BIO Announces Educational Sessions for 2017 BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology

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.