Live Coverage schedule for ABLC 2016 on BioChannel.TV

In Florida, BioChannel.TV announced 13 hours of Live Coverage of ABLC 2016, the Advanced Bioeconomy Leadership Conference. Public sessions of ABLC will be streamed live here.

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Coverage Highlights

• Live global announcement of the 50 Hottest Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy
• Live global announcement of the Holmberg Award for Lifetime Achievement
• 3 new episodes of The New Faces – Visits with CEOs and industry leaders, and documentaries on bioeconomy projects and people.
• 3 new episodes of The New Voices — Half-hour talk program on the latest with bioeconomy policy, technology trends and policymakers.
• Plus, addresses and presentations from 25 other leaders in the advanced bioeconomy: Renewable Energy Group, DuPont, US Navy, USDA, US Department of Energy and many more.

Live Coverage for February 17, 2016

8:30 am The Drivers: What’s up in Policy? The Associations outline the work and the year ahead.
We examine the policy landscape for fuels, chemicals, biomaterials and feedstocks. Our DC-based trade group leaders look at the RFS, LCFS, incentives, tax credits, Post-Paris low-carbon policy, pathway approval, and more.

Moderator:
Doug Faulkner, President and Founder, Leatherstocking LLC

Panelists:
Matt Carr, Executive Director, Algae Biomass Organization
Brent Erickson, Executive Vice-President, Biotechnology Industry Organization
Brooke Coleman, Executive Director, Advanced Biofuels Business Council
Anne Steckel, VP-policy, National Biodiesel Board
80 minutes

9:50am A Carbon Smart Future: Transitioning to A Circular Economy
Jennifer Holmgren, CEO, LanzaTech
Ms. Holmgren will examine the driving forces and prospects for “A Carbon Smart Future” and how and why we must achieve it.
25 minutes

10:15am The New Faces
Visits with CEOs and industry leaders, and documentaries on bioeconomy projects and people.
30 minutes

12:50pm The New Voices
Half-hour talk program on the latest with bioeconomy policy, technology trends and policymakers. Hosted by Jim Lane, with Claire Curry, senior analyst, Bloomberg New Energy Finance; Eric McAfee, CEO, Aemetis; Rebecca Boudreaux, president, Oberon Fuels.
30 minutes

3:30pm The New Faces
Visits with CEOs and industry leaders, and documentaries on bioeconomy projects and people.
30 minutes

6:00pm Live from ABLC: Announcement of the Holmberg Award for Lifetime Achievement.
15 minutes

6:15pm Live from ABLC: Announcement of the 50 Hottest Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy.
Complete on-stage and red-carpet action, reactions, interviews with companies, government officials, investors and more.
30 minutes

Live Coverage for February 18, 2016

7:00am The New Energy Security in a time of low-priced oil
Climate change is a threat multiplier – as is the cycle of global terror unmistakably related to dependency on a single transport fuel. Alternative supply is a force multiplier – whether it is via “sustainable energy for all” that reduces global tensions and the need to respond to constant threat eruptions; or, in permitting longer operations with shorter supply lines; or, in escaping price volatility that can sap funds for training and operation.

Speakers:
Michael Breen, Executive Director, The Truman National Security Project and The Center for National Policy
Chris Tindal, Director for Operational Energy, United States Navy
Bryan Sherbacow, CEO, ALtAir Fuels
60 minutes

8:00am Government Address

Dr. Catherine Woteki, Chief Scientist and Undersecretary for Research, Education, and Economics, USDA
20 minutes

8:20am Federal Activities in the Bioeconomy
In this program, we look at the wide-ranging agency activities that are critical in supporting the growing bioeconomy. Each agency brings their own mission and expertise to the production of bioenergy and bioproducts, and represent a snapshot of the numerous federally-funded programs in the field.

Moderator: Alison Goss Eng, Program Manager, Feedstock Supply and Logistics and Advanced Algal Systems, Bioenergy Technologies Office, Department of Energy

Panelists:
Jonathan Male, Director, Bioenergy Technologies Office, Department of Energy
Harry Baumes, Director, Office of Energy Policy and New Uses, Department of Agriculture
Greg Rorrer, Program Director, Energy for Sustainability Program, Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems, National Science Foundation
60 minutes

9:20am Federal Activities in the Bioeconomy
In this program, we look at the interagency collaboration in the federal government—exploring how different agencies have come together to confront challenges and create opportunity in the bioeconomy.

Moderator: Todd Campbell, Policy Advisor for Energy and the Bioeconomy, Rural Development, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Panelists:
Catherine Ronning, Program Manager-Plant Biologist, Office of Science, Department of Energy
William Goldner, Acting Division Director, Division of Sustainable Bioenergy, Institute of Bioenergy, Climate, and Environment, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture
Chris Tindal, Director for Operational Energy, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Department of the Navy
Nate Brown, Alternative Jet Fuel Project Manager, Federal Aviation Administration
60 minutes

10:20am  ABLC Keynote Adress
Dan Oh, CEO, Renewable Energy Group, Inc.
20 minutes

10:15am The New Faces
Visits with CEOs and industry leaders, and documentaries on bioeconomy projects and people.
30 minutes

11:15am William Feehery, President, DuPont Industrial Biosciences
20 minutes

12:40pm The New Voices
Half-hour talk program on the latest with bioeconomy policy, technology trends and policymakers.  Reaction to the Hot 50 announcements. Hosted by Jim Lane, with Claire Curry, senior analyst, Bloomberg New Energy Finance; Eric McAfee, CEO, Aemetis; Rebecca Boudreaux, president, Oberon Fuels.
30 minutes

3:30pm The New Faces
Visits with CEOs and industry leaders, and documentaries on bioeconomy projects and people.
30 minutes

6:00pm Live from ABLC: Announcement of the Holmberg Award for Lifetime Achievement.
15 minutes

6:15pm Live from ABLC: Announcement of the 50 Hottest Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy. Complete on-stage and red-carpet action, reactions, interviews with companies, government officials, investors and more.
30 minutes

Live Coverage for February 19, 2016

11:15am The New Faces
Visits with CEOs and industry leaders, and documentaries on bioeconomy projects and people.
30 minutes

11:30am The Biochemical Technology Leadership Roundtable
(Presented In Partnership with the American Chemical Society)
The Roundtable, if formed, would Identify non-competitive issues across the bio/renewable economy value chain, Establish best practices, techniques, and tools/metrics for achieving them, and Incentivize the bio/renewable economy value chain to engage and innovate.
60 minutes

12:30pm The New Voices
Half-hour talk program on the latest with bioeconomy policy, technology trends and policymakers. Hosted by Jim Lane, with Claire Curry, senior analyst, Bloomberg New Energy Finance; Eric McAfee, CEO, Aemetis; Rebecca Boudreaux, president, Oberon Fuels.
30 minutes

2:00pm  Standing together: Lessons learned across the renewable energy spectrum
(Presented in partnership with the American Council on Renewable Energy)
This session focuses on looking across the renewable energy sector — biofuels, biomass, solar, wind, and geothermal — at lessons learned on successful national, state and global policy and planning, stakeholder communication, business models, global development, technology development pathways, capital formation. What can we all learn from each other in a movement that has transformed into an entire portfolio of new industries. What has worked, where can we do better? How can we continue to coordinate a common message of renewable energy even as these new industries chart their respective paths?

With the participation of:
Jeramy Shays, Director of Transportation, ACORE
Stephen Munro, Editor, Bloomberg New Energy Finance
Cindy Thyfault, CEO, Westar Trade Resources
Doug Berven, Vice-President, POET
Skott Sklar, CEO, The Stelle Group
90 minutes