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. 

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Breakout Tracks

• Advanced Biofuels and Biorefinery Platforms
• Feedstock Crops and Biomass Supply
• Renewable Chemical Platforms and Biobased Materials
• Specialty Chemicals, Pharmaceutical Intermediates and Food Ingredients
• Synthetic Biology and Microbial Genomics
• Technical Presentations
• Academic Research Presentations - NEW!

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 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-10:00 am 

Moderator: Jon Flemming, Vice President, Industry Affairs 

Andrea Johnston, Strategic Policy Branch Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Joyce Yang, U.S. Department of Energy 

Christophe Luguel, Pôle Industries & Agro-Ressources France

 

 

Cellulosic Ethanol: Scale-up and Commercialization

Track 1: Advanced Biofuels and Biorefinery Platforms

Session 2: Monday, June 17, 2013 | 10:30 am-12:00 pm

Dr. Andre Koltermann, Clariant

Ghansham Deshpande, Praj Industries Limited

Oliver May, DSM

Michele Rubino, Beta Renewables

 

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-4:00 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-10:00 am

Moderator: Eric Mathur, SG Biofuels 

Robert Graham, Ensyn Technologies

Jeff Webster, Sapphire Energy Inc

Joel Stone, Green Biologics Inc

Eric Mathur, SG Biofuels

 

Bio-Refineries in Canada

Track 1: Advanced Biofuels and Biorefinery Platforms 

Session 5: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 | 2:30 pm-4:00 pm

Moderator: Scott Thurlow, Canadian Renewable Fuels Association

Malcolm West, Greenfield Ethanol

Jim Grey, IGPC Ethanol Inc

Scott Lewis, BIOX Corporation

 

 

Cellulosic Ethanol: Scale-Up and Commercialization - Part 2

Track 1: Advanced Biofuels and Biorefinery Platforms 

Session 6: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 | 10:30 am-12:00 pm

Moderator: Erick Lutt, Biotechnology Industry Organization 

Vincent Chornet, Enerkem

Bill Brady, Mascoma

Stuart Thomas, DuPont 

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 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-10:00 am

Moderator: Bill Levy, Pacific AG/Powerstock

Paul Gallagher, United States Department of Agriculture 

Mario Carrillo, Chromatin, Inc

Anna Rath, 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-12:00 pm

Moderator: Murray Mclaughlin, Bioindustrial Innovation Canada

Catherine Cobden, Forest Products Association Canada 

Zainal Azman Abu Kasim, BiotechCorp

Don McCabe, OFA

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-4:00 pm

Moderator: Chris Roach, Ceres, Inc

Chris Roach, Ceres, Inc

Sam Jackson, Genera Energy, Inc

Paolo Carollo, Chemtex International, Inc

Bob Wooley, Gevo, Inc

 

Critical Issues for the Next Ten Years: Building a Sustainable Supply Chain for the Biobased Economy

Track 2: Feedstock Crops and Biomass Supply 

Session 4: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 | 8:30 am-10:00 am

Moderator: Jack Huttner, Huttner Strategies, LLC

Jody Endres, University of Illinois, Energy Biosciences Institute, CSBP Board Member

Arlan Peters, Novozymes North America, Inc

Matt Rudolph, Roundtable for Sustainable Biomaterials Services Foundation 

Marty Muenzmaier, Cargill

 

 

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-4:00 pm

Moderator: Simon Gaboury, Rio Tinto Alcan

Toby Ahrens, Bioprocess Algae

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-12:00 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

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 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-10:00 am

Moderator: Sue Hager, Myriant Corporation

Alif Saleh, Myriant Corporation

Will van-den-Tweel, Reverdia

Allen Julian, MBI

Philipp Walter, BASF - The Chemical Company

 

FDCA, The Rise of a New Biobased Building Block

Track 3: Renewable Chemical Platforms and Biobased Materials 

Session 2: Monday, June 17, 2013 | 10:30 am-12:00 pm

Moderator: Jim Barber, former CEO of Metabolix 

Tom van Aken, 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-4:00 pm

Moderator: Will van den tweel, Reverdia

Jo Kockelkoren, Reverdia

Steve Hurff, DuPont Tate & Lyle

Catia Bastioli, Novamont

Catherine Tredway, White Cloud

 

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-10:00 am

Moderator: Doug Cameron, First Green Partners

Gregory Stephanopoulos, MIT

Mark Herrema, Newlight Technologies

Josh Silvermann, Calysta Energy

Sean Simpson, Lanzatech

 

Biopolyamide Platform

Track 3: Renewable Chemical Platforms and Biobased Materials 

Session 5: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 | 2:30 pm-4:00 pm

Moderator: Ray Miller, Verdezyne, Inc 

Paul Caswell, Cathay Industrial Biotech Ltd

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-12:00 pm

Moderator: Damien Perriman, Genomatica

Hiroshi Mouri, Bridgestone Americas Center for Research and Technology 

Jean-Baptiste Barbaroux, Global Bioenergies S.A.

Emmanuel Petiot, Deinove

Jeff Martin, Yulex Corporation

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 Specialty Chemicals, Pharmaceutical Intermediates & Food Ingredients

Sponsored by: 

A Biorefinery for High Value Products

Track 4: Specialty Chemicals, Pharmaceutical Intermediates & Food Ingredients  

Session 1: Monday, June 17, 2013 | 8:30 am-10:00 am

Moderator: Johan De Coninck, IAR Cluster

Frederique Lafosse, Soliance 

Jean Luc Dubois, Arkema 

Mathieu Tournat, Soufflet Group 

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-12:00 pm

Moderator: Kenneth Barrett, Verenium

David Weiner, Verenium 

Michael Raab, Agrivida

Wade Robey, POET

Neil Parry, Unilever

Stuart West, Biocatalysts

 

Renewable Specialty Chemical Products

Track 4: Specialty Chemicals, Pharmaceutical Intermediates & Food Ingredients 

Session 3: Monday, June 17, 2013 | 2:30 pm-4:00 pm

Moderator: Atul Thakrar, Segitis 

Atul Thakrar, Segetis

John Shaw, Itaconix

Mike Knauf, Rivertop Renewables

Adam Malofsky, Bioformix

Peter Nieuwenhuien, Akzo Nobel

 

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-10:00 am

Moderator: Babette Pettersen, BioAmber

Dann Winn, Inolex

Taki Bando, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation 

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-4:00 pm

Moderator: Joyce Yang, US DOE EERE Biomass Program

Kendall Pye, Lignol

Arthur Ragauskas, Georgia Institute of Technology 

Cliff Eberle, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Thomas Browne, FP Innovations

 

Specialty Chemicals and Industrial Enzymes Destined for Food Ingredients, Cosmetics and Personal Care Sectors

Track 4: Specialty Chemicals, Pharmaceutical Intermediates & Food Ingredients 

Session 6: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 | 10:30 am-12:00 pm

Moderator: Kathy Lowther, Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development 

Kathy Lowther, Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development

Neil Burns, P2 Science, Inc 

Albert Soley, Lipotec

Neil Goldsmith, Evolva  

Anthony Pavel, Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, General Cousel ETA

 

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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-10:00 am

Edward Green, Green Biologics Ltd

Max Senechal, Metabolix

David Demirjian, zuChem, Inc

Rishi Jain, Praj Matrix - The Innovation Center

Hans Blascheck, University of Illinois 

 

Robust Microbial Systems for Agriculture, Renewable Chemicals and Biofuels

Track 5: Synthetic Biology and Microbial Genomics 

Session 2: Monday, June 17, 2013 | 10:30 am-12:00 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-4:00 pm

Moderator: David Levin, University of Manitoba

David Levin, University of Manitoba 

Richard Sparling, University of Manitoba

Gideon Wolfarrdt, Ryerson University 

Jorg Riesmeier, Ryerson University

Emmanuel Petiot, Deinove

 

Biotechnological Processes for Biobased Products from Cellulosic Biomass

Track 5: Synthetic Biology and Microbial Genomics

Session 4: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 | 8:30 am-10:00 am 

Moderator: Kevin Gray, Chemtex 

Mark Burk, Genomatica

Vonnie Estes, Codexis

TBD, Graal Bio 

 

Advances in Biomass Pretreatment Processing

Track 5: Synthetic Biology and Microbial Genomics

Session 5: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 | 2:30 pm-4:00 pm

Moderator: Barry Wortzman, GreenField Ethanol

Barry Wortzman, GreenField Ethanol

Dale Monceaux, AdvanceBio, LLC

Shulin Chen, Washington State University

Thomas Pschorn, Andritz Ltd 

 

Global Benefits for Synthetic Biology Tools

Track 5: Synthetic Biology and Microbial Genomics

Session 6: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 | 10:30 am-12:00 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 International, Inc

Ali Goodarzi, Harvard University

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 Technical Presentations

Sponsored by:  

Bio Composite Materials from Natural Fibers

Track 6: technical Presentations 

Session 1: Monday, June 17, 2013 | 8:30 am-10:00 am

Moderator: Ian McLennan, EcoSynthetix Inc

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-12:00 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-4:00 pm

Moderator: Dean Tsoupeis, Culturing Solutions, Inc

Dean Tsoupeis, Culturing Solutions, Inc

Maureen Schaefer, Evonik

Yinhua Wan, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Daniel Bar, Ameridia, Division of Eurodia Industrie

 

Renewable Chemical Biosynthesis (L-Malic Acid, Ehtyl Levolinate.....) and Consumer Application

Track 6: Technical Presentations 

Session 4: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 | 8:30 am-10:00 am

Moderator: Kieran Furlong, Virent 

Kieran Furlong, Virent

Alan Berry, Novozymes, Inc

Pramod Kumbhar, Praj Industries Ltd

Bob Walsh, ZeaChem, Inc

 

Advances in Sustainable Sugar Technology

Track 6: Technical Presentations 

Session 5: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 | 10:30 am-12:00 pm

Moderator: Thibault Lesaffe, Novasep

Mike Hamilton, Renmatix 

Ali Manesh, American Science and Technology Corporation

Beth Stewart, United Catalyst

Theodora Retsina, American Process

Thibault Lesaffe, Novasep 

 

Thermochemical Processess with Biological Conversion

Track 6: Technical Presentations 

Session 6: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 | 10:30 am-12:00 pm

Moderator: Loula Merkel, Coskata, Inc 

George Boyajian, Primus Green Energy, Inc

Sergey Zabelkin, EnergoLesProm LLC

Cherif Larabi, LC2P2

 Loula Merkel, Coskata 

 

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 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-10:00 am

Moderator: Jack Saddler, University of British Columbia 

Richard Chandra, UBC Bioenergy/Forest Products Biotechnology Group

Adrian Zhang, Concordia University

Hung Lee, University of Guelph

Emma Masters, University of Toronto