We’re pleased to announce that U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue will headline BIO IMPACT Digital, our first-ever digital conference for the agriculture and environment biotech industry taking place on September 21-22, 2020.
Secretary Perdue will join Brian Brazeau, Vice-chair of BIO’s Food and Agriculture Section Governing Board and President of Novozymes North America, for a fireside chat on USDA’s Leadership in Driving Innovation in Agriculture on September 22, 10 AM ET.
The session will highlight how biotech applications are supporting USDA’s Biotech Innovation Agenda—reducing the environmental footprint of farms and food production while driving sustainability and economic growth.
And it's one of several sessions that will showcase biotech’s role in building a more resilient economy, featuring speakers from Amyris, AquaBounty, Genomatica, Gingko Bioworks, Zymergen, and more. (The full program can be found here.)
Formerly the BIO World Congress, BIO IMPACT Digital will bring together the agriculture and environment biotech industry for two days of virtual educational sessions and partnering.
For more information and registration, visit www.bio.org/bioimpact.
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