Sara Wyant, Editor/Publisher at Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc. attended the 2015 BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology and wrote a great piece highlighting the conference: * * * Algae and leaf-based oils for food and fuel, meat without slaughter, and healthy sugar are all part of the not…

“What is possible, is far more than what people think.” - Wolfson On Monday at the BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology, Jonathan S. Wolfson, Chief Executive Officer of Solazyme, received BIO’s George Washington Carver Award. The Award was given during the Lunch Plenary Session titled…

On Monday, July 20, the GreenTech Investor Sessions took place at the at the BIO World Congress. Eleven companies made formal, 15-minute presentations on their technology development and business models to an audience of elite investors, analysts, and conference attendees. These companies were…

Tuesday's Breakfast Plenary Session at BIO World Congress was introduced by Rina Singh, Senior Director at BIO, who highlighted that BIO can help startups cut their cost of doing business through the BIO Business Solutions offered free to BIO members. This program offers discounted services such as…

Monday's General Plenary Session at BIO World Congress was sponsored by the National Research Council of Canada (NRC), the Government of Canada's premier research and technology organization. Working with clients and partners, it provides innovation support, strategic research, scientific and…

Renewable chemistry venture capital firm Sofinnova Partners and bioeconomy communications agency Sustainability Consult partnered on the Sofinnova Renewable Chemistry Start-Up Award, awarded to Glucan Biorenewables at the BIO World Congress on July 20. Following a public vote with almost 8,000…

Several small companies presented their business models and milestones in the New and Innovative Technological Advances breakout session during the opening day of BIO’s World Congress. Each of the companies started out seeking an alternative to petroleum as a raw material for plastics and other…

On Monday, July 20, 2015, BIO held a breakout session titled Biology, Catalysts, Electrocatalysis, Oh My: Status Check on “The Many Ways to Make Bioproducts” as part of the Renewable Chemicals Track. This session was moderated by Jim Lane, Editor & Publisher, Biofuels Digest. Panelists included…

Welcome to Montreal and to the 12th Annual BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology. The theme of this conference is linking chemistry, biotechnology and agriculture to create new value chains.  That is what BIO is all about – bringing thought leaders, researchers and venture capitalists…

Here at Biocatalysts, we encounter a large number of unique industries, each with their own unique clients, each of which has their own unique needs and drivers. Outside of the existing enzyme-dependent industries (like Food, or Flavour & Fragrance), one of the questions I hear pretty commonly…