Breakout Program

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With 7 tracks, the 2013 BIO World Congress Breakout program is designed to keep you on the cutting edge of industrial biotech. This year an Academic Research Presentation track has been added to the breakout program. The track will feature 15-minute research presentations on the latest advancements in renewable chemicals and biofuels. 

The call for papers is now closed. Breakout speakers have been notified. If you have any questions please contact worldcongress@bio.org. 

 

Breakout Tracks

 

 Advanced Biofuels and Biorefinery Platforms 

Sponsored by: 
 
Developing Biorefineries and the Bioproducts Sector – Roles for Government and for Industry
Track 1: Advanced Biofuels and Biorefinery Platforms 
Session 1: Monday, June 17, 2013 | 8:30 am-10 am 
Moderator: Andrea Johnston, Strategic Policy Branch Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Andrea Johnston, Strategic Policy Branch Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Richard Bain, National Renewable Energy Laboratory National Bioenergy Center 
Christophe Luguel, Pôle Industries & Agro-Ressources France
Paulo Cesar De Campos, Coordenação de Sustentabilidade Petrobras Biocombustível
 
Cellulosic Ethanol: Scale-up and Commercialization
Track 1: Advanced Biofuels and Biorefinery Platforms
Session 2: Monday, June 17, 2013 | 10:30 am-12 pm
Dr. Andre Koltermann, Clariant
Ravikumar Rao, Praj Industries Limited
Oliver May, DSM
Jason Blake, Novozymes
 
How to Build a Large-Scale Bioeconomy Megacluster Region
Track 1: Advanced Biofuels and Biorefinery Platforms 
Session 3: Monday, June 17, 2013 | 2:30 pm-4 pm
Moderator: Manfred Kircher, CLIB2021, Cluster Industrial Biotechnology
Ludo Diels, Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO NV) 
Luuk van der Wielen, BE-Basic, TU Delft 
Manfred Kircher, CLIB2021, Cluster Industrial Biotechnology
Debi Durham, Iowa Economic Development Authority
 
Developments in Drop in Biofuels
Track 1: Advanced Biofuels and Biorefinery Platforms 
Session 4: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 | 8:30 am-10 am
Robert Graham, Ensyn Technologies
Jeff Webster, Sapphire Energy Inc
Joel Stone, Green Biologics Inc
Eric Mathur, SG Biofuels
 
The First Generation of Biorefineries in Canada
Track 1: Advanced Biofuels and Biorefinery Platforms 
Session 5: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 | 2:30 pm-4 pm
Moderator: Scott Thurlow, Canadian Renewable Fuels Association
Malcolm West, Greenfield Ethanol
Jim Grey, IGPC Ethanol Inc
Scott Lewis, Biox Corporation
Al Rickard, Rothsay
 
TBD
Track 1: Advanced Biofuels and Biorefinery Platforms 
Session 6: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 | 10:30 am-12 pm
 

 Feedstock Crops and Biomass Supply 

A Second Life for Annual Feedstock Crops
Track 2: Feedstock Crops and Biomass Supply 
Session 1: Monday, June 17, 2013 | 8:30 am-10 am
Paul Gallagher, United States Department of Agriculture 
Mario Carrillo, Chromatin, Inc
MJ Maloof, NexSteppe
Bill Levy, Pacific AG/Powerstock 
 
Biomass Supply Chain: Perspectives from Four Continents
Track 2: Feedstock Crops and Biomass Supply 
Session 2: Monday, June 17, 2013 | 10:30 am-12 pm
Moderator: Murray Mclaughlin, Bioindustrial Innovation Canada
Catherine Cobden, Forest Products Association Canada 
Zainal Azman Abu Kasim, BiotechCorp
Maria Paz Aduriz, Foro Argentino de Biotechnologia
Erik van Hellemond, Suiker Unie
 
Creating an Acceptable Supply of Biomass Feedstock to Satisfy Financing Requirements
Track 2: Feedstock Crops and Biomass Supply 
Session 3: Monday, June 17, 2013 | 2:30 pm-4 pm
Moderator: Chris Roach, Ceres, Inc
Chris Roach, Ceres, Inc
Sam Jackson, Genera Energy, Inc
Paolo Carollo, Chemtex International, Inc
Bob Wooley, Gevo, Inc
 
TBD
Track 2: Feedstock Crops and Biomass Supply 
Session 4: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 | 8:30 am-10 am
 
Carbon Capture and Biological Conversion: The Case for Co-Location
Track 2: Feedstock Crops and Biomass Supply
Session 5: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 | 2:30pm-4 pm
Moderator: Simon Gaboury, Rio Tinto Alcan
TBD , Bioprocess Algae
Martin Voergh, St-Mary's Cement Group
Simon Barnabe, University of Quebec at Trois-Rivières
Nathalie Dubois-Calero, Alga-Labs
Alan Bland, Western Research Institute 
 
Renewable Feedstock Crops – Can they Provide an Economic Alternative to Petroleum?
Track 2: Feedstock Crops and Biomass Supply 
Session 6: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 | 10:30 am-12 pm
Moderator: Jack Grushcow, Linnaeus Plant Sciences 
Jack Grushcow, Linnaeus Plant Sciences Inc
Hamdy Kahlil, Woodbridge Foam
Craig Crawford, Ontario BioAuto Council
Jeff Uhrig, Elevance Renewable Sciences
 

 Renewable Chemical Platforms and Biobased Materials

Sponsored by: 

Renewable Succinic Acid: The Road to Commercialization
Track 3: Renewable Chemical Platforms and Biobased Materials 
Session 1: Monday, June 17, 2013 | 8:30 am-10 am
Moderator: Sue Hager, Myriant Corporation
Alif Saleh, Myriant Corporation
Will van-den-Tweel, DSM/Reverdia
Allen Julian, MBI
Philipp Walter, Succinity 
 
FDCA, The Rise fo a New Biobased Building Block
Track 3: Renewable Chemical Platforms and Biobased Materials 
Session 2: Monday, June 17, 2013 | 10:30 am-12 pm
Moderator: Tom van Aiken, Avantium
Tom van Aiken, Avantium
Yi Huang, Novozymes
Mike Schultheis, The Coca Cola Company
Marc Lankveld, BIRD Engineering
 
Witness the Change: Creating a BIO-Based Reality
Track 3: Renewable Chemical Platforms and Biobased Materials 
Session 3: Monday, June 17, 2013 | 2:30 pm-4 pm
Moderator: Will van den tweel, Reverdia
Catia Bastioli, Novamont
Catherine Tredway, White Cloud
Steve Hurff, DuPont Tate & Lyle
Jo Kockelkoren, Reverdia
 
Direct Conversion of Methane to Higher Value Products Using Biological Systems
Track 3: Renewable Chemical Platforms and Biobased Materials 
Session 4: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 | 8:30 am-10 am
Moderator: Doug Cameron, First Green Partners
Gregory Stephanopoulos, MIT
Mark Herrema, Newlight Technologies
Josh Silvermann, Calysta BioSystems
Sean Simpson, Lanzatech
 
Biopolyamide Platforms
Track 3: Renewable Chemical Platforms and Biobased Materials 
Session 5: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 | 2:30 pm-4 pm
Paul Caswell, Cathay Industrial Biotech Ltd
Douglas Weishaar, Evonik Degussa Corporation
Ray Miller, Verdezyne, Inc
Benjamin Brehmer, Evonik
Yasuhisa Asano, Erato
 
Olefinic Synthetic Pathways and Biobased Products
Track 3: Renewable Chemical Platforms and Biobased Materials 
Session 6: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 | 10:30 am-12 pm
Moderator: Damien Perriman, Genomatica
Hiroshi Mouri, Bridgestone Americas Center for Research and Technology 
Marc Delcourt, Global Bioenergies S.A.
Emmanuel Petiot, Deinove
Jeff Martin, Yulex Corporation
 

 Specialty Chemicals, Pharmaceutical Intermediates & Food Ingredients

Sponsored by: Biocatalysts Ltd

A Biorefinery for High Value Products
Track 4: Specialty Chemicals, Pharmaceutical Intermediates & Food Ingredients  
Session 1: Monday, June 17, 2013 | 8:30 am-10 am
Moderator: Johan De Coninck, IAR Cluster
Frederique Lafosse, Soliance 
Jean Luc Dubois, Arkema 
Jean-Francois Rous, Sofiproteol 
Johan De Coninck, IAR Cluster 
 
Expanding the Role of Enzymes in Industrial Processes
Track 4: Specialty Chemicals, Pharmaceutical Intermediates & Food Ingredients 
Session 2: Monday, June 17, 2013 | 10:30 am-12 pm
Moderator: Kenneth Barrett, Verenium
David Weiner, Verenium 
Michael Raab, Agrivida
Wade Robey, Poet 
Neil Parry, Unilever
Anthony Pavel, ETA
 
Renewable Specialty Chemical Products
Track 4: Specialty Chemicals, Pharmaceutical Intermediates & Food Ingredients 
Session 3: Monday, June 17, 2013 | 2:30 pm-4 pm
Atul Thakrar, Segetis
John Shaw, Itaconix
Mike Knuaf, Rivertop Renewables
Adam Malofsky, Bioformix
Peter Nieuwenhuien, AkzoNobel
 
Value Chain Partnerships to Accelerate Commercialization of Biobased Materials
Track 4: Specialty Chemicals, Pharmaceutical Intermediates & Food Ingredients 
Session 4: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 | 8:30 am-10 am
Moderator: Babette Pettersen, BioAmber
Dann Winn, Inolex
Karsten Job, Lanxess
Laurence Dufrancatel, Faurecia
Carmen Rodriguez, Arkema Inc
 
Creating the Lignin Value Chain
Track 4: Specialty Chemicals, Pharmaceutical Intermediates & Food Ingredients 
Session 5: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 | 2:30 pm-4 pm
Moderator: Joyce Yang, US DOE EERE Biomass Program
Kendall Pye, Lignol
Gregg Beckham, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Arthur Ragauskas, Georgia Institute of Technology
Cliff Eberle, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
 
Specialty Chemical/Cosmetic Ingredients: The Potential for High-Value Cosmetic and Personal Care Ingredients, Applications and Platform Technologies 
Track 4: Specialty Chemicals, Pharmaceutical Intermediates & Food Ingredients 
Session 6: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 | 10:30 am-12 pm
Moderator: Kathy Lowther, Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development 
Albert Soley, Lipotec
Neils Goldsmith, Evola
Kathy Lowther, Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development 
Neil Burns, P2 Science, Inc 
 

 Synthetic Biology and Microbial Genomics  

Renewable Chemicals through Strain Engineering and Process Optimization 

Track 5: Synthetic Biology and Microbial Genomics 
Session 1: Monday, June 17, 2013 | 8:30 am-10 am
Edward Green, Green Biologics Ltd
Max Senechal, Metabolix
David Demirjian, zuChem, Inc
Rishi Jain, Praj Matrix - The Innovation Center
 
Innovating Across Verticals: Biotech for the Agriculture, Industrial, and Energy Sector
Track 5: Synthetic Biology and Microbial Genomics 
Session 2: Monday, June 17, 2013 | 10:30 am-12 pm
Moderator: Grace Colon, Blue Sierra Consulting
Matthew Crisp, Benson Hill Biosystems
Douglas Eisner, GrassRoots Biotechnology
Margaret McCormick, Matrix Genetics and Targeted Growth
Alexander Beliaev, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
 
Consolidated Bioprocessing of Lignocellusolic Feedstocks
Track 5: Synthetic Biology and Microbial Genomics
Session 3: Monday, June 17, 2013 | 2:30 pm-4 pm
Albrecht Laeufer, Direvo Industrial Biotechnology GmbH
Emmanuel Petiot, Deinove
 
Biotechnological Process for Biobased Products from Cellulosic Biomass
Track 5: Synthetic Biology and Microbial Genomics
Session 4: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 | 8:30 am-10am 
Moderator: Kevin Gray, Chemtex 
Mark Burk, Genomatica
Paul Dwyer, Gevo
Vonnie Estes, Codexis
TBD, Graalbio 
 
Advances in Biomass Pretreatment Processes
Track 5: Synthetic Biology and Microbial Genomics
Session 5: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 | 2:30 pm-4 pm
Barry Wortzman, GreenField Ethanol
Dale Monceaux, AdvanceBio, LLC
Jack Saddler, University of British Columbia 
Shulin Chen, Washington State University
Thomas Pschorn, Andritz Ltd 
 
Global Benefits for Synthetic Biology Trends
Track 5: Synthetic Biology and Microbial Genomics
Session 6: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 | 10:30 am-12 pm
Moderator: Edward You, US FBI Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate 
Edward You, US FBI Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate
Jason Kelly, Ginkgo BioWorks
Mark Emalfarb, Dyadic
Ali Goodarzi, Harvard University
 

 Technical Presentations 

Sponsored by:  

Bio Composite Materials from Natural Fibers
Track 6: technical Presentations 
Session 1: Monday, June 17, 2013 | 8:30 am-10 am
Manju Misra, University of Guelph
Ian McLennan, EcoSynthetix Inc
Mario Pennisi, Life Sciences Queensland Ltd
Joe Hogue, SWM INTL
 
Perennial Herbaceous Energy Crops and CRP Land for Biomass Production in the USA: A Five Year Regional Feedstock Partnership Report
Track 6: Technical Presentations 
Session 2: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 | 10:30 am-12 pm
Moderator: Vance Owens, North Central Sun Grant Center, South Dakota State University
Vance Owens, North Central Sun Grant Center, South Dakota State University
B.S Baldwin, Mississippi State University
D.K Lee, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
 T.B. Voigt, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne
 
Bioprocessing Membrane Separations Technology
Track 6: Technical Presentations 
Session 3: Monday, June 17, 2013 | 2:30 pm-4 pm
Dean Tsoupeis, Culturing Solutions, Inc
Douglas Weishaar, Evonik
Yinhua Wan, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Daniel Bar, Ameridia, Division of Eurodia Industrie
 
Renewable Chemical Biosynthessic (L-Malic Acid, Ehtyl Levolinate) and Consumer Application
Track 6: Technical Presentations 
Session 4: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 | 8:30 am-10 am
Kieran Furlong, Virent
Alan Berry, Novozymes, Inc
Jayant Sawant, Praj Industries Ltd
Bob Walsh, ZeaChem, Inc
 
Advances in Sugar Technology
Track 6: Technical Presentations 
Session 5: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 | 10:30 am-12 pm
Fred Moesler, Renmatix
Ali Manesh, American Science and Technology Corporation
Beth Stewart, United Catalyst
Basil Karampelas, American Process
 
Thermochemical Processess with Biological Conversion of Lignocelluloisc Biomass
Track 6: Technical Presentations 
Session 6: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 | 10:30 am-12 pm
George Boyajian, Primus Green Energy, Inc
Sergey Zabelkin, EnergoLesProm LLC
Cherif Larabi, LC2P2
Tim O'Keeke, Coskata 
 

 Academic Research Presentations 

Conversion of Woody Materials to Fuels and Chemicals
Track 7: Academic Research Presentations 
Session 1: Monday, June 17, 2013 | 8:30 am-10 am
Jack Saddler, University of British Columbia 
Adrian Zhang, Concordia University
Hung Lee, University of Guelph
Emma Masters, University of Toronto
 
Improved Fermentation Processes forLiquid Biofuels Production
Track 7: Academic Research Presentations 
Session 2: Monday, June 17, 2013 | 10:30 am-12 pm
Jules Thibault, University of Ottawa
Antonio Marzocchella, Università di Napoli Federico II
Valeriy Bekmuradov, Ryerson University
Richard Gustafson, University of Washington
 
New Approaches to Biological Oils
Track 7: Academic Research Presentations 
Session 3: Monday, June 17, 2013 | 2:30 pm-4 pm
Shulin Chen, Washington State University
Kyle Probst, Kansas State University
G. Peter van Waslum, University of Maine
James Petrie, CSIRO Plant Industry
 
Algae: Overcoming Challenges in Cultivation and Production
Track 7: Academic Research Presentations 
Session 4: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 | 8:30 am-10 am
Sergei Markov, Austin Peay State University
George Philippidis, Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, University of South Florida
Giuseppe Olivieri, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Serge R. Guiot, National Research Council of Canada
 
Analysis of Renewable Chemicals and Fuels
Track 7: Academic Research Presentations 
Session 5: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 | 10:30 am-12 pm
Jamie Stephen, Queen's Institute Energy & Environmental Policy
Daniel Klein-Marcuschamer, Australian Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN)
Richard Gustafon, University of Washington 
Manfred Kircher, CLIB2021
Viondette Lopez, USDA, NIFA
 
Sustainable Biomass Production and Soil Organic Matter
Track 7: Academic Research Presentations 
Session 6: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 | 10:30 am-12 pm
Moderator: Bram Brouwer, BioDetection Systems
Hanss vanVeen, NIOO-KNAW (Netherlands Institute of Ecology)
Carlos Cerri, Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura (CENA) da Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP)
Katarina Hedlund, Lund University
Bram Brouwer, BioDetection Systems