| 7:30 am - 7:00 pm |
Conference Registration Open
Grand Ballroom Pre-function |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Continental Breakfast
Grand Ballroom Pre-function |
| 8:30 am - 8:40 am |
Welcome & Opening Remarks
Tom Bryan, President, BBI International
Grand Ballroom D |
| 8:40 am - 9:00 am |
Keynote Presentation
Michael McAdams, President, Advanced Biofuels Association
Grand Ballroom D |
| 9:00 am - 9:20 am |
Special Address: The National Security Need for Advanced Biofuels
Andrew Holland, Senior Fellow for Energy and Climate, American Security Project
Grand Ballroom D |
| 9:20 am - 10:30 am |
General Session
Grand Ballroom D
A Look Forward: Advanced Biofuels Leadership Looks at the Coming Year and Where Advanced Biofuels Stand in a Post-Election, Post-Drought Environment
When the National Advanced Biofuels Conference & Expo officially begins late this fall, the American voting public will have made a decision about the presidency, and American farmers will know the impact of this year’s drought on their harvest. And while opinions certainly vary as to the gravity of each of these, the advanced biofuels industry is currently being gazed upon through the lens of each. This panel will kick off the show as attendees hear from association leadership as to what they see as they look upon the year’s drought and election cycle and how they may bear on the coming year, commercialization momentum and the optimism and concern currently being felt by their constituents.
- Moderator: Tim Portz, Vice President of Content, BBI International
- Michael McAdams, President, Advanced Biofuels Association
- Mary Rosenthal, Executive Director, Algae Biomass Organization
- Suzanne Hunt, Senior Advisor, The Carbon War Room
- Trevor Hinz, Director Business Development, ICM Inc.
- Matias Sanchez Cane, Commercial Manager Americas - Alternative Energies, Shell Oil Products United States
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| 10:30 am - 7:00 pm |
Expo Open
Grand Ballroom J |
| 10:30 am - 11:00 am |
Refreshment Break in the Expo
Grand Ballroom J |
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm |
General Session
Grand Ballroom D
Commercial Scale Advanced Biofuels Production: The Future is Here
Commercial volumes of ethanol and advanced biofuels like cellulosic ethanol and biomass-based diesel are all outlined provisions of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. This provision formed a bedrock for the industry over which commercial capacity is now being built. As much as these mandated volumes urge the build-out of the advanced biofuels industry, meeting them and cementing overall confidence in the sector’s time has come. Populated by CEOs from advanced biofuels companies in various stages of development and operation, this panel will examine not only the race to bring new capacity on–line, but also to maintain and grow the volumes of biofuels already delivering commercial scale volumes.
- Moderator: Tom Bryan, President, BBI International
- Daniel Oh, Chief Executive Officer, Renewable Energy Group
- Fred Cannon, President & Chief Executive Officer, KiOR
- Paul Beckwith, Chief Executive Officer, Butamax
- Steve Hartig, Vice President, Bioenergy, DSM
- Shane Chrapko, Chief Executive Officer, Himark bioGas
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| 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm |
Lunch in the Expo
Grand Ballroom J |
| 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm |
Concurrent Tracks
 Track 1: Pathways & PartnershipsGrand Ballroom EUnderstanding and Predicting the Most Economically Viable Pathways to High Value Bio-based Chemicals
- Moderator: Tom Bryan, President, BBI International
- Josef Modl, Executive Vice President, Vogelbusch GmbH
Conversion Routes to Cellulosic Ethanol and Specialty Chemicals: Proving 2g Processes in Practical Demonstration and Evaluation of Natural Producer Organisms
- Mark Jones, Executive External Strategy and Communications Fellow, The Dow Chemical Company
Scale Creates Challenges for Chemicals from Biomass
- Joshua Claypool, Graduate Research Assistant, Center for Biorenewable Chemicals, Ag Engineering, Iowa State University
Preliminary Results of a Coarse Technoeconomic Analysis Tool for Bio-Based Chemicals  Track 2: Inputs & Supply ChainsGrand Ballroom FEnsuring Adequate Volume, Value and Sustainability are Found All Along a Feedstock Supply Chain
- Moderator: Monica Medrano, Engineer, Fuels and Energy Development, Southwest Research Institute
- Seth Walker, Associate Bioenergy Economist, RISI
Feedstock Supply and Demand Forecast for Wood-Based Biofuels
- Don McCabe, Vice President, Ontario Federation of Agriculture
Development of an Innovative Agricultural Biomass Value Chain for Ontario
- Robert Simpson, President & CEO, GreenWoodGlobal Consulting Ltd.
Economically Meeting Today's Sustainable Wood Sourcing Demands
- Joaquin Altenberg, Managing Partner, Vert Investment Group LLC
How to get Fixed Supply Contracts with Flexibility  Track 3: Money & MarketsGrand Ballroom IEngineering Financing Strategies that Move a Project Forward while Avoiding Common Pitfalls
- Moderator: Jeff Passmore, President, Passmore Group
- Scott Deatherage, Partner, Patton Boggs LLP
Bond Financing of Biofuels Projects
- John May, Managing Director, Stern Brothers & Company
Project Financing Considerations
- Ken Swinehart, Member, Crowdfunding Professional Association
Crowdfunding for Biofuel Projects
- Peter Brown, Principal, Euro Marketing Tools Inc.
Frauds and Scams in Biodiesel Financing |
| 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm |
Refreshment Break in the Expo
Grand Ballroom J |
| 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm |
Concurrent Tracks
Track 1: Pathways & PartnershipsGrand Ballroom ESide-By-Side: Integrating Next Generation Fuels and Chemical Production with Existing Biofuel Assets
- Moderator: Tim Portz, Vice President of Content, BBI International
- Timothy Staub, Vice President Business Development, Green Biologics Inc.
Transformational Strategies: Conversion of Ethanol Assets into Biorefineries
- Tom Griffin, Chief Technology Officer, Edeniq Inc.
Leveraging Existing Biofuel Facilities: A Pathway to Increased Yields
- Sabrina Trupia, Asst. Director of Research, National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center
Corn Fiber: Paving the Road to Cellulosic Commercialization
- James Pope, Senior Project Engineer, Air Liquide Global E& C Solutions
Maximizing the Value of Recovered Corn Oil Track 2: Inputs & Supply ChainsGrand Ballroom FEfforts to Maximize the Incredible Potential of Algae for Advanced Biofuel Production
- Moderator: Mary Rosenthal, Executive Director, Algae Biomass Organization
- Tom Lyons, Chief Science Officer, BioTork LLC
Economically Viable Renewable Fuels from Agro-Industrial Wastes
- Martin Poenie, Associate Professor, University of Texas - Austin
Use of Resins for Streamlined Processing of Algae to Biofuel
- Rhykka Connelly, Senior Scientist, Science and Technology Facility, University of Texas - Austin
Separating Neutral Lipids from Aqueous Streams in the Presence of Biomass Solids Track 3: Money & MarketsGrand Ballroom IStrategies for Effectively Arranging the Available Financing Mechanisms to Bankroll a Well-Funded Commercialization Effort
- Moderator: Tim Hughes, Director of Biofuels, Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet
- Mark Riedy, Partner, Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
Financing Advanced Biofuels and Renewable Chemical Companies and Projects
- Chris Groobey, Partner, Clean Energy & Technology, Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati
Project Financing for Advanced Biofuels Projects
- Emeka Nwankwo, President, Vertical Optimization LLC
Financing & Facilitating Your Entry into Foreign Markets
- Rakesh Radhakrishnan, Director, Advisory Services Commodities & Energy, Thomson Reuters
Developing Risk Premiums for Advanced Biofuel Investments |
| 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm |
Networking Reception in the Expo
Grand Ballroom J |
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