We\u2019re just a few days out from ABLC Global\u2019s 2 for 1 deadline. Time to give some perspective on what we\u2019re driving at.<\/p>\n
The Rationale
\nIt\u2019s all about our continuing mission to boldly go where no event has gone before \u2014 specifically, to bring the whole of the bioeconomy\u2019s leadership to be in one place at one time for real dialogue with the real leaders.
\nLeadership is not just big companies, it can be technology leadership and sometimes that happens at the smallest of early-stage ventures. But size helps. And leadership is not just about policy and technology \u2014 it\u2019s also about how to take technologies all the way through to scale \u2014 and there are leaders in finance, site selection, scale-up and process engineering that are essential to know.<\/p>\n
Who\u2019s coming
\nAround 600 industry leaders \u2014 including the IEA Bioenergy Group, the DOE BioEnergy Technologies office team in force, a large delegation from the US National Lab system to drum up industry collaborations, the multi-nation Biofutures Platform, leaders from below50\/SE4All , students and academics of the CABLE consortium, and of course the companies and their stakeholders building and financing the bioeconomy\u2019s projects.<\/p>\n
The advanced bioeconomy\u2019s technology spread has been a challenge for many events \u2014 the conventional bioeconomy has been in food and materials for eons, but advanced technology in protein, nutrition and advanced materials is really shaking up the space. It\u2019s not just about fuels and chemicals and more. And, there are the leaders in the underlying sciences of computation, genetics, robotics and mobility to consider. More about ABLC Global registration and the agenda of presentations and events here.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s one of the reason we\u2019re especially glad to have the IEA Bioenergy Triennial Summit taking place as part of ABLC, and the DOE Bioeconomy Summit, and the Biofutures Platform group\u2019s sessions, and groups like the CABLE consortium bringing along future leaders out of universities to interact with industry. Rather than having five separate events drawing leaders away from each other, we\u2019re all combining forces to make it easier for one investment of time to result in a comprehensive set of knowledge gained and relationships established and strengthened.<\/p>\n
What\u2019s helped is the people themselves. Although the technologies and applications have changed, many of these new ventures are being launched by advanced bioeconomy veterans well known from other, earlier ventures. So, just as companies like BP, Cargill, DuPont, DSM, ADM and more provided the senior leadership for the first wave of advanced biotechnology \u2014 now it is individuals first known from companies like Amyris, Cobalt, Diversa, Solazyme and more who are providing much of the leadership in this new phase.<\/p>\n
The Basic background
\n180 speakers will be on stage at ABLC Global, which will be staged November 6-9 at the Hotel Nikko in San Francisco\u2019s Union Square area. The main onstage presentations will take place on November 7-9, while November 6th will feature industry tours and the Digest\u2019s State of the Industry Presentation and Networking Kick-off.<\/p>\n
Changes
\nThis year, the name of the event has changed from ABLC Next to ABLC Global to recognize the participation of two special co-presenters in the International Energy Agency\u2019s IEA Bioenergy unit, and the US Department of Energy\u2019s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO). The program content on Wednesday November 7th will bring on-stage many IEA Bioenergy personalities from around the world to chart the progress and promise of biofuels, renewable chemicals and biomaterials on a global scale.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, on November 9th we\u2019ll have BETO\u2019s leadership both on stage and in driving an agenda that looks critically and thoroughly at the progress of industrial biotechnology and bioenergy on the US domestic front.<\/p>\n
On November 8th, ABLC Next will look at a host of hot bioeconomy sectors, including fuels, chemicals, materials, advanced agriculture, animal and human nutrition, and the underlying advances in genetics, robotics, computation, open innovation, and mobile technologies that are powering a revolution in the scope, yields and costs of biobased materials and liquid fuels.<\/p>\n
17 different summits, really
\nDelegates will be able to choose from 17 distinct forums, summits and workshops to optimize their content and networking experience.<\/p>\n
These are:<\/p>\n
The Biochemical Conversion Summit
\nThe Thermal Conversion Summit
\nThe Disruptive Technology Workshop
\nThe Advanced Nutrition Summit
\nThe Digital Biology Summit
\nThe Advanced Agriculture Summit
\nThe Financing & Investing Workshop
\nThe Biogas Forum
\nThe Innovative Conversion Technologies Forum
\nThe Advanced Biofuels Summit
\nSustainable Feedstocks Summit
\nBiomass Mobilization & Sustainability Summit
\nThe Open Innovation Summit
\nThe Advanced Organism Summit
\nThe Global Actions Forum
\nThe Global Cooperation Forum
\nThe Global Bioeconomy Forum<\/p>\n
Topics we\u2019ll be covering
\nDrop-in fuels, advanced ethanol (including cellulosic feedstocks), genetics, protein, woody biomass, organic acids, novel high-performance chemicals, advanced clear plastic packaging, olefins, nylon, industrial sugars, robotics, CRISPR tech, drones, farm management systems, advanced computation, nanocellulose, digital biology, molecular engineering, crop yield enhancement, crop protection, biodiesel and renewable diesel, pyrolysis, advanced gasification, gas fermentation, electrofuels, organism optimization, genetic toolkits, novel oilseeds, vegan meats, milk without the cow, eggs without the chicken, nanotechnology, advanced imaging, advanced catalysts, advanced distillation & separation tech, directed evolution, advanced alcohols, high FFA tech, oil stripping, nitrogen fixation, legal strategies, mandates, tariffs, tax credits, first-of-kind financing, due diligence, risk assessment and mitigation, equity & debt structuring, offtake agreements, TOSCA approvals, GRAS and FDA processes, support available from government R&D, partnering for progress, process development from pilot to player, and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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