ABLC2021 – Bridge to Net Zero – to be held October 27-29 in San Francisco

In Florida, The Daily Digest announced that the Advanced Bioeconomy Leadership Conference (ABLC 2021) will be held October 27-29, 2021 at the Hotel Nikko in San Francisco, and outlined the agenda, themes and announced a first wave of event speakers.

More about ABLC

The event website, agenda and conference details including registration and the 2 for 1 special offer – for all that, start here.

8 Conferences in 1 — and 16 events in all

ABLC will feature 7 distinct conference experiences:

ABLC is a connected series of 8 conferences and events in total on the most important issues in the Circular Bioeconomy right now.

These conferences-within-a-conference are:

1. The Advanced Biofuels Summit
2. The Renewable Chemicals & Biomaterials Summit,
3. The Green Hydrogen Summit,
4. The Advanced Agriculture Summit
5. The Sustainable Aviation Summit
6. The Biogas & RNG Summit
7. Circular Bioeconomy Policy Forum
8. The Bioeconomy Investor & Finance Forum

In addition to the 7 conferences, there will be 8 special events, forums and workshops:

1. The Industry Horizons Forum;
2. The Sustainable Futures Forum
3. The ABLC Due Diligence Wolfpack;
4. The Bio-LPG Challenge,
5. The Disruptive Technologies Showcase
6. The annual State of the Industry address
7. The ABLC Keynotes
8. ABLC Network Like Crazy sessions throughout the event for introductions and meet-ups;
9. The annual Hot Party celebrating industry innovation and achievement

The 2 for 1 offer returns. Boost your conference ROI.

Through August 16 we have a special “2 for 1” offer in place — you can save 50% off the super-low Early Bird rate – so, prices start as low as $497 per person if you take the 2 for 1. It’s double savings and is the best way to boost you conference ROI. And, access our special room rates at the Hotel Nikko to maximize savings and for a seamless stay in San Francisco.

Announcing the first 16 Committed Speakers

We’ll be announcing 120 speakers & moderators over the next 18 weeks, here are the first 16.

Larry Feinberg, CEO, Knip Bio
Jennifer Holmgren, CEO, LanzaTech
Geoff Cooper, CEO, Renewable Fuels Association
Jordan Solomon, CEO, Ecostrat
John Melo, CEO, Amyris
Pat Gruber, CEO, Gevo
Tom Van Aken, CEO, Avantium
James Iademarco, president, Strategic Avalanche
David Dodds, president, Tech Diligence
Ron Cascone, principal, NEXANT
Joel Stone, president, ConVerginece Advisors
Jim Greenwood, president & CEO, BIO
Marcel Lubben, CEO, Reverdia
Nick Andrews, CEO, USA BioEnergy
Arunas Chesonis, CEO, Sweetwater Energy
James Stephens, CEO, Blue Marble Biomaterials

The Key Data points

Live Attendance: 400+ delegates, 80+ Speakers, 200+ organizations- primarily high-level, director and above. ABLC 2020 had 600 delegates.
Global audience: More than 10,000 fviewers ollow the conference live and on-demand via BioChannell.TV

6 Themes the Industry is Thinking About

The theme for ABLC 2021 is “The Bridge to Net Zero” and across the two and a half days of the event, we’ll be looking closely at project deployment, partnership development, supply chain construction, securing offtake, finance, people, technology, and winning locations.

We’ll look in depth at 6 themes.

Deploying at Scale: First commercial projects and technologies ready for deployment at scale.

Gaining Speed: new strategies for increasing speed to market; development in parallel; accessing opportunities in emerging markets and making them work.

Defining the Ask: What carbon policies will accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy; what are the rewards for countries, states and communities that move forward on carbon policy, and what’s the outlook for both current and new policies around the globe.

Attracting Capital: accessing strategic relationships; leveraging existing resources; new products and strategies that extend value for existing projects; what role carbon pricing plays, and how much and where and when.

Early Movement: Designing platforms and breakthrough first products that reduce cash burn and create brand visibility; monetizing through new and existing channels.

Sustainable Feedstock: Identifying real resources, timelines to scale, aggregation that works, sustainability metrics, and residues vs novel energy crops.

5 Industry Segments that Matter

Fuels: In the Advanced Biofuels Summit, ABLC will be focusing on demonstrated cellulosic biofuels, expansion opportunities in biomass-based diesel, progress in aviation fuels; Low Carbon Fuel Standards and their impact, progress in emerging alternatives to gasoline and diesel including DME, upgrade and expansion technologies for first-gen plants and thermochemical technologies that are on the rise. Full conference details are here.

Renewable Chemicals and Biomaterials: In the Renewable Chemicals & Biomaterials Summit, the event will focus on new demand for renewable chemical Intermediates, expansion in biobased plastics & packaging, the rise of fragrances & flavors, strategic interest and intent in organic acids and novel-performance chemicals. Full conference details are here.

Crops & Feedstocks: In the ABLC Advanced Agriculture Summit ABLC will focus in on yield improvement, sustainable crop protection, novel feedstocks, supply chain development, the rise of protein production for animal and human nutrition, opportunities for vegan technologies, and trends in advanced R&D including two major case studies on industry consortia aimed at developing new feedstock platforms. Full conference details are here.

Sustainable Aviation Fuels: In the Sustainable Aviation Summit, the event will highlight success stories and emerging technologies for aviation fuels for commercial and military application, including a look at consortia aimed at deployment, and the emerging policy and airline industry puchasing trends. Full conference details are here.

Green Hydrogen: In the Green Hydrogen Summit, the event will examine green hydrogen production including electrolysis, photolysis, and stream reforming of renewable methane; production siting including greenfields and bolt-ons; hydrogen carriers including pipelines, compression, liquid fuels and solids; business models and applications inclucing chemical products and intermediates, hydrotreating, and transportation. Full conference details are here.

More about ABLC

The event website, agenda and conference details including registration and the 2 for 1 special offer – Full conference details are here.

• Getting to Scale: proven technologies that have been demonstrated in depth; the must knows and pitfalls from finance to engineering.
• Gaining Speed: new strategies for increasing speed to market; development in parallel; accessing opportunities in emerging markets and making them work
• Creating Advantaged Products — using the new toolkits of catalyst development, metabolic design, organism optimization, process simulation, open innovation, customer engagement and advanced fermentation to rapid create and scale new vehicles for bioconversion and new products & materials that feature higher rates, titers, yields and meet not only sustainability goals but bring new functionalities to the market.
• Forming Capital for Scale: accessing strategic relationships; leveraging existing resources; new products and strategies that extend value for existing projects; what role carbon pricing plays, and how much and where and when.
• Early Income: Designing platforms and breakthrough first products that reduce cash burn and create brand visibility; monetizing through new and existing channels.
• Getting the right visibility: Developing a voice and messages that resonate with customers, consumers, policymakers, NGOs, investors, and analysts.
• Affordable Feedstock: Identifying real resources, timelines to scale, aggregation that works, sustainability metrics, and residues vs novel energy crops.

8 Industry Segments & Subjects that Matter

Clean Fuels & Energy

In the Renewables Chemical & Materials Summit , Sustainable Aviation Fuels Summity, Sustainable Futures, Disruptive Technologies, the Biogas Forum, and the Advanced Biofuels Summit, ABLC will be focusing on demonstrated cellulosic biofuels, expansion opportunities in biomass-based diesel, progress in aviation fuels; Low Carbon Fuel Standards and their impact, progress in emerging alternatives to gasoline and diesel including DME, bio-LPG, hydrogen fuels and more, upgrade and expansion technologies for first-gen plants and thermochemical technologies that are on the rise. Full conference details are here.

Renewable Chemicals and Biomaterials

the Biochemical Conversion Summit, the Disruptive Technologies Showcase, and Green Hydrogen Summit, we will focus on new demand for renewable chemical Intermediates, expansion in biobased plastics & packaging, the rise of fragrances & flavors, strategic interest and intent in organic acids and novel-performance chemicals. Full conference details are here.

Feedstocks & Supply chain development

In the Advanced Agriculture Summit, we will look at the development of a sustainable, available, reliable and affordable supply chain of feedstock based on biomass (including waste resources and new energy crops) to meet the conversion and product needs of the growing bioeconomy. Plus, yield improvement, new crops, international deployment of technology, new sources of income — and the role of robotics, genetics, big data, remote sensing, mobility — and new tools for crop protection through early detection & spot treatment against pests, parasites, competitors and disease. Full conference details are here.

International Partnership

This year like no other, the industry wants and needs time for networking to establish partnerships, plan collaborative projects, and establish and renew contacts. This year at ABLC, we have 8 different sessions and events to foster introductions and for meet-ups,s. In the Network Like Crazy sessions, ABLC creates designated meet-up spaces for private meetings and networking sessions where delegates can be introduced to new contacts. Full conference details are here.

Finance

In the Financing & Investing Summit, ABLC brings together the latest case studies of successful financing, and introduce the players, the models, the geographies, and the steps to success from financing early-stage companies through to commercial-scale deployment. Full conference details are here.