Biofuels Digest finalizes speakers for Advanced Biofuels Leadership Week

March 19, 2012 |

In Florida, Biofuels Digest announced that a record number of C-level executives will be speakers for Leadership Week 2012, in Washington, DC, April 2-5 , which incorporates the Advanced Biofuels Leadership Conference, Renewable Chemicals Live, the Bio-Based Investor Summit and Aviation and Military Biofuels Markets.

More about Advanced Biofuels Leadership Week 2012 and the individual conference events, here.

“It’s one-stop shopping for a whole year’s worth of meetings on policy, feedstock, processing technology, downstream partners and finance,” noted Biofuels Digest editor & publisher Jim Lane.

“Virtually the entire class of recent IPOs and companies in the IPO queue, represented by their CEOs, dozens of other early-stage or public companies,” Lane added. “All the major trade association heads in advanced biofuels. All the key government departments. 15 key financial sector companies in every aspect of financing renewable energy at scale. Downstream partners including military buyers, airlines and more. Low-cost feedstock providers, mid-stream advanced processing and pre-treatment technologies. Key media figures. Headlined by two of the most well-known voices on biofuels – Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Growth Energy co-chairman Wes Clark.”

Headlining this year during Leadership Week are:

Keynoters include:
Thomas Vilsack, United States Secretary of Agriculture,
Gen. Wesley, Clark, Co-Chairman, Growth Energy; Former Supreme Allied Commander
Phillip New, CEO, BP Biofuels

CEOs of recent IPO companies:
Pat Gruber, CEO, Gevo
Richard Hamilton, CEO, Ceres
John Melo, CEO, Amyris
Peter Strumph, Interim Chief Executive Officer, Codexis
Jonathan Wolfson, CEO, Solazyme

Companies in the IPO queue:
Bill Brady, CEO, Mascoma
Vincent Chornet, CEO, Enerkem
Stephen Gatto, Chairman & CEO, Myriant Corp.
Christophe Schilling, CEO, Genomatica
K’Lynne Johnson, CEO, Elevance

Other Distinguished CEOs, chairmen and presidents include:
Dennis Banasiak, CEO , Avello Bioenergy
Todd Becker, CEO, Green Plains Renewable Energy
Kevin Berner, President and CEO, Phycal
Tim Burns, CEO, BioProcess Algae
Michael Burnside, CEO, Catchlight Energy
Ed Dineen, CEO, LS9
Lee Edwards, CEO, Virent
Chas Eggert, CEO, OPX Biotechnologies
Richard Eno, CEO, Metabolix
Robert Graham, Chairman and CEO, Ensyn Technologies
Jennifer Holmgren, CEO, LanzaTech
Jim Imbler, CEO, ZeaChem
Kef Kasdin, CEO, Proterro
Ganesh Kishore, CEO, Malaysian Life Sciences Fund
Jere Kolstad, President, Rivertop Renewables
Philippe Lavielle, CEO, Virdia, formerly HCL CleanTech
Gary Luce, CEO, Terrabon
Bob Mayer, Chairman and CEO, Cobalt Technologies
Terry Newendorp, Chairman and CEO, Taylor-DeJongh
Jack Oswald, CEO, Syngest
Daphne Preuss, CEO, Chromatin
Bill Radany, CEO, Verdezyne
Hunt Ramsbottom, CEO, Rentech
Theodora Retsina, CEO, American Process
Yom Tov Samia, Chairman, Primus Green Energy
James Stephens, President, Blue Marble Biomaterials
Dan Trunfio, CEO, Bio-Architecture Labs
C.J. Warner, President and Chairman, Sapphire Energy
Robert Wedinger, President and CEO, Rennovia
Kevin Weiss, CEO, Byogy Renewables

Industry Association Heads
Mike McAdams, President, Advanced Biofuels Association
Brent Erickson, Executive Vice President, BIO
Mary Rosenthal, Executive Director, Algal Biomass Organization
Joe Jobe, CEO, National Biodiesel Board
Richard Altman, Executive Director, Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI)

Government speakers
USDA, DOE, FAA, DLA, US Navy

Downstream Partners
Ricardo, Alaska Airlines, United Airlines, UOP, Airlines 4 America, CAAFI

Financiers, Ratings, Analysts and Strategic investors
Burrill & Co, Malaysian Life Sciences Fund, Stern Brothers, Raymond James, Piper Jaffray, Fitch, Dominion Bond Rating, Monsanto, Waste Management, CIBC World Markets, Hudson Clean Energy Partners, Confluence Investments,  Dupont, USRG Renewable Finance, Chaparral Energy

Plus, 40 other distinguished leadership speakers will address the four-day event.

More about Advanced Biofuels Leadership Week 2012 and the individual conference events, here.

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