Wednesday March 13th
12:00-5:00pm REGISTRATION OPEN
1:30pm The Presidential Forum on Advancing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation:
Sarah Glaven, Principal Assistant Director, Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Valerie Sarisky-Reed, Director, Bioenergy Technologies Office, United States Department of Energy
Betsy Dirksen Londrigan, Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative Service, US Department of Agriculture
Jack Starr, Chief Manufacturing Officer, BioMADE
Moderator: Jim Lane, Editor & Publisher, The Daily Digest
2:45pm The Bold Goals Action Group Summit
Chris Tindal, Queensland Biofutures Strategic Advisor
Jeff Passmore, CEO, The Passmore Group
Gerard Ostheimer, BioFuture Campaign
Moderator: Jim Lane, Editor & Publisher, The Daily Digest
3:45pm Sustainable Aviation Fuel Policy Together Special Session – Presented by Boeing
Moderator: Dale Smith, Regional Director, Enterprise Environmental Sustainability, Boeing
Valerie Sarisky-Reed, Director, Bioenergy Technologies Office, United States Department of Energy
William Hohenstein, Director, Climate Change Program Office, United States Department of Agriculture
Sean Newsum, Managing Director, Environmental Affairs, Airlines for America
Steve Csonka, Executive Director, CAAFI
Mike McCurdy, Managing Director, Energy Advisory Services, ICF
4:45pm Global SAF Leadership Summit
Matt Doyle, CEO, Wagner Sustainable Fuels
Jimmy Samartzis, CEO, LanzaJet
Robert Graham, CEO, Ensyn
Arun Arora, Chief Technology Officer, Chevron Lummus Global
Elvis Ebikade, Senion Sustainable Fuels Consultant, Southwest Airlines
Graham Noyes, Managing Attorney, Noyes Law Firm
Moderator: Chris Tindal, Queensland Biofutures Strategic Advisor
6:00pm STATE OF THE INDUSTRY presentation
And Networking: Self-introductions by all attendees
Thursday March 14th
7:00am REGISTRATION OPEN
7:30-8:00am COFFEE & PASTRIES
8:00am The Bioeconomy Policy Forum
Mike McAdams, president, Advanced Biofuels Association
Kimball Chen, chairman, BioLPG LLC and chairman, The Global LPG Partnership
Lindsay Fitzgerald, VP, Government Relations, Gevo
Alex Menotti, Vice President, Government Affairs, Policy and Sustainability, LanzaJet
Sophia Haywood, Head of Advocacy and Communications, Dimeta
Robin Vercruse, Executive Director, Low Carbon Fuels Coalition
Moderator: Jim Lane, Editor & Publisher, The Daily Digest
9:00am Net Zero Futures
Michael Darcy, chairman, DG Fuels
Pat Gruber, CEO, Gevo
Flemming Kanstrup, Senior Business Development Manager, Topsoe
Robert Buckley-Mellor, Senior Director, Business Development, Worley
Brian Foody, CEO, Iogen
Rebecca Groen, CEO, Futuria Fuels
Moderator: Tim Zenk, managing director, Earth Finance
10:30am Coffee Break & Industry Networking
11:00am THE WILLIAM C. HOLMBERG AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
The Honorable Thomas J. Vilsack, United States Secretary of Agriculture
11:20am ABLC KEYNOTES
David Winsness, President, Comstock Fuels
Christopher Efird, CEO, NEXT Renewables
Jayant Khambekar, Senior Consultant, Jenike & Johanson
Moderator: Jim Lane, Editor & Publisher, The Daily Digest
12:05am The Finance & Investment Summit
George Schulz, Managing Director, Program Development, New Energy Risk
Ken Hill, Senior Consultant, US Department of Energy Loan Programs Office
Joseph Abramson, Executive Director, Public Finance & Investment Banking, Morgan Stanley
David Livingstone, Managing Director, Public Finance Department, Barclays Capital
Justin Goldstein, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Brightmark, LLC
Matt Lucas, Managing Partner, Tuatara Development Capital
Moderators: John Kirkwood, partner, Faegre Drinker and Mark Riedy, partner, Kilpatrick Townsend
1:05pm Lunch & Industry Networking
2:05pm TRACK A Renewable Diesel & DME Summit
Erwan Chauvel, Chief Commercial Officer, Futuria Fuels
Jan-Willem Könemann, Energy Transition in Industry, TNO
Moderator: Steve Slome, Director, Nexant ECA
2:05pm TRACK B Gas & RNG Technologies Summit
Roman Grosman, National Business Development Director, Linde
Rashi Akki, CEO, AgGrid Energy
Harrison Pettit, Chief Development Officer, Pacific Ag
Moderator: Tracy Sadowski, Stella Stretegic Consultants
2:05pm TRACK C Hot Technologies Summit
Gillian Harrison, President, Whitefox Technologies
Omar Hamid, Low Carbon Fuels Group Manager, Worley
Andrew Miller, Vice President of Projects, Infinium
Britt Boughey, CEO, OMC Thermochemistry
Moderator: Jim Kendrick, Associate Producer, Nuu Media
3:05pm TRACK A Advanced Agriculture, Supply Chain and Locations Summit
Matthew Slotwinski, Sarnia Lambton Economic Partnership
Gregory Jaffe, Senior Adviser, Regulatory Affairs, USDA
Pete Christensen, president, Loamist
Moderator: Joel Stone, President, ConVergince (LEC)
3:05pm TRACK B Hot Technologies Summit
Conor Madigan, CEO, Aether Fuels
John Oyen, Business Development – Energy Industries, ABB
Mark Warner, CEO, Liberation Labs
Moderator: Steve Slome, Director, Nexant ECA
3:05pm TRACK C Hydrogen Summit
Claus Nussgruber, CEO, Utility Global
Terry Mazanec, EVP, LEC Partners
Nima Simon, Grid Fuels and Power Manager, ICF
Moderator: Pete Rocha, LEC Partners
3:50pm Coffee Break & Industry Networking
4:20pm TRACK A The Release of the 2023 Billion-Ton Report and Industry Perspectives, presented by the US Department of Energy Bioenergy Technologies Office
Matt Langholtz, Natural Resource Economist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Jennifer Aurandt-Pilgrim, VP of R&D, Marquis Inc.
Wendy Owens, CEO, Hexas Biomass
Kristi D. Snell, Chief Science Officer and VP of Research, Yield10
Moderator: Mark Elless, Technology Manager, Bioenergy Technologies Office, US Department of Energy
4:20pm TRACK B Renewable Materials and Biobased Chemicals National Incentive Effort
Manning Feraci, Principal, Playmaker Strategies
John Torres, Director, Federal Government Relations—Agriculture & Environment, Biotechnology Innovation Organization
Ken Rubin, President, Gross-Wen Technologies
Moderator: Sarah McKay, Director of Market Development, National Corn Growers Association
4:20pm TRACK C Hot Technologies Summit
Marcella Franchi, Senior Vice President, North America, Haffner Energy
Steve Cardona, CEO, Nzyme2HC
Chris Chaput, President & CFO, DG Fuels
John Hannon, COO, Vertimass
Moderator: David Dodds, President, Dodds & Associates
5:20pm TRACK A International Partnership and Trends, presented by the US Department of Energy Bioenergy Technologies Office
Emily Marthaler, Trade Advisor for Biofuels, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Christiane Hennig, Co-Task Leader IEA Bioenergy Technology Collaboration Program (TCP) Task 40, DBFZ German Biomass Research Centre
Keith Kline, Distinguished Scientist – Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Daniel De La Torre Ugarte, Senior Research Fellow, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Gerard Ostheimer, Manager, Biofuture Campaign
Moderator: Jim Spaeth, Program Manager – System Development & Integration, DOE Bioenergy Technologies Office; Chair – Clean Energy Ministerial Biofuture Platform Initiative
5:20pm TRACK B New Technologies Summit
Scott Treadwell, President, SixRing
David Rubenstein, CEO, California Ethanol + Power
Helen Atkinson, Business Development Manager, Bechtel Energy
Moderator: Rebecca Coons, Chemical Week
5:20pm TRACK C New Structures Summit
Justin Dirico, Partner, OTC Direct
Brentan Alexander, CIO. Synonym
Michelle Demers, CEO, Boundless Impact
Roger Wyse, co-CEO, Spruce Capital
Cynthia Thyfault, CEO, Quanta Vision
Moderator: Douglas Faulkner, President, Leatherstocking LLC
6:20pm 50 Hottest Companies in the Bioeconomy Announce and The Hot Party
Friday March 15th
7:00am REGISTRATION OPEN
7:30-8:00am COFFEE & PASTRIES
8:00am Sustainable Futures Summit
Dave Kettner, CEO, Virent
Jordan Solomon, CEO, EcoStrat
Syed Ali, Senior Offering Manager, Renewable Fuels, Honeywell UOP
Rob Conrado, CTO, LanzaTech
Moderator: James Iademarco, President, Strategic Avalanche
9:15am Industry Horizons Summit
Eric McAfee, CEO, Aemetis
Phil Garcia, Commercial Director, Cemvita
Tom Foster, President, US Operations, Worley
Bart van Limpt, Director, Business Development, Avantium
Moderator: Steve Weiss, President, Grey Heron Consulting
10:30am Coffee Break & Industry Networking
11:00am ABLC Keynotes
Jeff Marootian, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, US Department of Energy
Moderator: Jim Lane, Editor & Publisher, The Daily Digest
11:45am ABLC Hot Perspectives Summit
Pavel Molchanov, SVP, Raymond James
David Schwalje, Emerging Market Development, Axens
Mathias Boje Madsen, Business Development Manager, Topsoe
Moderator: Jason White, CEO, LEC Partners
12:45pm Lunch & Industry Networking
1:45pm Global Bioeconomy Innovation Summit
Christian Librera, SVP, UPM
Dave Austgen, CEO, Bioveritas
Pedro J. Ortiz-Toral, Program Director, Bioenergy, GTI Energy
Alex Michine, CEO, MetGen
Sarah Boisvert, Managing Consultant, NexantECA
Moderator: Henna Poikolainen, Senior Principal, Head of Biorefining, AFRY
3:00pm Coffee Break & Industry Networking
3:30pm The ABLC Secret Speaker
3:40pm ABLC Due Diligence Wolfpack
The Wolfpack:
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
5:15pm ABLC Closing Remarks