Event Breakout Sessions
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Track 1
Biofuels and Bioenergy
Track 2
Renewable Feedstocks
Track 3
Renewable Chemicals and Biomaterials
Track 4
Fine Chemicals, Food Ingredients and Pharmaceuticals
Track 5
Business Development, Infrastructure and Public Policy
Monday, April 28
8:45am – 10:15am
Patrick Glynn, US Department of Energy
Tim Donohue, University of Wisconsin
Jay Keasling, Joint BioEnergy Institute
Martin Keller, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
 
Nathan Ramsey, ArborGen, LLC
Ron Barmore, Range Fuels
Tim Eggeman, ZeaChem Inc.
James Mann, ArborGen, LLC
Denny Hunter, Catchlight Energy
 
Stevens Brumbley, Australian Institute for Bioengineering & Nanotechnology
Eve Syrkin Wurtele, Iowa State University
Christopher T. Nomura, SUNY-ESF
Stevens Brumbley, Australian Institute for Bioengineering & Nanotechnology
Kristi Snell, Metabolix
 
Peter Punt, TNO
Peter Punt, TNO
Israel Goldberg, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Oscar Sánchez, Universidad de Los Andes
John Frenz, GlobeImmune
 
Maria Wellisch, Natural Resources Canada, CETC Ottawa
David Layzell, Queen's University
Maria Wellisch, Natural Resources Canada
Heather MacLean, University of Toronto Department of Civil Engineering
John Heissenbuttel, Council for Sustainable Biomass Production
 
Monday, April 28
10:45am – 12:15pm
Charles Wyman, University of California, Riverside
Ding Shi-you, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Bin Yang, University of California, Riverside
Colin Mitchinson, Genencor® A Danisco Division
Charles Wyman, University of California, Riverside
 
Simon Warner, Syngenta
Simon Warner, Syngenta
Bruce Ferguson, Edenspace Systems Corporation
Elizabeth Hood, Infinite Enzymes
 
Markus Wolperdinger, InfraLeuna GmbH
Steffen Rupp, Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB
Markus Wolperdinger, InfraLeuna GmbH
Karin Bronnenmeier, Linde-KCA-Dresden GmbH
 
Yi Tang, University of California, Los Angeles
Yi Tang, University of California, Los Angeles
Karen McDonald, University of California, Davis
Ivonne Naumann, University Erlangen-Nuremberg
 
Matty Janssen, Ecole Polytechnique
Virginie Chambost, Ecole Polytechnique
Doug Freeman, NewPage Corporation
Edward Pye, Lignol Innovations Inc.
 
Monday, April 28
2:30pm – 4:00pm
William Provine, DuPont Biofuels
John Ranieri, DuPont Corporation
Robert Walsh, LS9
John Melo, Amyris Biotechnologies
Bill Roe, Coskata
 
Spencer Swayze, Ceres, Inc.
Dick Carmical, Price Biostock
Bud Cary, AgFuture, LLC
Rob Meyer, ICM
Spencer Swayze, Ceres, Inc.
 
Cameron Begley, CSIRO
Cameron Begley, CSIRO
Mike O'Shea, CSIRO
Allan Green, CSIRO
Victoria Haritos, CSIRO
 
David Rozzell, BioCatalytics, Inc
Francesco Molinari, University of Milano
Eng-Kiat Lim, University of York
David Rozzell, BioCatalytics, Inc
 
Steven Tuttle, The Dow Chemical Company
Christophe Schilling, Genomatica
Damien Perriman, The Dow Chemical Company
Alif Saleh, BioEnergy International, LLC
Karl Kelly, Clemson University
 
Tuesday, April 29
8:45am – 10:15am
Aaron Schuchart, Mendel Biotechnology
Jim Schumacher, Mascoma Corporation
Gregory Pal, LS9
Neal Gutterson, Mendel Biotechnology
Randy Cortright, Virent Energy Systems
 
John Pierce, Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati, LLP
Thomas Byrne, Byrne & Company Limited
Ben Cloud, XL Renewables
Quinn Goretzky, Alberta Research Council
John Pierce, Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati, LLP
 
John Dorgan, Colorado School of Mines
Manjusri Misra, Michigan State University
John Dorgan, Colorado School of Mines
Alexander Bismarck, Imperial College London
 
Han De Winde, Delft University of Technology
Johan Van Hylckama Vlieg, Nizo Food Research
Anthony Borneman, The Australian Wine Research Institute
Carl-Erik Hansen, Nestle Ltd.
 
Ellyn Kerr, Industrial Biotechnology / Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
Darlene Snow, Ogilvy Public Relations
Michael Harris, BioWorld Today
Brady Huggett, Nature Biotechnology
 
Tuesday, April 29
10:45am – 12:15pm
Emma Palmacci, Nerac
Wayne Seames, University of North Dakota
Robert Dunn, US Department of Agriculture
Zhenjun Sun, China Agricultural University
 
Harald Skogman, Annesko Consulting AB
Cherryleen Garcia-Lindgren, Processum Biorefinery Initiative
Bo Mattiasson, Lund University
Rajni Hatti-Kaul, Lund University
 
Hamdy Khalil, Woodbridge Foam Corporation
Hamdy Khalil, Woodbridge Foam Corporation
Mohini Sain, University of Toronto, Biotechnology Program
Doug Pickett, General Motors
 
Mahmoud Mahmoudian, Merck USA
Steven Projan, Wyeth Research
Robert Ryall, sanofi pasteur
Steve Farrand, Schering-Plough Corporation
 
Jack Huttner, Genencor® A Danisco Division
John Miranowski, Iowa State University
William Caesar, Mckinsey & Company
John Ferrell, US Department of Energy
Ron Cascone, Nexant, Inc.
 
Tuesday, April 29
2:30pm – 4:00pm
Sonti Ramakrishna, Praj Industries Limited
Hideaki Yukawa, RITE
Trevor Stuthridge, Scion
David Turner, Lignol Energy Corporation
 
Gord Surgeoner, Ontario Agri-Food Technologies
Roger Samson, REAP-Canada
John Baker, elorin (Eastern Lake Ontario Regional Innovation Network)
Frank Dohleman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
 
Thomas Schafer, Novozymes, A/S
Jim Millis, Draths Corporation
Paul Bloom, ADM
Stephen Del Cardayre, LS9
Andy Shafer, Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc.
 
Jochen Forster, Fluxome Sciences A/S
Hans-Peter Meyer , LONZA
Michael Katz, Fluxome Sciences A/S
Volkert Claassen, DSM White Biotechnology
Herbert Woolf, HDW Consulting
 
Pete Pellerito, Biotechnology Industry Organization
Matthew Carr, Biotechnology Industry Organization
Lloyd Ritter, Green Capitol
Keith Cole, General Motors
Pete Pellerito, Biotechnology Industry Organization
 
Wednesday, April 30
8:45am – 10:15am
Emmanuel Petiot, Novozymes, Inc.
Mark Stowers, Poet, LLC
Scott Kohl, ICM
Gerson Santos, Abengoa Bioenergy R&D
Steen Jorgensen, Novozymes
 
J.Y. ZHU, US Forest Service
Rajeev Kumar, Dartmouth College
J.Y. ZHU, US Forest Service
Steven Hutcheson, Zymetis
Ed Lehrburger, PureVision Technology, Inc
 
Volkert Claassen, DSM Innovation Center B.V.
Steffen Schaffer , Evonik Degussa, GmbH
Marcel Wubbolts, DSM, NV
Oliver Peoples, Metabolix, Inc
Joseph Kurian, DuPont Bio-based Materials
 
John Finley, Louisiana State University
James Kaput, FDA/NCTR
Mary Ann Lila, University of Illinois
Rickey Yada, University of Guelph
 
Randy Tavierne, Ernst & Young, LLP
Mike Bernier, Ernst & Young, LLP
Paul Naumoff
Joe Keeley, Arent Fox LLP
Michael Parr, DuPont Corporation
 
Wednesday, April 30
10:45am – 12:15pm
Tom Kalnes, UOP, LLC
Manfred Ringpfeil, BIOPRACT, GmbH
Robert Kramer, Purdue University
Tom Kalnes, UOP, LLC
May Wu, Argonne National Laboratory
 
Ron Kehrig, Ag-West Bio
Steve Fabijanski, Agrisoma Biosciences
David McElroy, Targeted Growth
Jack Grushcow, Linnaeus Plant Sciences
Jitao Zou, National Research Council Canada
 
Joseph P. Glas, BioEnergy International, LLC
Huimin Zhao, University of Illinois, Biotechnology Center
Carol Lin, The University of Manchester
Robert DiCosimo, DuPont Corporation
Philippe Soucaille, Metabolic Explorer S.A.
 
Mahmoud Mahmoudian, Merck USA
Hans-Peter Meyer , LONZA
Robert Holt, Nicholas Piramel
Dr. Norbert Windhab, Evonik Degussa, GmbH
 
Peter Nelson, BioDimensions
Geof Kime, Stemergy
Randy Powell, BioDimensions
Mike Karst, Entira
 
Wednesday, April 30
2:30pm – 4:00pm
Blaine Metting, Battelle Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Paul Roessler, Synthetic Genomics
John Benemann, International Network on Biofixation of CO2 and Greenhouse Gas Abatement with Microalgae
Lissa Morgenthaler-Jones, LiveFuels
Jonathan Wolfson, Solazyme
 
Thomas Todaro, Targeted Growth, Inc
Thomas Todaro, Targeted Growth, Inc.
Nhuan Nghiem, Eastern Regional Res. Ctr./ARS/USDA
Ashok Dhawan, CCS Haryana Agricultural University
 
Sharry Lynch, UOP, LLC
Young Je Yoo, Seoul National University
Hari Sunkara, DuPont Corporation
Yusuf Wazirzada, Cargill, Inc
Sharry Lynch, UOP, LLC
 
Gaby Suzuki, UNICAMP
Gaby Suzuki, UNICAMP
Lena Prieto, Universidad De La salle
 
Joel Adams, University of Western Ontario Research Park
George Mallay, Sarnia-Lambton Economic Partnership
Archie Kerr, LANXESS Inc.
Joel Adams, University of Western Ontario Research Park
 
Wednesday, April 30
4:30pm – 6:00pm
Xiao Zhang, Paprican
Tom Browne, Paprican
Adriaan Van Heiningen, University of Maine
Thomas Amidon, SUNY ESF
J.Y. ZHU, US Forest Service
 
Dennis Banasiak, Iowa State University
Stuart Birrell, Iowa State University
Robert Anex, Iowa State University
Jeffrey Frost, AgRefresh
 
Luuk Van der Wielen, B-Basic / TU Delft
Johann Gorgens, Stellenbosch University
Johan Van Groenestijn , TNO Quality of Life
Adrie Straathof, Delft University of Technology
Henk Noorman, DSM, NV
 
Richard Burlingame, Allylix
Olga Mameeva, Institute of Microbiology and Virology
Richard Burlingame, Allylix
Barbara Klein, Institute of Bioprocess Engineering
 
Alvin Young, Omni Tech International, LTD
Douglas Hawkins, Rohm & Haas Company
Margriet Drouillon, Ghent University
Alvin Young, Omni Tech International, LTD
Subbu Kumarappan, Michigan State University