Biofuels Digest readers receive 50 percent off fees at Second Generation Biofuels Development conference, May 13-16

Biofuels Digest readers will receive 50 percent off at the Second Generation Biofuels Development Summit in Maryland.   The event features two back-to-back meetings: Innovations in Biofuels 2008 (May 13-14) and Accelerating the Commercialization of Second Generation Biofuels (May 15-16).  Organizations that frequently appear in the Digest such as DuPont, Gevo, Mascoma, US Department of Energy, US Department of Agriculture Sandia National Labs, and the National Algae Association will be presenting at the conference.

A participatory workshop on sustainable development will kick off a global effort called the International Sustainable Biofuels Initiative, aimed at developing consistent and stable terminology and criteria for sustainability to spur biofuels investment and development. The workshop will be led by the Department of Energy, the Energy Voyager Institute and Biofuels Digest.

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