ABLC 2026 Sponsors – ABLC 2026 – Advanced Bioeconomy Leadership Conference

Below is the ABLC 2026 sponsor list, which provides an overview of the sponsor roster.

Platinum Sponsor

Bioleum develops, produces, and licenses advanced refining technologies that turn biomass waste into high-value renewable fuels, unlocking energy abundance. Our patented, modular, and proprietary technology platform enables both owned-and- operated refineries and licensing to strategic partners, providing cost-effective decarbonization solutions for aviation, road transport, and industrial sectors.

Iowa leads the way in the commercial scale-up of sustainable chemicals necessary to champion development in energy, feedstock, textiles, manufacturing, and transportation goods. Iowa’s central location, robust transportation infrastructure, highly educated and productive workforce, abundant raw materials, and pro- business state government contribute to the state’s success in the biofuels and biorenewables industry. These strategic advantages, combined with Iowa’s renewable chemical production tax credit program, provide an environment that supports innovation and growth. To learn more about Iowa’s business climate and bioeconomy, visit iowaeda.com.

Gold Plus Sponsor

Ecostrat is a North American leader in assessing, developing, optimizing, and managing biomass supply chains. Since 2008, our Biomass Advisory Group has prepared over 250 Biomass Supply Assessments and Market Studies for leading project developers, power utilities, financial institutions, investment funds, engineering companies, US National Labs, governments, and First Nations across North America.

Your industrialization partner for implementing biobased processes. Sulzer Chemtech is a technology provider for various bio intermediates and products with commercial successes in Biofuels, Biopolymers, Biochemicals, Carbon Capture including a suite of licensed process technologies for the polymerization of monomers, Biogas/RNG and the pretreatment, hydrotreatment of renewable feedstock to produce Renewable Diesel and Sustainable Aviation Fuel.

SunGas is a global leader in advanced gasiﬁcation technology, enabling the production of clean advanced biofuels at scale. With 50 years of expertise in gasiﬁcation, our proven technology converts woody biomass and waste feedstocks into high-purity syngas, the foundation for renewable fuels including renewable methanol, natural gas, diesel, gasoline, chemicals, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), and hydrogen. SunGas parent company, C2X, is driving development of the Beaver Lake Biofuels project in central Louisiana, the first of multiple planned production facilities across North America. A.P. Moller Holdings, ENEOS and Maersk are key C2X investors, linking SunGas directly to the growing demand for sustainable marine fuels and other energy products.

Topsoe is a leading global provider of advanced technology and solutions for the energy transition. Built on decades of scientific research and innovation, we are working with customers and partners to drive energy resiliency and to achieve their sustainability goals. We offer world-leading solutions for transforming renewable resources into fuels and chemicals, and we provide technologies needed to produce low-carbon and conventional fuels and chemicals as well as ensuring clean air. We were founded in 1940 and are headquartered in Denmark, with over 2,800 employees serving customers all around the globe

Gold Sponsor

SynPet is a Belgian-based chemical plastics recycling company building a commercial plant in Antwerp. Our advanced technology uniquely recycles all carbon-containing waste, organic and petroleum-based, into valuable products without pretreatment. By integrating multiple techniques, we transform contaminated mixed plastics into quality intermediates for the petrochemical industry, which we call it Circular Naphtha Substitute. This circular economic model reduces landfill and incineration, minimizes environmental pollution, and reduces the need for new oil and gas extraction, contributing to a sustainable future.

Special Session Sponsor

Bracewell LLP is a leading international law and government relations firm with deep expertise in energy, infrastructure, finance, technology, healthcare, and real estate. Established in 1945, the firm delivers innovative legal solutions in complex transactions, litigation, and regulatory matters, serving major corporations, financial institutions, and global clients with strategic insight and collaboration.

The Propane Education & Research Council is a nonprofit that provides leading propane safety and training programs and invests in research and development of new propane-powered technologies and renewable fuels including renewable propane. PERC is operated and funded by the propane industry. PERC programs benefit a variety of sectors including transportation, agriculture, commercial landscaping, material handling, and residential and commercial building.

Silver Sponsors

Ariel Green provides Technology Performance Insurance for the clean energy industry, deploying capital through customized risk management solutions. Our team brings deep expertise and a collaborative approach to developing insurance products that enable clean energy projects to secure financing, get built, and operate successfully. Learn more at www.arielgreen.com.

ICF is a global consulting and technology services provider. Since 1969, government and commercial clients have worked with ICF to overcome their toughest challenges on issues that matter profoundly to their business. ICF combines technical expertise, policy development and market analysis to provide comprehensive services to lenders, developers, and renewable operators to enable their future success.

Linde is a leading global industrial gases and engineering company. We are committed to assisting our customers in decarbonizing their operations. Whether you are in the chemicals, refining, or energy sectors, our syngas production and processing technologies, combined with Linde GreenTM atmospheric gases and low-carbon hydrogen, can help you achieve your production and sustainability goals.

We create Bio Solutions to Better Our World by advancing innovators in the Sustainable Aviation Fuels, Advanced BioFuels and Chemicals, Renewable Natural Gas, Sustainable Hydrogen, Precision Fermentation and Advanced Proteins markets. A 30-year leader in bioprocessing, Merrick provides multi-disciplinary services from FEL through commissioning. We have served clients for over 70 years and maintain 29 offices across the U.S., Canada, Mexico and the UK.

Roebling is an AI-enabled industrial project planning platform aimed at enabling the rapid development of the industrial infrastructure required to power and manufacture cutting edge technologies across industries.

Verbio life chemicals offers bio-based innovations for specialty chemicals which are plant-based, innovatively refined, and technically potent: ideal for applications that place maximum demands in terms of functionality and sustainability. Our specialty chemicals find application in numerous technical processes, while our life science ingredients are specifically developed for industries such as food, animal nutrition, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics. Our high-performance 1-decene and 9-DAME molecules are obtained from certified, bio-based raw materials in an innovative biorefinery model. They meet high standards of purity, functionality, and sustainability and therefore offer a future-proof alternative to fossil-based raw materials. The portfolio is complemented by highly selective catalysts that make chemical reactions more efficient, secure, and environmentally friendly.

Silver Supporting Participant

USDA has many programs and resources available to assist the broad complement of stakeholders to respond to bioeconomy-related issues and opportunities, including financial and technical assistance, BioPreferred and voluntary labeling program, basic scientific research to aid in the development and commercialization of new technologies, outreach and education, and infrastructure programs. To create jobs in rural communities, drive economic growth, and help drive domestic energy production and energy security, USDA continues to aggressively pursue these types of investments. USDA is leading the way to an affordable, reliable, and resilient domestic energy supply for our country. Learn more at www.usda.gov/energy.

Corporate and Organizational Support Sponsors

The Advanced Biofuels Association (ABFA) is a national organization representing the new generation of advanced and renewable technologies that will help drive America’s new economy by creating jobs, reducing our dependence on foreign oil and fossil fuels while fueling a sustainable future for the world. The ABFA has quickly become a leading voice for America’s domestic biofuels industry since it was established in 2009. Based in Washington, D.C., the ABFA engages the federal government at all levels to secure a level playing field for its 40 member companies by encouraging public policies that are consistent, technology neutral, utilize sustainable feedstocks and offer subsidy parity.

Barclays Investment Bank offers advisory, financing, and risk management services to corporations, governments, and institutions globally. Its expertise spans mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt capital markets, and strategic risk solutions. The bank also provides comprehensive market insights and research across various sectors and economies.

Faegre Drinker is a law firm designed for clients. With more than 1,200 experienced attorneys, consultants and professionals in 21 locations, we have the strength to solve your most complex transactional, litigation and regulatory challenges wherever you need us. We partner with clients ranging from emerging startups to multinational corporations, delivering comprehensive and customized advice that advances your most ambitious business objectives.

Holland & Knight, a global law firm with nearly 2,000 professionals in 34 offices, offers extensive energy expertise. Our team advises on oil and gas, renewables, electricity, and emerging technologies, providing regulatory, transactional, and litigation support to help clients navigate energy transition, financing, and compliance in a rapidly evolving industry.

Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, wealth management and investment management services. With offices in 42 countries, the Firm’s employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments, institutions and individuals. For further information about Morgan Stanley, please visit www.morganstanley.com.

New Energy Risk (NER) enables project financing for breakthrough technologies by transferring technical risk from capital to insurance markets, reducing capital costs, and accelerating time to market. Applying proprietary models and processes, NER uses technology performance data from pilot- and demonstration-level facilities to analyze risk and provide risk mitigation that addresses technology performance and reliability, commercial factors, and credit issues. Working with global A-rated insurers, including AXA XL (S&P AA-), NER customizes insurance products designed to secure client financing or backstop product warranties, often for the very first facility. NER-supported projects span a wide range of sectors and geographies, with over $4 billion in deployed capital and a decade of experience

The most significant corporations, institutional investors, asset managers, private equity firms, and governments around the globe recognize RBC Capital Markets as an innovative, trusted partner with an in-depth expertise in capital markets, banking, and finance.

Syzygy Plasmonics is transforming chemical manufacturing with light-powered photocatalytic reactors that replace fossil-fuel heat, dramatically reducing energy use and emissions. Scalable and modular, its technology enables low-carbon production of sustainable aviation fuel and hydrogen. Syzygy’s first commercial biogas-to-SAF plant in Uruguay demonstrates RFNBO-compliant fuel with compelling economics. With our light-powered reactors, we aren’t just changing how chemicals are made, we are redefining what’s possible in the clean energy and green industrial transformation.

Womble Bond Dickinson is a transatlantic law firm advising clients in the energy, chemicals, and infrastructure sectors on complex international project development and finance, tax, regulatory, government relations, and intellectual property matters. The firm delivers integrated, business-focused legal solutions to support investment, innovation, and growth in highly regulated global markets.

XCF is one of the few publicly traded renewable fuels companies primarily focused on Sustainable Aviation Fuel (“SAF”) in the United States. Our New Rise Reno facility is currently in the ramp-up stage, and we are poised for significant growth in the effort to decarbonize global aviation. SAF can reduce lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions by up to 80% compared to conventional jet fuel and is the only scalable solution to decarbonize the aviation industry today. At XCF, we’re proud to be leading the shift toward a lower-carbon future for global air travel!

Zuber Lawler is one of the more selective law firms in the United States, focusing on M&A, finance, intellectual property, antitrust, data/privacy, FDA, anti-corruption, and other regulatory work, and litigation. Zuber Lawler represents Fortune companies and leading companies in emerging industries and technologies, as well as funds and government entities.

Lanyard Sponsor

Ecostrat is a North American leader in assessing, developing, optimizing, and managing biomass supply chains.Since 2008, our Biomass Advisory Group has prepared over 250 Biomass Supply Assessments and Market Studies for leading project developers, power utilities, financial institutions, investment funds, engineering companies, US National Labs, Governments and First Nations across North America.

Tote Bag Sponsor

Exhibitors

By supporting the development of biomanufacturing technologies, BioMADE and its network of 325+ members across 40 states are strengthening American competitiveness, creating a more resilient supply chain, reshoring manufacturing jobs, and producing biobased products without relying on foreign sources. BioMADE is also building a globally competitive STEM workforce to ensure American workers are prepared and ready to fill new jobs within this rapidly growing industry. The U.S. Department of Defense catalyzed BioMADE in October of 2020 and is a proud member of Manufacturing USA®. Learn more about BioMADE by visiting www.biomade.org.

BTG Bioliquids is a Netherlands-based clean energy company that delivers fast pyrolysis production plants converting sustainable biomass residues into Fast Pyrolysis Bio-Oil (FPBO) to replace fossil fuels and produce renewable chemicals, transport fuels, and industrial heat. They focus on scalable, low-carbon solutions for a greener energy future.

CORYS has been supplying training and engineering simulators for more than 55 years to the Process Industries in support of all types of oil, gas, & chemical projects and sites. We are also the world’s largest supplier of Transportation and Power simulation. We offer innovative and high-tech solutions (Dynamic Modelling, Extended Reality, Cloud, Artificial Intelligence).

Digest AI is the bioeconomy’s premier research intelligence platform. By combining 17 years of exclusive insights from 45,000+ Digest articles with advanced LLM technology, it provides unparalleled data on companies, feedstocks, and policies. From pricing to offtakers, Digest AI is the definitive tool for navigating the global bioeconomy.

Ecostrat is a North American leader in assessing, developing, optimizing, and managing biomass supply chains.Since 2008, our Biomass Advisory Group has prepared over 250 Biomass Supply Assessments and Market Studies for leading project developers, power utilities, financial institutions, investment funds, engineering companies, US National Labs, Governments and First Nations across North America.

The Biomass Feedstock National User Facility located at Idaho National Laboratory, features $15 million of upgraded equipment including expanded preprocessing capabilities coupled with intelligent automation; tools to advance our fundamental knowledge of feedstock variability and material handling; and capabilities to improve feedstock quality for sustainable aviation fuel and renewable chemicals.

Jenike & Johanson is the world’s leading company in powder and bulk solids handling, processing, and storage technology. Over the past 55 years, we’ve tested over 19,000 unique powders and bulk solids. We have a combined team experience close to 1,000 person-years in the field, and worked on more than 9,000 projects, giving our team the broadest real-world and in-depth experience in the industry to address a wide variety of bulk material handling and engineering needs.

RCM Thermal Kinetics At RCM Thermal Kinetics, we are revolutionizing the bioeconomy sector with cutting-edge, energy-efficient solutions that give our clients a competitive edge. Our patented technologies in distillation, dehydration, evaporation, and crystallization empower businesses in the renewable fuels and bio-based chemical industries to achieve greater sustainability, efficiency, and reliability. We take a client-first approach, delivering tailored solutions that optimize operations, reduce risk, and maximize value. From state-of-the-art equipment to comprehensive lab testing services, our expertise helps clients confidently scale their projects worldwide. RCM Thermal Kinetics—engineering solutions that power progress and sustainability in a rapidly evolving world.

The International Alternative Fuel Technology Center at Southwest Research Institute® (SwRI®) assists clients with developing and evaluating alternative fuels from source through production to real-world use. SwRI is a non-profit, independent research and development organization with 75 years of experience with fuels and engines. For more information, please visit https://iaft c.swri.org

SynPet is a Belgian based chemical plastics recycling company building a commercial plant in Antwerp. Our advanced technology uniquely recycles all carbon-containing waste, organic and petroleum-based, into valuable products without pretreatment. By integrating multiple techniques we transform contaminated mix plastics into quality intermediates for the petrochemical industry, we call it Circular Naphtha Substitute. This circular economic model reduces landfill and incineration, minimizes environmental pollution, and reduces need for new oil and gas extraction, contributing to a sustainable future.

Founded in 1940, Topsoe is a global leader in developing solutions for a decarbonized world. Our mission is to combat climate change by helping our partners and customers in the world’s most challenging sectors. From zero-carbon chemicals to renewable fuels, we are uniquely positioned to aid humanity in realizing a sustainable future.

The DOE Bioenergy Research Centers (BRCs) work to break down barriers to a domestic bioenergy industry. The four centers strive toward the common goal of accelerating improvements and scale up of advanced biofuel and bioproduct production processes. The BRCs seek to partner with industry to move their innovative science forward.