ABLC 2023 agenda announced
In Florida, the Digest announced the agenda for ABLC 2023 in Washington DC, March 22-24, and the first 50 committed speakers. Complete details are available at the ABLC website here.
Official networking for ABLC opened yesterday at digestevents.com including one-to-one messaging and meeting set-up, groups and forums by sector and the opportunity to connect with , follow and engage with all the ABLC delegates in the weeks leading up the event. ABLC CONNECT weekly online events have also are running in January and February with State of the Sector presentations and live networking and discussion on industry trends.
Session highlights
The ABLC Bioeconomy Policy Forum, the Finance & Investment Summit return on the opening main stage day. New this year are special March 22nd workshops on the white-hot areas of SAF deployment and feedstock development. The Due Diligence Wolfpack returns on March 24 to smash hype, cant and pettifoggery in their search for true bioeconomy value. And ultimately more than 100 presenters will engage on subjects including advanced fuels, renewable chemicals & materials, biogas & RNG, advanced food & feed,, hydrogen, plastics, policy, finance, intermediates, catalysts, feedstock and more.
Speakers announced today
One third of the announced speakers are making their ABLC on-stage debuts, and more than 60 percent are C-level executives.
Alex Michine, CEO, METGEN
Brent Lewis, CEO, CARBON AMERICAS
Brian Foody, CEO, IOGEN
Britt Boughey, CEO, OMC HYDROGEN
Carrie Chase, VP, The Alden Group
Chris Efird, CEO, NEXT RENEWABLES
Cindy Wilcox, President, MARINE BIOENERGY
Dan Oh, CEO, AGCERTAIN INDUSTRIES
Dan Shapiro, CEO, GRON FUELS
Dave Kettner, CEO, VIRENT
David Dodds, Dodds & Associates
David O’Brien, Senior Technical Leader Bioprocessing, MERRICK
David Schwalje, Business Development Director, AXENS
David Winsness, President, COMSTOCK FUELS
Drew Miller,VP Projects, INFINIUM
Eric McAfee, CEO, AEMETIS
James Iademarco, CEO, Strategic Avalanche
Jennifer Holmgren, CEO, LanzaTech
Jim Lane, The Daily Digest
John Bissell, co-CEO, ORIGIN MATERIALS
John Kirkwood, partner, Faegre Dtrinker
Jordan Solomon, CEO, Ecostrat
Keith Simmons, Principal Scientist, SHV ENERGY
Lauren Riley, Director of Sustainability, UNITED AIRLINES
Mac Kennedy, CEO, MOTE
Mark Elless, Technology Manager, BETO
Mark Riedy, partner, Kilpatrick Townsend
Matt Langholz, Team Lead, Bioenergy Resource and Engineering Systems, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Melissa Ladd, Senior Facilitator, BETO
Michael Darcy, CEO, DG FUELS
Michele Rubino, industry consultant
Mike Keller, MIKE KELLER & ASSOCIATES
Mike McCurdy, Director, ICF
Milica Folic, Product Line Director – Clean Fuels & Chemicals, TOPSOE
Pat Gruber, CEO, GEVO
Paul Bryan, Sr. Research Fellow, Origin Materials
Pramod Kumbhar, President & CTO, Praj Matrix
Pramod Chaudhari, executive chairman, Praj Industries
Rebecca Groen, Director, Sustainable Fuels, SHV Energy
Ricardo Mussa, CEO, Raizen
Richard Palmer, CEO, Global Clean Energy Holdings
Rusty Pittman, VP, Business Development, DMCBIO
Ryan Faucell, Director of Environmental Sustainability, Boeing
Sam Nejame, Principal, Promotum
Stephanie Batchelor, Director, BioFutures, Schmidt Futures
Steve Slome Program Manager, Biorenewable Insights, NEXANTECA
Steve Weiss, President, Grey Heron Consulting
Steve Wirtel, EVP, Business Development, KORE INFRASTRUCTURE
Ted Kniesche, Co-Founder, AIGA CAPITAL
Troy Hawkins, Senior Scientist, Argonne National Lab
Wendy Owens, CEO, Hexas Biomass
The ABLC backstory
ABLC is the world’s most widely-attended bioeconomy event series; more than 1500 delegates attended ABLC and ABLC NEXT in 2022, 200+ speakers and 70+ even sponsor partners. The event features the Hot Technologies Summit, the Hydrogen Summit, th Biogas & RNG Summit, the Hot Projects Summit, the Hot Perspectives Summit, the Finance & Investment Summit, the Bioeconomy Policy Forum, the Corn-to-Chemicals Forum and the Due Diligence Wolfpack.
The 50 Hottest Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy is announced live at ABLC, as well as the Global Bioeconomy Leadership Award, the Holmberg Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Bioeconomy, and the event also recognizes members of the Bioeconomy 500 announce din February.
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