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Knowledge and Partners. That's what gets you to the summit.
That's ABLC2013.
Whether you are at base camp, or high on the mountain with the summit in sight - the leaders you will meet at ABLC are sharing the "news you can use" that will make your own journey to the top better, faster, and more cost-effective.
Get the lowdown on routes from the hottest technologists.
You'll meet leaders like Guido Ghisolfi, CEO of Chemtex and Beta Renewables, Bill Brady, CEO of Mascoma, Theodora Retsina, CEO of American Process, Jim Imbler, CEO of ZeaChem, Tom Corle, CEO of Leifmark, and Douglas Rivers, Director, R&D at ICM. Interested in making aviation or ground transport fuels from municipal solid waste or industrial gases? You'll meet Jennifer Holmgren, CEO of LanzaTech, Jim Macias, CEO, Fulcrum BioEnergy, Peter Williams, CEO of INEOS Bio, and Bob Johnsen, CEO of Primus Green Energy Electrofuels? You'll meet Jason Kelly, CEO of Ginkgo BioWorks. The hottest companies utilizing algae and cyanobacteria to make tailored renewable oils and "fuels from thin air"? You'll meet Jonathan Wolfson, CEO of Solazyme, Bill Sims, CEO of Joule and CJ Warner, CEO of Sapphire Energy
The latest on biodiesel? You'll meet Dan Oh, CEO of Renewable Energy Group, the US biodiesel giant.
Rope up with the big downstream and upstream players. From Shell you'll meet John Reese, Downstream Policy & Advocacy Manager, and Matthew Tipper, Vice President, Alternative Energies. From Bunge you'll meet Ben Pearcy, Chief Development Officer.
At ABLC, it's like 5 industry association meetings in one, because you meet the heads of the five major advanced biofuels associations. Brooke Coleman, Executive Director of the Advanced Ethanol Council, Brent Erickson, Executive VP of BIO, Joe Jobe, CEO of the National Biodiesel Board, Mike McAdams, President of the Advanced Biofuels Association, and Mary Rosenthal, Executive Director of the ABO. It's like visiting 4 government departments in one. You'll meet Valerie Sarisky-Reed, Acting Director of the DOE Biomass Program, Harry Baumes, Director of Energy Policy at USDA, Gerald Ostheimer, the US technical lead on the Global Bioenergy Partnership, Mindy Farber-DeAnda, Head, Biofuels & Emerging Technologies, EIA. Not to mention, Zia Haq, Senior Analyst, Biomass Program of DOE. And, from DOT, you'll meet Kristin Lewis of the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center. Plus, former DOE Biomass Program Manager Paul Bryan is on hand. From the US Navy you'll meet Tom Hicks, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, United States Navy and Chris Tindal, PE, CEM, Director for Operational Energy, US Navy. Fuel buyers and sustainability leaders from Lufthansa, Virgin Australia, United like Bob Sturtz, Joachim Buse, David White, or Jimmy Samartzis; key airline associations like Airlines for America, via the likes of Nancy Young, A4A's Vice President of Environment. Get oxygen from the leaders in finance.Charles O. "Chad" Holliday, chairman of Bank of America, Michael Eckhart, Managing Director, Global Head of Environmental Finance & Sustainability at Citigroup, David Badal, Executive Director, Renewable Fuels & Chemicals, at JP Morgan and John May, Managing Director, at Stern Brothers.
Plus, you'll meet renowned venture capitalists like Doug Cameron - Managing Director, First Green Partners, and Bill Lese, Managing Partner, Braemar Energy Ventures; and at sovereign investment funds like Vicky Sharpe, CEO at Sustainable Development Technology Canada. You'll meet trusted advisors on debt finance like Mark Reidy, Partner at Mintz Levin, Chris Groobey, Partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and John Kirkwood, Partner at Kreig DeVault. You'll meet insightful energy analysts like Pavel Molchanov, Sr. VP, Raymond James & Associates, and Rob Stone, Managing Director, Cowen & Company.
Check the weather with the leaders in policy.
You meet the top leadership from FAA like Mark Rumizen and Nate Brown, the Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Research Initiative (like new executive director Steve Czonka or ExD emeritus Rick Altman). Plus, the heads of regional initiatives like Susan Pond, Executive Director, Australian Initiative for Sustainable Aviation Fuels (AISAF), Siegfried Knecht, Chairman of the Board, Initiative for Alternative Fuels in Aviation (aireg). Or, Terry Carter, Director of Eastern and Military Partnerships, Biofuels Center of North Carolina, Tom Maloney, Director, Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology (CCAT) and Christanne Bruynooghe, R&D Directorate, European Commission.
Get the knowledge and partners you'll need to reach the summit.
Won't you join us in DC this year and make or renew the ties that will get you to the top. Regards, Jim Lane Editor & Publisher, Biofuels Digest
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