Monday, April 28
Opening Lunch - Industrial Biotech: Outlook for 2008
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Rod Blagojevich, Governor, State of Illinois-Invited |
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Jacques Beaudry-Losique, Program Manager, U.S. DOE Office of Biomass Program - biography |
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Brent Erickson, Executive Vice President, Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) - biography |
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Roger Wyse, Managing Director and General Partner, Burrill & Company - biography |
General Session - Industrial Biotech: Growing the Global Economy
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David Berry, Principal, Flagship Ventures - biography |
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David Morris, Vice President, Institute for Local Self-Reliance - biography |
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Weiming Jiang, President, DSM China - biography |
Tuesday, April 29
Breakfast - A Taste of the Future: Innovation in Foods and Flavorings
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Tjerk de Ruiter, Chief Executive Officer, Genencor - biography |
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Pradip Mukerji, Group Manager, Strategic Expansion, Abbott Laboratories - biography |
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Kent Snyder, President and Chief Executive Officer, Senomyx, Inc. - biography |
Lunch - A View from The Top: CEO Perspectives on the Evolution of the Industrial Biotech Value Chain
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Jeff Broin, CEO, POET - biography |
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Richard Hamilton, President and Chief Executive Officer, Ceres, Inc. - biography |
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Steen Riisgaard, President and CEO, Novozymes A/S - biography |
Wednesday, April 30
Breakfast - Industrial Biotechnology - Sustainable Climate Change Solutions
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Mauro Gregorio, Director New Business and Hydrocarbons Alternative Sources, Dow Chemical Company - biography |
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Steven Koonin, Chief Scientist, BP - biography |
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Michael J. Walsh, Executive Vice President of Chicago Climate Exchange - biography |
Lunch - Synthetic Genomics - Solutions and Challenges
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Robert M. Friedman, Vice President for Public Policy, J. Craig Venter Institute - biography |
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James Newcomb, Managing Director, Research, Bio Economic Research Associates - biography |
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Jack D. Newman, Senior Vice President, Research and Co-founder, Amyris - biography |