ABLC 2014: line-up announced for biofuels, chemicals and biobased Leadership Week

December 19, 2013 |

US-capitolAt ABLC 2014: more CEOs, content, investors, policymakers and exhibitors expected at advanced biofuels’ biggest networking and deal-making forum.

At ABLC, case studies on accelerating to market, financing for scale, offtake development, technology advancement, diversifying feedstocks, and policy structures that work.

Plus, opportunities in renewable chemicals, military markets and biobased materials; feedstock diversification under the microscope — and updates from around the globe.

The Bioeconomy marches on DC: Stand and be counted.

In Florida, Biofuels Digest announced that ABLC 2014 – the annual Leadership Week for advanced biofuels, renewable chemicals, and biobased materials will return to Washington DC, on April 21-23, 2014 at the Gaylord National Resort & Conference Center.

A record number of CEOs are expected to attend year’s event, plus key leadership from all the major trade associations and government departments, the top financiers and investors, key customers in aviation & military markets, leaders of the New Upstream in feedstocks, plus hundreds more delegates from the industry and its community of stakeholders.

Speakers, registration, sponsorship and event information

For agenda, registration, sponsorship and event information, click here.

In DC, join the CEOs of the hottest companies such as:

Greg Bafalis of Aurora Algae; Todd Becker of Green Plains Renewable Energy; Fred Cannon of KiOR (invited; Arunas Chesonis of Sweetwater Energy; Vincent Chornet of Enerkem; Lee Edwards of Virent; Brian Foody of Iogen; Bernardo Gradin of GranBio (invited); Jennifer Holmgren of LanzaTech; Howard Janzen of Cool Planet; John Plaza of Imperium Renewables; Daphne Preuss of Chromatin; Anna Rath of NexSteppe; Theodora Retsina of American Process (invited); Martin Sabarsky of Cellana; Tom Van Aken of Avantium; CJ Warner of Sapphire Energy (invited); Jonathan Wolfson of Solazyme (invited) and Paul Woods of Algenol.

Join industry leaders like:

Jan Koninckx, Global Business Director, Biofuels, DuPontABFA president Mike McAdams; BIO EVP Brent Erickson; AEC executive director Brooke Coleman; former DOE Biomass Program chief Paul Bryan; ARPA-E program director Jonathan Burbaum; former acting Undersecretary of Agriculture and Leatherstocking CEO Doug Faulkner; Chris Tindal, Director for Operational Energy, US NavyAISAF chairman Susan Pond; Piper Jaffray Sr. analyst Mike Ritzenthaler; Raymond James SVP Pavel Molchanov; and Bunge MD Ben Pearcy.

The Hot Topics

Focal points for this year’s gathering of industry leaders and decision-makers:

— Policy Stabilization. “Tell The Story in Washington”.

— Military Markets: Taking maximum advantage of two innovative US Navy fuel procurement programs.

— Creative finance: building a capital stack employing grants, venture capital, strategic capital, debt, federal and state development programs; creating investor confidence through milestones; reducing capital requirements through right-sizing and early-stage winners out of product development.

— Aviation Biofuels. As part of ABLC, and in partnership with CAAFI and Airlines For America: Leadership in the fast-emerging aviation markets in the US and globally will join us throughout the week and be showcased at the Aviation Biofuels Forum.

—Speed-to-market: opportunities for early commercialization in C4 chemicals, organic acids, solvents, lacquers, lubricants, bio-plastics, and more. The hot molecules in tailored renewable oils, polymers, ethers, ketals, diols, alkanes, alkenes and more.

— Diversification: strategies and overcoming challenges in diversifying feedstocks and aligning product opportunities with capital and customer requirements.

— Price Stabilization: Feedstock and supply chain opportunities to reduce capex and opex.

— Case studies in reaching scale — mastering the technical, customer, investor, and supply chain challenges.
— The New Energy Crops and the New Gases & Residues. What are the prospects for new terrestrial energy crops like algae, switchgrass, jatropha, sorghum, and energy cane? What is the impact of low cost natural gas – both fossil and renewable? What are the opportunities and who are the players in CO2, CO and syngas?

Join decision-makers such as:

• The Top 100 People in Bioenergy
• The leaders of the 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy
• The leaders of the 30 Hottest Companies in Renewable Chemicals and Biobased materials
• The heads of every major industry trade association
• The most active strategic and venture investors; the top public equity analysts; plus, Institutional Investors, sovereign wealth funds, hedge funds, private equity.
• Policy leaders from the legislature; DOE, USDA, EPA and the Pentagon; plus state-level officials in development and policy; plus, global leadership from the UN and other international agencies.
• Supply chain leaders — professional and technical services, feedstocks, technology and more.

Speakers, registration and event information

Complete conference, agenda, speakers (to date), venue and registration information is here.

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