| 7:00 am - 7:00 pm |
Conference Registration Open
Grand Ballroom Foyer, 4th Floor |
| 7:00 am - 8:00 am |
Continental Breakfast
Grand Ballroom Foyer, 4th Floor |
| 8:00 am - 8:10 am |
Welcome
Grand Ballroom LI, 4th Floor
Tim Portz, Program Director, BBI International |
| 8:10 am - 8:30 am |
Keynote Address
Grand Ballroom LI, 4th Floor
Michael McAdams, President, Advanced Biofuels Association |
| 8:30 am - 10:00 am |
General Session: How and Why Houston is Becoming One of America’s Most Important Biorefining Communities
Grand Ballroom LI, 4th Floor
Anchoring America’s “Energy Coast” Houston has long been a center of innovation, exploration and energy production. With a robust community of energy professionals it is no surprise that Houston has an active biorefining community springing up in its academic, business and public arenas. This panel will feature representatives from those establishments discussing the role they are playing in the development of a well developed biorefining industry in Houston.
- Moderator: Tim Portz, Program Director, BBI International
- George Bennett, E. Dell Butcher Professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Rice University
- Tyra Rankin, Chair, Houston Chapter, Clean Economy Network
- Nick Tillmann, Co-Chairman Biofuels Task Force, Greater Houston Partnership
- William Thurmond, Co-Chairman Biofuels Task Force, Greater Houston Partnership and CEO, Emerging Markets Online
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| 10:00 am - 7:00 pm |
TRADE SHOW Open
Grand Ballroom GJ, 4th Floor |
| 10:00 am - 10:30 am |
Refreshment Break in the TRADE SHOW
Grand Ballroom GJ, 4th Floor |
| 10:30 am - 12:00 pm |
Concurrent Tracks
 Track 1: Pathways and Industrial Hosts
Room 335 ABC, 3rd Floor
Converting and Retrofitting Existing Industrial Assets I: Biofuel Facilities
- Moderator: Ron Kotrba, Editor, Biorefining Magazine
- Nicholas Sikes, Operations Manager, FEC Solutions
Reinventing Ethanol: Moving to a Biorefinery Paradigm
- Joseph Degenfelder, President, Atlantic Greenfuels
Converting Corn Ethanol Plants into Next-Generation Biorefineries
- Bob Bernacki, Director, Business Development – Chemicals, Gevo
From Ethanol to Isobutanol
- Kevin Reilly, Chief Technology Officer, AE Resources Inc.
Buying a Used Biofuels Facility: What to Watch for  Track 2: Inputs and Supply Chains
Room 339, 3rd Floor
Examining Intentionally Grown Feedstocks to Feed Next Generation Biorefineries
- Moderator: David Bracht, Partner, Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP
- Carl Kukkonen, Chief Executive Officer, VIASPACE
Giant King Grass as Biofuel Feedstock
- Spencer Swayze, Director, Business Development, Ceres Inc.
Energy Crops as an Upstream Strategy for Biofuels and Biochemicals
- James Kezerle, Senior Program Manager, Alion Science & Technology
Technoeconomic Assessment of Field Pennycress as a Biofuel Resource  Track 3: Products and Markets
Room 330, 3rd Floor
Refining the Market for Biobased Chemicals
- Moderator: Erin Voegele, Associate Editor, Biorefining Magazine
- Martha Hilton, Commercial Development Leader, Segetis Inc.
Emerging Platform Chemicals: Transforming Forest and Crop Residues into Levulinic Acid and Derivatives
- Rob Toker, Vice President Partnerships, GlycosBiotechnologies Inc.
Where the ball is going: Targets of Opportunity in Petrochemicals
- David Demirjian, President & CEO, zuChem Inc.
High Efficiency Production of Xylitol as a Co-product by Fermentation of Hemicellulose
- Speaker TBA
 Track 4: Capital and Strategic Partners
Grand Ballroom LI, 4th Floor
The Essentials of Acquiring Early Stage Capital
- Moderator: Luke Geiver, Associate Editor, Biorefining Magazine
- Mark Riedy, Partner, Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
Financing Advanced Biofuels Integrated Biorefineries including Attached Biomass-to-Power Operations
- John May, Managing Director, Stern Brothers & Co.
Financing Renewable Energy Projects
- John Pierce, Partner, DLA Piper
Venture Capital and Private Equity Expectations: Tuning your Message to Attract Early Stage Capital |
| 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch in the TRADE SHOW
Grand Ballroom GJ, 4th Floor |
| 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm |
Concurrent Tracks
Track 1: Pathways and Industrial Hosts
Room 335 ABC, 3rd Floor
Converting and Retrofitting Existing Industrial Assets II: Reinvigorating the Forest Products Sector through the Co-Production of Energy, Fuels, Chemicals and Novel Materials
- Moderator: Randal Goodfellow, Senior Vice President, Corporate Relations, Envergent Technologies
- Paul Lansbergen, Association Secretary, Lead Director, Regulatory Affairs, Forest Products Association of Canada
Transforming the Canadian Forest Sector: What’s in it for you
- Don Roberts, Vice Chairman, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC)
- Alain Bourdages, Director, Energy Development & Strategy, AbitibiBowater
- David Bookbinder, Executive Chairman, Pinova Holdings Inc.
- David BoulardExecutive Vice President & CFO , Ensyn Technologies
Track 2: Inputs and Supply Chains
Room 339, 3rd Floor
Fueling Biorefineries with Found or Low Cost Waste Streams
- Moderator: Bryan Sims, Associate Editor, Biorefining Magazine
- Craig Stuart-Paul, Chief Executive Officer, Fiberight LLC
Turning Trash into Advanced Biofuels
- Dirk Andreas, Senior Vice President Business Development, Enerkem
Commercially Implementing Waste-to-Biofuels and Chemicals Technology
- Klaus Ruhmer, Business Development North America, BDI - BioEnergy International AG
BioRefineries: Turning Waste Streams into Feedstock Track 3: Products and Markets
Room 330, 3rd Floor
Exploring Market Drivers and Opportunities for Advanced Biofuels and Bio-based Chemicals
- Moderator: Sam Nejame, Founder, Promotum
- Patrik Lownertz, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Chemrec AB
Fuels from the Forest: Deploying the Chemrec Technology
- Dave Munz, Business Development Manager Transportation Fuels, Gevo Inc.
Gasoline Blendstocks and Drop-In Replacement Fuels
- Patrick Truesdale, Senior Consultant, Emerson Process Management
RFS2: Measuring and Controlling an 800 lb Gorilla
- Alejandro Zamorano, US Bioenergy Analyst, Bloomberg L.P.
High Value Products Cost and Market Size Estimates Track 4: Capital and Strategic Partners
Grand Ballroom LI, 4th Floor
Greater than the Sum: Leveraging Strategic Partnerships in Biorefining
- Moderator: Tom Byrne, Founder, Byrne & Company Limited
- Gregory Keenan, Vice President, Business Development & Engineering, Virent Energy Systems Inc.
Required Elements for Successful Biorefinery Commercialization: Feedstocks, Products, and Partners
- Eric Connor, Senior Vice President, Business Development, ThermoChem Recovery International Inc.
Thermochemical Biorefinery Pilot Plant Review and Biorefinery Integration Strategies
- Roman Wolff, President, Enhanced Biofuels LLC
Strategic Alliances: Accelerating Deployment of Acidity Reduction Technology
- Chris Wilcox, Director, Business Development, ZeaChem
Aligning Strategic Partnerships through the Biorefining Value Chain |
| 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm |
Refreshment Break in the TRADE SHOW
Grand Ballroom GJ, 4th Floor |
| 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm |
Concurrent Tracks
Track 1: Pathways and Industrial Hosts
Room 335 ABC, 3rd Floor
Graduating from the Lab: Moving from the Bench to Pilot and Commercial Scale Deployment
- Moderator: Jeff Manternach, Chief Financial Officer, IR1 Group LLC
- Doug Dudgeon, Director, Process Development, Harris Group Inc.
Scale-Up of New Technologies: What is Really Necessary?
- John Massingill, Jr., President, Advanced Materials and Processes
High Efficiency Biorefining with Fiber Processors: Vegetable Oil Processing
- Matthew Kropf, Research Associate, Engineering Science/Mechanics, Pennsylvania State University
Multi-Energy Optimized Processing: From Bench-top Proof-of-Concept to Pilot Plant Demonstration
- Jeff McDaniel, Commercial Director, Velocys Inc.
The Microchannel Advantage: Enabling the Pioneering Projects Track 2: Inputs and Supply Chains
Room 339, 3rd Floor
Modification Breakthroughs: How Next Generation Science is Changing the Supply Chain
- Moderator: Nick Kapur, Commercial Director, Bloomberg New Energy Finance
- Masood Hadi, Senior Member, Technical Staff, Biomass Conversion Technologies, Sandia National Laboratories
Dedicated Energy Crops for Biofuels Production
- Larry Sullivan, Biomass Business Development Lead, ArborGen Inc.
Woody Biomass Production for Biopower and Bioenergy: A Sustainability Review
- David Agneta, Vice President Business Development, Agrivida Inc.
Reducing the Cost of Biomass Conversion: Expressing Enzymes in Plants
- Ken Davenport, Vice President Strategic Development, Chromatin
Track 3: Products and Markets
Room 330, 3rd Floor
Fueling Our Nation’s Commercial and Military Jet Fleet with Renewable Fuels
- Moderator: Kevin Weiss, CEO, Byogy Renewables
- Richard Kolodziej, Process Technology Manager, Mustang Engineering
The Production of Renewable Jet Fuel
- E. Michael Campbell, Director, Energy Systems Division, Logos Technologies
The Biojet Program: Cellulosic Biomass to Jet Fuel for the Military and Civilian Aviation Industries
- Aaron Imrie, Commercial Manager, Virent Energy Systems Inc.
A Catalytic Route to Renewable Jet Fuel
- Karl Seck, President, Mercurius Biofuels
Efficient Cellulosic Jet Fuel Production Track 4: Capital and Strategic Partners
Grand Ballroom LI, 4th Floor
Onboarding EPC Partners to Accelerate Project Scale-Up
- Moderator: Richard Weiner, Vice President, Fredrikson & Byron P.A.
- Terry Kulesa, President, IR1 Group LLC
Strategic Management of EPC Partners
- Gunter Brodl, President, Vogelbusch USA
- Speakers TBA
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| 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Networking Reception in the TRADE SHOW
Grand Ballroom GJ, Level 4 |