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World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioprocessing 2009
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What will be the next great innovation within industrial biotech?
Find out at the World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioprocessing, to be held July 19-22 in Montreal. The event will focus on the latest developments in biofuels and sustainable industrial development, providing real world scenarios that can be applied in daily practice.
This meeting focuses on the latest and most relevant topics in the field of industrial biotechnology including:
- Advanced Biofuels
- Synthetic Biology
- Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
- Food Ingredients & Flavorings
- Fragrances & Cosmetics
- Biopolymers
- Renewable Chemical Platforms
- Fine Chemicals from Biomass
- Biomass Pretreatment
- Biotechnology for Climate Change
- Ethanol & Cellulosic Ethanol
- Biodiesel
- Microbial Fuel Cells
- Energy from Algae
- Use of Agricultural & Forestry Residues
- New Energy Crops
- Feedstock Collection
- Cell Wall Modification
- Enzyme Development
- Health & Personal Nutrition
- New Business Models
Plenary sessions include:
- How industrial biotech can thrive in the global economic crisis
- Sustainability issues in biofuels production
- Better living through biotech: Innovation in food and biobased materials
- International perspectives on industrial biotech business solutions
- The future of the biofuels value chain
Among the speakers:
- Arthur Caplan, Center for Bioethics, University of Pennsylvania Patrick Gruber, Gevo Inc.
- Volkert Claassen, DSM
- Bruce Dale, Michigan State University, Department of Chemical Engineering
- Patrick Gruber, Gevo Inc.
- Lars Hansen, Novozymes North America
- Carlos Riva, Verenium
During the conference, we will also announce the winner of the George Washington Carver award. George Washington Carver used agriculture and science to produce everyday products, changing the nature of farm economics and sustainability. Carver devoted his career to teaching sustainable farming, which for him included developing new uses of agricultural products that could boost farm profits. George Washington Carver used different processes and equipment to break peanuts and other plants into their component parts (fats, proteins, water, sugars, acids, and starches) then recombined them with other ingredients to make new products during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Last year's award winner was Patrick Gruber of Gevo Inc.
Please visit http://www.bio.org/worldcongress/ for more information.
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