THE ABLC 2025 Agenda will be announced on December 15th, 2024. Here below is the ABLC 2024 agenda, to give you an idea of the agenda structure.
Wednesday March 19th
12:00-5:00pm REGISTRATION OPEN
3:00pm The Global Feedstock & Agriculture Summit
Speakers TBA
4:45pm Global SAF Leadership Summit
Matt Doyle, CEO, Wagner Sustainable Fuels (invited)
Jimmy Samartzis, CEO, LanzaJet (invited)
Marc Delcourt, CEO, Global Bioenergies
Aether Fuels, speaker TBA (invited)
Mike McCurdy, Managing Director, Energy Advisory Services, ICF (invited)
Moderator: Chris Tindal, Queensland Biofutures Strategic Advisor
6:00pm STATE OF THE INDUSTRY presentation
And Networking: Self-introductions by all attendees
Thursday March 20th
7:00am REGISTRATION OPEN
7:30-8:00am COFFEE & PASTRIES
8:00am The Bioeconomy Policy Forum
Mike McAdams, president, Advanced Biofuels Association (invited)
Kimball Chen, chairman, BioLPG LLC and chairman, The Global LPG Partnership (invited)
Geoff Cooper, CEIO, renewable Fuels Association (invited)
Emily Skor, CEO, Growth Energy (invited)
Robin Vercruse, Executive Director, Low Carbon Fuels Coalition (invited)
Meaghan Seagrave, executive director, Bioindustrial Innovation Canada
Moderator: Jim Lane, Editor & Publisher, The Daily Digest
9:00am Net Zero Futures
Jordan Solomon, CEO, Ecostrat
Phil Garcia, Commercial Director, Cemvite (invited)
Mike Darcy, CEO, DG Fuels (invited)
Arun Arora, Chief Technology Officer, Chevron Lummus Global (invited)
Moderator: Tim Zenk, managing director, Earth Finance
10:30am Coffee Break & Industry Networking
11:00am THE WILLIAM C. HOLMBERG AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
Patrick Gruber, CEO, Gevo
11:20am ABLC KEYNOTES
David Winsness, President, Comstock Fuels (invited)
Moderator: Jim Lane, Editor & Publisher, The Daily Digest
11:55am The Finance & Investment Summit
George Schulz, Managing Director, Program Development, New Energy Risk (invited)
Ken Hill, Senior Consultant, US Department of Energy Loan Programs Office (invited)
Joseph Abramson, Executive Director, Public Finance & Investment Banking, Morgan Stanley(invited)
David Livingstone, Managing Director, Public Finance Department, Barclays Capital (invited)
Justin Goldstein, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Brightmark, LLC (invited)
Matt Lucas, Managing Partner, Tuatara Development Capital (invited)
Moderators: John Kirkwood, partner, Faegre Drinker and Mark Riedy, partner, Kilpatrick Townsend
12:55pm Lunch & Industry Networking
1:55pm The The Global Bioeconomy Innovation Summit
Enerkem, speaker TBA (invited)
Jenike & Johansen, speaker TBA (invited)
Moderator: Steve Slome, Director, Nexant ECA
2:55pm TRACK A Advanced Agriculture, Supply Chain and Locations Summit
Speakers TBA
Moderator: Joel Stone, President, ConVergince (LEC)
2:55pm TRACK B Hot Technologies Summit
Speakers TBA
Moderator: Steve Slome, Director, Nexant ECA
2:55pm TRACK C Emerging Technologies from Advanced R&D, presented by the US Department of Energy Bioenergy Technologies Office
Speakers TBA
Moderator: Pete Rocha, LEC Partners
3:50pm Coffee Break & Industry Networking
4:20pm TRACK A Hot Technologies Summit
Licella, speaker TBA
Fibenol, speaker TBA
Whitefox, speaker TBA
Moderator: Rebecca Coons, Chemical Week
4:20pm TRACK B The Race for Scale
Ariel Green, speaker TBA
ABB, speaker TBA
ARA, speaker TBA
Moderator: Sarah McKay, Director of Market Development, National Corn Growers Association
4:20pm TRACK C The SAF Grand Challenge, presented by the US Department of Energy Bioenergy Technologies Office
Speakers TBA
Moderator: David Dodds, President, Dodds & Associates
5:20pm TRACK A The Hot Technologies SUmmit
Licella, speaker TBA
Fibenol, speaker TBA
Whitefox, speaker TBA
Moderator: TBA
5:20pm TRACK B Renewable Chemicals & Materials Summit
Speakers TBA
Moderator: Rebecca Coons, Chemical Week
5:20pm TRACK C Listening Session on Tehcnologies & the Bioeconomy, presented by the US Department of Energy Bioenergy Technologies Office
Speakers TBA
Moderator: TBA
6:20pm 50 Hottest Companies in the Bioeconomy Announce and The Hot Party
Friday March 21st
7:00am REGISTRATION OPEN
7:30-8:00am COFFEE & PASTRIES
8:00am Sustainable Futures Summit
ResourceWise, speaker TBA (invited)
Jennifer Holmgren, CEO, LAnzaTech (invited)
SHV Energy, speaker TBA (invited)
Moderator: James Iademarco, President, Strategic Avalanche
9:15am Industry Horizons Summit
Eric McAfee, CEO, Aemetis Invited)
Lotte Rosenberg, CEO, CRI (invited)
Speaker TBA
Moderator: Steve Weiss, President, Grey Heron Consulting
10:30am Coffee Break & Industry Networking
11:00am ABLC Keynotes
Speaker TBA
Moderator: Jim Lane, Editor & Publisher, The Daily Digest
11:45am ABLC Emerging Technologies Showcase
Speakers TBA
Moderator: Jason White, CEO, LEC Partners
12:45pm Lunch & Industry Networking
1:45pm Global Bioeconomy Focus Summit
Pavel Molchanov, SVP, Raymond James
Paul Bryan, industry consultant, BioCurious (invited)
Speakers TBA
Moderator: Henna Poikolainen, Senior Principal, Head of Biorefining, AFRY
3:00pm Coffee Break & Industry Networking
3:30pm The ABLC Secret Speaker
3:45pm ABLC Due Diligence Wolfpack
The Wolfpack:
Paul Bryan, industry consultant, BioCurious
David Dodds, President, Dodds & Associates
Henna Poikolainen, Senior Principal, Head of Biorefining, AFRY
Michele Rubino, CBO, Primrose Bio
James Iademarco, President, Strategic Avalanche
Steve Slome, Director, Nexant ECA
Steve Weiss, President, Grey Heron Consulting
Sam Nejame, Principal, Promotum
Joel Stone, President, ConVergince (LEC)
Moderator: Jim Lane, Editor & Publisher, The Daily Digest
5:00pm ABLC Closing Remarks