BIO Announces Educational Sessions for 2017 BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology
The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) today announced education program session titles and speakers for the 2017 BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology. The education program features seven diverse content tracks with speakers from around the world over three days of the conference. The world’s largest industrial biotechnology and partnering event will be held July 23-26, 2017 at the Palais des congrès de Montréal in Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Brent Erickson, executive vice president of BIO’s Industrial & Environmental Section, stated, “BIO’s 2017 World Congress will feature the most diverse group of speakers and presenters in the conference’s history, with scientists and executives from start-up companies, investors from the finance sector, consumer product manufacturers and government officials from across Canada, Europe, the United States and Asia. The education program and partnering system provide a unique forum for conference attendees to share the latest advances in renewable chemicals, synthetic biology, enzymes, food ingredients, fragrances, flavors, cosmetics, biofuels and biorefineries, agricultural crops and biobased materials.”
Sessions featuring Renewable Chemicals and Biobased Materials include:
A Revolution in Biobased Products and PackagingWed. July 26, 11:45 am
Victor Oh – Lux Research
Thijs Rodenburg – Rodenburg Biopolymers
Gustavo Sergi – Braskem
Puneet Trehan – IKEA
Bob Walsh – Intrexon
Renewable Chemicals and Thermoplastics for Performance Materials Mon. July 24, 10:30 AM
Mateus Lopes – Braskem
Stefano Facco – Novamont SpA
Natalie Bittner – Covestro
Allen Barbieri – Biosynthetic Technologies
Marcel Lubben – Reverdia
Scaling Novel and Innovative Processes for Commercialization Mon. July 24, 1:45 PM
Derek Griffin – LanzaTech
Cecil Massie – Amec Foster Wheeler
Todd Pray – Advanced Biofuels Process Demonstration Unit, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Aristos Aristidou – Cargill
Bryan Yeh – Intrexon
Meeting Brand Owner and Retailer Demand for Green Chemicals, Materials, and Products Wed. July 26, 10:30 AM
Martin Wolf – Seventh Generation
Karen Graziano – Acme-Hardesty
Kaj Johnson – Method
Jack Linard – Unilever
Joel Stone – ConVergInce Advisers LLC
Industrial Synergies and the Circular Economy
Wed. July 26, 10:30 AM
Timothy Cesarek Enerkem Inc.
Daniel Normandin Institute for the Environment, Sustainable Development and Circular Economy
Peter Nieuwenhuizen AkzoNobel
Ryan O'Gara SKB Environmental – a Waste Connections Company
Marie-Hélène Labrie Ecotech Quebec and Enerkem
All programs at the 2017 BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology are open to members of the media. Complimentary media registration is available to editors and reporters working full time for print, broadcast or web publications with valid press credentials.
For more information on the conference please visit https://www.bio.org/events/bio-world-congress. For assistance, please contact worldcongress@bio.org.
