabolix
Olga Selifonova, Reluceo, Inc.
 
Commercial Applications for Biopolymers and Bioplastics
Date: Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Time: 10:30am - 12:00pm
 
Moderator
Murray McLaughlin, Sustainable Chemistry Alliance and BioIndustrial Innovation Centre
 
Speakers
Wadood Hamad, Celluforce Inc.
Toby Ried, Solegear
Amar Mohanty, The University of Guelph
 
Sugars: The Key to Renewable Chemicals
Date: Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Time: 2:30pm - 4:00pm
 
Moderator
Bhima Vijayendra, Battelle
 
 
Advances in the Commercial Production of Biobased Products
Date: Thrusday, October 11, 2012
Time: 2:00pm - 3:30pm
 
 
Speakers
Stephen J. Gatto, Myriant Corporation
E. William Radany, Verdezyne, Inc
Richard LaDuca, DuPont Industrial Biosciences Division
 
Bio-based polyols – Challenges and Opportunities
Date: Thrusday, October 11, 2012
Time: 4:00pm - 5:30pm
 
Moderator
Jack Grushcow, Linnaeus Plant Sciences Inc.
 
Speakers
Hamdy Kahlil, Woodbridge Foam
Jeff Uhrig, Elevance
Jack Grushcow, Linnaeus Plant Sciences Inc.
Manju Misra, University of Guelph
 
Integration of Bio-based and Fossile-based Chemical Manufacturing
Date: Friday, October 12, 2012
Time: 8:30am - 10:00am
 
Moderator
Uwe Welteroth, Linde Engineering Dresden
 
 

Technical and Research Presentations

Sponsored by Novasep
 
Economical Fermentable-Based Processes
Date: Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Time: 8:30am - 10:00am
 
Moderator
John Bhatt, Novasep
 
Speakers
Sreenivas Rao Ravella, Institute of Biological Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS)
Akinori Matsushika, Biomass Refinery Research Center (BRCC), National Institute of
AdvancedIndustrialScience and Technology (AIST)
Rishi Jain, Praj Matrix – The Innovation Center
 
Efficacy of the De Novo Enzyme Technology
Date: Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Time: 10:30am - 12:00pm
 
Moderator
Eric Althoff, Arzeda Corp.
Speakers
Eric Althoff, Arzeda Corp.
David Mead, C56 Technologies
Carl W. Podella, Advanced BioCatalytics Corporation
Muhammad Asgher, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University
ofAgriculture,Faisalabad,Pakistan
 
Techno-Economic Evaluation: Preprocessing and Pretreatment of Biomass
Date: Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Time: 2:30pm - 4:00pm
 
Moderator
Johan van Groenestijn, TNO
Speakers
Johan van Groenestijn, TNO
Rajai H. Atalla, Cellulose Sciences International
Mel Maizirwan, International Islamic University - Malaysia
 
Innovative Approaches in Biochemical and Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Pathways
Date: Thrusday, October 11, 2012
Time: 2:00pm - 3:30pm
 
Moderator
Houston Brown, University of Alberta 
 
 
Advances in Enzymes used for Biomass Biorefining
Date: Thrusday, October 11, 2012
Time: 4:00pm - 5:30pm
 
Moderator
Jack Saddler, University of British Columbia and Valdeir Arantes, University of British Columbia
 
Speakers
Emma Master, University of Toronto
Stephen Decker, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Jinguang Hu, University of British Columbia
Brandon Emme, Novozymes
 
Natural Products Isolation, Purification, and Activity
Date: Friday, October 12, 2012
Time: 8:30am - 10:00am
 
Moderator
Ronald Cascone, Nexant
 
Speakers
John Bhatt, Novasep, Inc.
Marilyn G. Wiebe, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
Lawrence Raithaus, ViiviBio Products
Jian-Yong Wu, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University