Registration Open for 12th Annual BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology in Montreal, Canada

Washington, D.C. (February 3, 2015) –Today the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) announced registration and housing are now open for the 2015 World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology.  The conference will be held July 19-22, 2015 at the Palais des congrès de Montréal in Montréal, Canada. 

“We are excited to bring The World Congress once again to Montreal to highlight the industry's growth,” stated Brent Erickson, Executive Vice President, Industrial and Environmental at BIO.  “Programming will cover the entire value chain, from research to feedstocks to manufacturing to end products for biofuels, biobased products, renewable chemicals and consumer products.  Attendees will experience a first-hand look into the limitless potential of industrial biotech.”    

BIO’s World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology is the world’s largest industrial biotechnology conference that brings together from across the globe business leaders, investors, academics and policymakers in the biofuels, biobased products, renewable chemicals, synthetic biology, food ingredients and biomass sectors. Industrial and environmental biotechnology is at the forefront of the biobased economy, generating good-paying jobs and making cleaner products and processes. 

BIO hosted around 1,100 attendees from 640 companies and 45 countries at its 2014 World Congress in Philadelphia and expects to exceed these numbers in Montréal.  The 2014 World Congress also held a record breaking 1,000+ BIO One on One Partnering Meetings, 5 high-level Plenary Sessions, 8 Breakout Session Tracks and Clean Tech Investor Sessions.

For more information on the conference or to submit a proposal, please visit http://www.bio.org/worldcongress.  For assistance, please contact worldcongress@bio.org