THE ABLC 2025 Speakers will be announced on December 15th, 2024. Here below is the ABLC 2024 speaker list, to give you an idea of the agenda structure.
Alex Menotti, Vice President, Government Affairs, Policy and Sustainability, LanzaJet
Alex Michine, CEO, MetGen
Andrew Miller, Vice President of Projects, Infinium
Arun Arora, Chief Technology Officer, Chevron Lummus Global
Betsy Dirksen Londrigan, Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative Service, US Department of Agriculture
Brentan Alexander, CIO, Synonym
Brian Foody, CEO, Iogen
Britt Boughey, CEO, OMC Thermochemistry
Chris Chaput, President & CFO, DG Fuels
Chris Tindal, Queensland Biofutures Strategic Advisor
Christian Librera, SVP, UPM
Christiane Hennig, Co-Task Leader IEA Bioenergy Technology Collaboration Program (TCP) Task 40, DBFZ German Biomass Research Centre
Christopher Efird, CEO, NEXT Renewables
Claus Nussgruber, CEO, Utility Global
Conor Madigan, CEO, Aether Fuels
Cynthia Thyfault, CEO, Quanta Vision
Dale Smith, Regional Director, Enterprise Environmental Sustainability, Boeing
Daniel De La Torre Ugarte, Senior Research Fellow, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Dave Austgen, CEO, Bioveritas
Dave Kettner, CEO, Virent
David Dodds, President, Dodds & Associates
David Livingstone, Managing Director, Public Finance Department, Barclays Capital
David Rubenstein, CEO, California Ethanol + Power
David Schwalje, Emerging Market Development, Axens
David Winsness, President, Comstock Fuels
Douglas Faulkner, President, Leatherstocking LLC
Elvis Ebikade, Senion Sustainable Fuels Consultant, Southwest Airlines
Emily Marthaler, Trade Advisor for Biofuels, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Eric McAfee, CEO, Aemetis
Erwan Chauvel, Chief Commercial Officer, Futuria Fuels
Flemming Kanstrup, Senior Business Development Manager, Topsoe
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George Schulz, Managing Director, Program Development, New Energy Risk
Gerard Ostheimer, Manager, Biofuture Campaign
Gillian Harrison, President, Whitefox Technologies
Graham Noyes, Managing Attorney, Noyes Law Firm
Gregory Jaffe, Senior Adviser, Regulatory Affairs, USDA
Harrison Pettit, Chief Development Officer, Pacific Ag
Helen Atkinson, Business Development Manager, Bechtel Energy
Henna Poikolainen, Senior Principal, Head of Biorefining, AFRY
Jack Starr, Chief Manufacturing Officer, BioMADE
James Iademarco, President, Strategic Avalanche
Jan-Willem Könemann, Energy Transition in Industry, TNO
Jason White, CEO, LEC Partners
Jayant Khambekar, Senior Consultant, Jenike & Johanson
Jeff Marootian, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, US Department of Energy
Jeff Passmore, CEO, The Passmore Group
Jennifer Aurandt-Pilgrim, VP of R&D, Marquis Inc.
Jim Lane, Editor & Publisher, The Daily Digest
Jim Spaeth, Program Manager – System Development & Integration, DOE Bioenergy Technologies Office; Chair – Clean Energy Ministerial Biofuture Platform Initiative
Jimmy Samartzis, CEO, LanzaJet
Joel Stone, President, ConVergince (LEC)
John Hannon, COO, Vertimass
John Kirkwood, partner, Faegre Drinker
John Oyen, Business Development – Energy Industries, ABB
John Torres, Director, Federal Government Relations—Agriculture & Environment, Biotechnology Innovation Organization
Jordan Solomon, CEO, EcoStrat
Joseph Abramson, Vice President, Public Finance & Investment Banking, Morgan Stanley
Justin Dirico, Partner, OTC Direct
Justin Goldstein, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Brightmark, LLC
Keith Kline, Distinguished Scientist – Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Ken Hill, Senior Consultant, US Department of Energy Loan Programs Office
Ken Rubin, President, Gross-Wen Technologies
Kevin Welsh, Vice President of Environment and Chief Sustainability Officer., Airlines for America
Kimball Chen, chairman, BioLPG LLC and chairman, The Global LPG Partnership
Kristi D. Snell, Chief Science Officer and VP of Research, Yield10
Lindsay Fitzgerald, VP, Government Relations, Gevo
Manning Feraci, Principal, Playmaker Strategies
Marcella Franchi, Senior Vice President, North America, Haffner Energy
Mark Elless, Technology, Bioenergy Technologies Office, US Department of Energy
Mark Riedy, partner, Kilpatrick Townsend
Mark Warner, CEO, Liberation Labs
Mathias Boje Madsen, Business Development Manager, Topsoe
Matt Doyle, CEO, Wagner Sustainable Fuels
Matt Langholtz, Natural Resource Economist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Matt Lucas, Managing Partner, Tuatara Development Capital
Matthew Slotwinski, Sarnia Lambton Economic Partnership
Michael Darcy, chairman, DG Fuels
Michele Rubino, CBO, Primrose Bio
Michelle Demers, CEO, Boundless Impact
Mike McAdams, president, Advanced Biofuels Association
Mike McCurdy, Managing Director, Energy Advisory Services, ICF
Mitchell E. Loescher, Technical Sales Manager, Exxon Mobil Catalysts & Licensing
Nima Simon, Grid Fuels and Power Manager, ICF
Omar Hamid, Low Carbon Fuels Group Manager, Worley
Pat Gruber, CEO, Gevo
Pavel Molchanov, SVP, Raymond James
Pedro J. Ortiz-Toral, Program Director, Bioenergy, GTI Energy
Pete Christensen, president, Loamist
Pete Rocha, LEC Partners
Phil Garcia, Commercial Director, Cemvita
Rashi Akki, CEO, AgGrid Energy
Rebecca Coons, Chemical Week
Rebecca Groen, CEO, Futuria Fuels
Rob Conrado, CTO, LanzaTech
Robert Buckley-Mellor, Senior Director, Business Development, Worley
Robert Graham, CEO, Ensyn
Robin Vercruse, Executive Director, Low Carbon Fuels Coalition
Roger Wyse, co-CEO, Spruce Capital
Roman Grosman, National Business Development Director, Linde
Sam Nejame, Principal, Promotum
Sarah Boisvert, Managing Consultant, NexantECA
Sarah Glaven, Principal Assistant Director, Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Sarah McKay, Director of Market Development, National Corn Growers Association
Scott Treadwell, President, SixRing
Sophia Haywood, Head of Advocacy and Communications, Dimeta
Steve Cardona, CEO, Nzyme2HC
Steve Csonka, executive director, CAAFI
Steve Slome, Director, Nexant ECA
Steve Weiss, President, Grey Heron Consulting
Syed Ali, Senior Offering Manager, Renewable Fuels, Honeywell UOP
Terry Mazanec, EVP, LEC Partners
Thomas J. Vilsack, United States Secretary of Agriculture
Tim Zenk, managing director, Earth Finance
Tom Foster, President, US Operations, Worley
Tracy Sadowski, Stella Stretegic Consultants
Valerie Sarisky-Reed, Director, Bioenergy Technologies Office, United States Department of Energy
Valerie Sarisky-Reed, Director, Bioenergy Technologies Office, United States Department of Energy
Wendy Owens, CEO, Hexas Biomass
William Hohenstein, Director, Climate Change Program Office, United States Department of Agriculture