Wednesday March 19th
12:00-5:00pm REGISTRATION OPEN
2:45pm The Global Feedstock & Agriculture Summit
Rachel Burton, Senior Consultant, ProcessWerx
Gregory Jaffe, Former USDA Senior Advisor & Bioeconomy Lead, Jaffe Policy Consulting
Alexander Koukoulas, Director, AFRY
Lynn Wendt, Director, Biomass Feedstock National User Facility, Idaho National Laboratory
Moderator: Jeffrey A. Lacey, Senior Staff Scientist, Idaho National Laboratory
4:00pm ABLC Global Leadership Summit: African Bioeconomy Special Session
Chibamba Kinyama, H.E Ambassador to the USA, Extraordinary and Plenipoteniary, Republic of Zambia
Dymphna van der Lans, CEO, Clean Cooking Alliance
Abdel Agadazi, Director for Strategy and Financing, KOKO Networks
Linda Schmid, Manager Ethanol Policy, U.S. Grains Council
Artur Yabe Milanez, BNDES
Megersa Abera Abate, Senior Transport Economist, The World Bank
Alex Clayton, Chief Businees Development Officer, Gevo
Moderator: Gerard Ostheimer, CEO, Molecule Group
5:00pm Global SAF Leadership Summit
Patrick Gruber, CEO, Gevo
Jimmy Samartzis, CEO, LanzaJet
Marc Delcourt, CEO, Global Bioenergies
Conor Madigan, CEO, Aether Fuels
Mike McCurdy, VP, Energy Advisory Services, ICF
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
Doug Durante, Executive Director, Clean Fuels Development Coalition
Robin Vercruse, Executive Director, Low Carbon Fuels Coalition
Meaghan Seagrave, Executive Director, Bioindustrial Innovation Canada
Rina Singh, Executive VP, Alternative Fuels & Chemicals Coalition
Moderator: Jim Lane, Editor & Publisher, The Daily Digest
9:00am Net Zero Futures
Jordan Solomon, CEO, Ecostrat
Ben Hubbard, CEO, Nexus Holdings
Mike Darcy, CEO, DG Fuels
Christopher Efird, CEO, NXT Clean Fuels
Mark Niederschulte, CEO, Jupeng Bio
David Sudolsky, CEO, Anellotech
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
Presenters: Jim Lane, Editor & Publisher, The Daily Digest and previous Holmberg Award recipients
11:20am ABLC KEYNOTES
Chad Michael Black, Director of Business Development, Comstock Fuels
Valerie Sarisky-Reed, Director, US DOE Bioenergy Technologies Office
Moderator: Jim Lane, Editor & Publisher, The Daily Digest
11:55am The Finance & Investment Summit
George Schulz, Managing Director, Program Development, New Energy Risk
James Reid, Vice President, Morgan Stanley & Co.
David Livingstone, Managing Director, Public Finance Department, Barclays Capital
Mark Glotfelty, Managing Director, RBC Markets LLC
Kenneth Hill, Managing Director, BioCarbon Strategies
Aaron Ratner, Investor, Kingston Capital
Moderator: Mark Riedy, Partner, Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton
Moderator: John Kirkwood, Partner, Faegre Drinker
12:55pm Lunch & Industry Networking
1:55pm The Global Bioeconomy Innovation Summit
Jayant Khambekar, Senior Consultant, Jenike & Johanson
Michelle Ruiz, CEO, Hyfé Foods
Wendy Owens, CEO, Hexas Biomass
Hardik Shah, Licensing Manager, Topsoe
Moderator: Steve Slome, Director, NexantECA
3:00pm Coffee Break & Industry Networking
3:30pm TRACK A Hot Technologies Summit
Arthur Pastore, Process Engineer, Linde
Perry Toms, Sr. Consultant, Business Development, CRI
Zia Abdullah, Biomass Laboratory Program Manager, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Alejandro Maurer, Business Development Manager, Axens Americas
Moderator: Brandon Banks, Director of Advisory Services, NexusPMG
3:30pm TRACK B Advanced Agriculture, Supply Chain and Locations Summit
Bruno Basso, University Distinguished Professor, Michigan State University
Andrew Lentz, Director of Federal Affairs Agriculture Policy, Environmental Defense Fund
Gregory Jaffe, Former USDA Senior Advisor & Bioeconomy Lead, Jaffe Policy Consulting
Gary Grimes, Director, Business Development Sustainability, World Energy Management Services
Moderator: Joel Stone, President, Climate Systems Solutions, ConVergInce Advisers
3:30pm TRACK C Biofuel Demand in the Maritime Industry
Margaret Doyle, Director, TSEA GREEN – Transparensea Fuels
Heather Wood, VP Sustainability, CMA-CGM
Jeff Wasil, Director of Environment, Health and Safety Compliance, NMMA
Moderator: Mike Kass, Researcher, Fuel Science and Engine Technologies Research Group, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
4:30pm TRACK A Refinery Integration: Next steps on unlocking bioeconomy with greater refinery integration
Aalo Gupta, Fellow, Energy Research & Innovation, Phillips 66 Research Center
Bob Anderson, Principal, Fuels, Chevron Global Downstream, LLC
Veronica Robertson, Energy Products Technology Portfolio Manager, Product Solutions Portfolio, ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company
John Shabaker, Advisor – Low Carbon Refining & Catalytic Processes, BP Applied Sciences
Zia Abdullah, Biomass Laboratory Program Manager, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Moderator: Anthe George, Senior Manager, Applied Biosciences and Engineering Group, Sandia National Laboratories
4:30pm TRACK B The Race for Scale
John F Oyen, Manager-Business Development, Energy Industries, ABB
Cameron Hibbert, Director of Licensing North America, Johnson Matthey
Trey Fielder, VP Americas, NexantECA
Moderator: Jim Lane, Editor & Publisher, The Daily Digest
4:30pm TRACK C Hot Technologies Summit
Lauren Junker, Innovation Scout and Partnership Manager, BASF
John Hannon, CTO, Vertimass
Gerhard Muggen, CEO, BTG Bioliquids
Moderator: Anthony Cicamore, Manager, Business Development, KBR
5:30pm TRACK A The Hot Technologies Summit
Kapil Shyam Lokare, Managing Director, Terra Mater BV
David Rubenstein, CEO, California Ethanol + Power
Brandon Banks, Director of Advisory Services, Nexus PMG
Moderator: David Dodds, Principal, Dodds & Associates
5:30pm TRACK B The Corn to Chemicals Summit, presented with the National Corn Growers Association
Kaytlin Bemis, Manager of Public Policy & Regulatory Affairs, NCGA
Nathan Danielson, Principal, BioCognito
Moderator: Sarah McKay, Director of Market Development, NCGA
5:30pm TRACK C Listening Session on SAF Technologies & the Bioeconomy – Interactive session – audience input is encouraged. Topics covered include: co-processing of bio-crudes at petroleum refineries to expand domestic sources of feedstock, potential for exports of U.S. produced SAF to overseas markets, and rural economic job creation impacts.
Moderator: Steve Csonka, Executive Director, CAAFI
6:20pm Biofuels Digest Awards Announce and The Hot Party
Friday March 21st
7:00am REGISTRATION OPEN
7:30-8:00am COFFEE & PASTRIES
8:00am Sustainable Futures Summit
Cem Özsüer, CEO, SynPet Technologies
Tim Cesarek, CEO, Synata Bio
Rebecca Boudreaux, CEO, Oberon Fuels
Tammy Klein, Principal, Transport Energy Strategies
Moderator: Jim Lane, Editor & Publisher, The Daily Digest
9:15am Industry Horizons Summit
Eric McAfee, CEO, Aemetis
Mark Warner, CEO, Liberation Labs
Brian Foody, CEO, Iogen
Jennifer Aurandt-Pilgrim, VP, Research, Marquis
Moderator: Steve Weiss, President, Grey Heron Consulting
10:30am Coffee Break & Industry Networking
11:00am ABLC Plenary Addresses
Antonio Villaluenga, VP US Project Development, CRI
Daniel LeFevers, VP Government Affairs, SunGas Renewables
Moderator: Jim Lane, Editor & Publisher, The Daily Digest
11:45am ABLC Global Leadership Summit
Ian Barnett, CFO, Ensyn
John Murphy, CEO, Castlerock Biofuels
Pareen V. Shah, Chief Commercial Officer, Bioveritas
Scott Hedderich, North America Policy & Government Affairs Director, Nuseed
Moderator: Doug Rivers, Project Director, LEC Partners
12:45pm Lunch & Industry Networking
1:45pm Bioeconomy Financial Perspectives Summit
Pavel Molchanov, SVP, Raymond James
Tad Dritz, Bioconversion and Hydrogen Lead, Ariel Green
Steve Weiss, Principal, Grey Heron
Moderator: Dave Collings, Group Manager, Worley Consulting
2:30pm Global Bioeconomy Leadership Summit
Gerard Ostheimer, Head of Secretariat, Biofuture Council
Nathalie Ionesco, COO, Haffner Energy
Steve Slome, Principal, NexantECA
Sam Lehr, EVP Policy, Molecule Group
Moderator: Henna Poikolainen, Director, Head of Renewable Fuels & Chemicals, AFRY
3:15pm Coffee Break & Industry Networking
3:45pm ABLC Due Diligence Wolfpack
The Wolfpack:
David Dodds, President, Dodds & Associates
Henna Poikolainen, Director, Head of Renewable Fuels & Chemicals, AFRY
Steve Slome, Principal, NexantECA
Steve Weiss, President, Grey Heron Consulting
Sam Nejame, Principal, Promotum
Joel Stone, President, ConVergince LEC
Dave Collings, Group Manager, Worley Consulting
Moderator: Jim Lane, Editor & Publisher, The Daily Digest
5:00pm ABLC Closing Remarks