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The Algae Industry’s
Top Minds are Scheduled to Present

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Tuesday, October 1 | 10:45 am – 11:15 am

Matt Horton
CEO, Propel Fuels
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Tuesday, October 1 | 11:15 am – 12:15 pm

Moderator: Laurie Purpuro
Government Affairs Advisor, K&L Gates
Chris Cassidy
Renewable Energy Advisor, USDA
Sarah Bittleman
Agriculture Counselor to the Administrator, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Christy Sterner
Project Manager, DOE Biomass Program, Bioenergy Technologies Office

Track 1: Progress in Algal Biology Research
Tuesday, October 1 | 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
This panel will examine the factors that control carbon flux to lipids, carbohydrates and other products in diatoms and green algal systems. Approaches to be discussed include the targeted metabolic manipulation of pathways to increase lipid production and the overall study of material fluxes as cells transition from heterotrophic to mixotrophic and photoautotrophic growth conditions.

 

Panel Chair: Qiang Hu Professor, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Emily Trentacoste
UC-San Diego
Increased Lipid Accumulation without Compromising Growth: Metabolic Engineering of Lipid Catabolism in Thalassiosira pseudonana
Yanming Wang
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
Mixotrophic Continuous Cultivation of Chlorella protothecoides for Sustainable Lipid Production 		Egan Lohman
Montana State University
Lipid Profiling, Carbon Partitioning, and Inorganic Carbon Optimization to Enhance Growth and Lipid Accumulation in Green Microalgae

 

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Industry Tours:
Algenol’s World-class Facility
Seating is Limited – Register Now

Thursday, October 3
12:30pm – 9:00 pm

Algenol

As an attendee of the Algae Biomass Summit, you’ll have the exclusive opportunity to tour the most sophisticated algae facility in the world where an algae strain can go from lab-scale development to commercial-scale production on one site.Algenol’s commercial development campus includes a 70,000 square feet of world-class molecular biology, culture collection, physiology, aquaculture, analytical chemistry and engineering laboratories. The tour will showcase Algenol’s Process Development Unit (PDU), which consists of aquaculture laboratory, inoculation greenhouses and 3 acres of outdoor controlled testing area for initial deployment and optimization activities.

The Integrated Biorefinery will showcase 4000 of Algenol’s 2nd generation modular photobioreactors containing advanced proprietary algae producing in excess of 9,000 gallons of ethanol per acre per year. Spent algae from the ethanol process will be converted next year into jet, diesel and gasoline green fuels through hydrothermal liquefaction and light hydrotreating for an additional 1,350 gallons per acre per year. This commercial module deployment is automated and will be producing fuel grade ethanol on site in 2013.

More information on Algenol and its commercialization strategy can be found here.

*Important: This tour includes a three hour bus trip each way. The tour will depart at the conclusion of the Algae Biomass Summit plenary session on Thursday and return to the Orlando area around 9pm. Shuttles from Algenol to the Ft. Meyers airport will be available for tour attendees choosing to depart the conference from this airport at the conclusion of the tour. Attendees should choose flights departing the Ft. Meyers airport no earlier than 6pm.

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Monday, September 30
8:30 am – 4:00 pm

Daytona International Speedway and Kennedy Space Center

The tour begins at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex where attendees will have an opportunity to view the Space Shuttle Atlantis, which until this summer was not available for viewing. Additionally, attendees can participate in the Shuttle Launch Experience, view the Apollo/Saturn V Center and spend time in the complex gift shop.The Daytona International Speedway will welcome tour attendees for lunch and an afternoon learning about this storied racing facility. Tour guides will provide attendees with walk through tours of the drivers meeting room, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series garage areas, Gatorade Victory Lane and a lap around the super speedway. This tour provides conference attendees with an excellent networking opportunity set in two of the Orlando area’s most popular attractions.

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Why You Need To Register for the Algae Biomass Summit!
The Algae Industry’s Best Learning and Networking Opportunity

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Your peers are saying…

“The Algae Biomass Summit provides an outstanding opportunity for emerging algal businesses, customers, and supply chain partners to discuss potential business endeavors.”

– Joel Murdock, FedEx Express

 

“The Algae Biomass Summits are always a phenomenal networking opportunity and industry news platform very well worth attending. The venues entail scientific, commercial, legal and global algae awareness content that cannot be replaced in any other format.”

– Andre Harvey Colorado Lining International

 

“This is absolutely the best conference of this kind and it offers great opportunities for networking, interaction, collaboration while learning the latest scientific breakthroughs and technological innovations in algal biotechnology and commercialization.”

– Qiang Hu, Arizona State University

 

“This algae show only gets better and better year after year with more and more qualified attendees.”

– Keith Funsch, GEA Westfalia Separator

 

“ABS is a fully integrated meeting. There are major opportunities to interact for researchers and the industry. The academia/industrial balance was just right.”

– Keith E. Cooksey, Montana State University

 

“The ABS brings together the best and brightest scientists and engineers from every continent. I walked away from the conference with a big smile and a gut feeling that algae will become a household word within the next few years.”

– Stephen Lyon, Ph.D., Sealed Air Corporation

 

“The conference is a balanced space between research and commercialization.”

– Esteban Hincapie, Colorado State University

 

“Richest smorgasbord of contacts in the biofuel industry!”

– Rose Ann Cattollico, Energy Research at the University of Washington

 

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Exhibit at the Largest Gathering of Algae Professionals in the World!
Now’s the Time to Register for Your Premium Expo Booth

The expo hall continues to be a valuable and popular meeting place for algae professionals attending the event. Last year marked the third consecutive year the hall sold out. The expo hall’s popularity is attributed to the fact that it receives a high amount of visitor traffic from networking receptions, breaks and meal functions taking place in the expo hall space. A limited number of exhibits are available—so reserve your spot today!

Exhibit Booth Includes

  • Two complimentary full conference registrations
  • Company listing on the conference website
  • Company listing in the on-site program
  • Company mention in promotional e-mails and brochures
  • One 8′ x 10′ (foot) booth and company identification sign


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Because of the huge success last year, sponsorships for the Algae Biomass Summit in Orlando, Florida are already going fast. As a sponsor you’ll receive many added benefits, including two full registrations and valuable exposure at the event.

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Algae Biomass Summit Showcases Innovation in Algae Engineering

Algae Biomass Summit Showcases Innovation in Algae Engineering
Engineering and Analysis track features groundbreaking research in all aspects of algae production

ORLANDO, Fla. (August 14, 2013) — The Engineering and Analysis track of the 7th Annual Algae Biomass Summit, taking place in Orlando, Florida, September 30-October 3 will highlight a wide range of new technologies and scientific breakthroughs in algae production systems. Through more than 30 presentations, leading scientists, researchers, and industry innovators will discuss papers and offer presentations on the new methods for analyzing and producing algae-based products such as fuels, animal feed, nutritional products, bioplastics and chemicals. Early bird registration discounts end August 19. Registration information is available at: http://algaebiomasssummit.org/ema/DisplayPage.aspx?pageId=Registration___Rates.

“Groundbreaking research and best practices from around the industry will be presented at this year’s summit, highlighting the continuing innovation and new approaches to commercialize algae-based products,” said Ron Chance, Senior Scientific Advisor, Physical Sciences at Algenol and Chair of the Summit’s Engineering and Analysis track. “These presentations will showcase the key breakthroughs in production methods, extraction processes and cultivation techniques that can help bring sustainable, algae-based products to a wide range of industrial and consumer markets.”

Highlights from the Engineering and Analysis presentations include:

  • Bounded Opportunities: Physical, Biological, Material and Economic Constraints on Photobioreactor Design
    Pete Lammers, Professor, New Mexico State University
  • A Comparison of Two Cultivation Systems: Open Pond and Algae Raceway Integrated Design (ARID)
    James Richardson, Regents Professor & Senior Faculty Fellow, Texas A&M University
  • Technical And Economic Aspects for Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Algae
    John Holladay, Manager, Biomass Sector, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
  • Low Energy, Wet Solvent Extraction
    Jason Quinn, Assistant Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Utah State University

The Engineering and Analysis track is one of three tracks, plus plenary sessions and posters, which comprise the agenda for the Algae Biomass Summit, the world’s largest conference focused on algae-based technologies. In total, there are expected to be more than 110 live presentations during the Summit.

The Summit comes at a time when industry is increasingly looking for new sources of alternative fuels, feed stocks, and consumer products. Products made from algae are the natural solution to the energy, food, economic, and climate challenges facing the world today. This tiny powerful organism has the ability to simultaneously put fuels in vehicles, reuse CO2, provide nutrition for animals and people and create jobs for millions of Americans. More information can be found at: www.allaboutalgae.com.

The Algae Biomass Summit is produced by the Algae Biomass Organization (ABO), the trade association for the US algae Industry. More information about the Summit, including early bird registration rates that expire August 19th, can be found at www.algaebiomasssummit.org.

About the Algae Biomass Organization
The Algae Biomass Organization (ABO) is a 501 c(6) non-profit whose mission is to promote the development of viable commercial markets for renewable and sustainable commodities derived from algae. Its membership is comprised of people, companies and organizations across the value chain. More information about ABO, including its leadership, membership, costs, benefits and members and their affiliations, is available at the website:www.algaebiomass.org.

Contacts:
Nate Kommers, Scoville Public Relations for ABO
206-625-0075 x2, nate.kommers@scovillepr.com

Algae Biomass Summit Showcases Innovation in Algae Engineering

Algae Biomass Summit Showcases Innovation in Algae Engineering
Engineering and Analysis track features groundbreaking research in all aspects of algae production

ORLANDO, Fla. (August 14, 2013) — The Engineering and Analysis track of the 7th Annual Algae Biomass Summit, taking place in Orlando, Florida, September 30-October 3 will highlight a wide range of new technologies and scientific breakthroughs in algae production systems. Through more than 30 presentations, leading scientists, researchers, and industry innovators will discuss papers and offer presentations on the new methods for analyzing and producing algae-based products such as fuels, animal feed, nutritional products, bioplastics and chemicals. Early bird registration discounts end August 19. Registration information is available at: http://algaebiomasssummit.org/ema/DisplayPage.aspx?pageId=Registration___Rates.

“Groundbreaking research and best practices from around the industry will be presented at this year’s summit, highlighting the continuing innovation and new approaches to commercialize algae-based products,” said Ron Chance, Senior Scientific Advisor, Physical Sciences at Algenol and Chair of the Summit’s Engineering and Analysis track. “These presentations will showcase the key breakthroughs in production methods, extraction processes and cultivation techniques that can help bring sustainable, algae-based products to a wide range of industrial and consumer markets.”

Highlights from the Engineering and Analysis presentations include:

  • Bounded Opportunities: Physical, Biological, Material and Economic Constraints on Photobioreactor Design
    Pete Lammers, Professor, New Mexico State University
  • A Comparison of Two Cultivation Systems: Open Pond and Algae Raceway Integrated Design (ARID)
    James Richardson, Regents Professor & Senior Faculty Fellow, Texas A&M University
  • Technical And Economic Aspects for Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Algae
    John Holladay, Manager, Biomass Sector, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
  • Low Energy, Wet Solvent Extraction
    Jason Quinn, Assistant Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Utah State University

The Engineering and Analysis track is one of three tracks, plus plenary sessions and posters, which comprise the agenda for the Algae Biomass Summit, the world’s largest conference focused on algae-based technologies. In total, there are expected to be more than 110 live presentations during the Summit.

The Summit comes at a time when industry is increasingly looking for new sources of alternative fuels, feed stocks, and consumer products. Products made from algae are the natural solution to the energy, food, economic, and climate challenges facing the world today. This tiny powerful organism has the ability to simultaneously put fuels in vehicles, reuse CO2, provide nutrition for animals and people and create jobs for millions of Americans. More information can be found at: www.allaboutalgae.com.

The Algae Biomass Summit is produced by the Algae Biomass Organization (ABO), the trade association for the US algae Industry. More information about the Summit, including early bird registration rates that expire August 19th, can be found at www.algaebiomasssummit.org.

About the Algae Biomass Organization
The Algae Biomass Organization (ABO) is a 501 c(6) non-profit whose mission is to promote the development of viable commercial markets for renewable and sustainable commodities derived from algae. Its membership is comprised of people, companies and organizations across the value chain. More information about ABO, including its leadership, membership, costs, benefits and members and their affiliations, is available at the website:www.algaebiomass.org.

Contacts:
Nate Kommers, Scoville Public Relations for ABO
206-625-0075 x2, nate.kommers@scovillepr.com

Algae Biomass Summit Showcases Innovation in Algae Engineering

The 7th Annual Algae Biomass Summit, taking place in Orlando, Florida, September 30-October 3 highlights a wide range of new technologies and scientific breakthroughs in algae production systems during the Engineering and Analysis track.  Through more than 30 presentations, leading scientists, researchers, and industry innovators will discuss papers and offer presentations on the new methods for analyzing and producing algae-based products such as fuels, animal feed, nutritional products, bioplastics and chemicals.

“Groundbreaking research and best practices from around the industry will be presented at this year’s summit, highlighting the continuing innovation and new approaches to commercialize algae-based products,” said Ron Chance, Senior Scientific Advisor, Physical Sciences at Algenol and Chair of the Summit’s Engineering and Analysis track. “These presentations will showcase the key breakthroughs in production methods, extraction processes and cultivation techniques that can help bring sustainable, algae-based products to a wide range of industrial and consumer markets.”

Highlights from the Engineering and Analysis presentations include:

  • Bounded Opportunities: Physical, Biological, Material and Economic Constraints on Photobioreactor Design

Pete Lammers, Professor, New Mexico State University

  • A Comparison of Two Cultivation Systems: Open Pond and Algae Raceway Integrated Design (ARID)

James Richardson, Regents Professor & Senior Faculty Fellow, Texas A&M University

  • Technical And Economic Aspects for Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Algae

John Holladay, Manager, Biomass Sector, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

  • Low Energy, Wet Solvent Extraction

Jason Quinn, Assistant Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Utah State University

You can find the full agenda for the Algae Biomass Summit here, and remember to sign up by August 19th to take advantage of early bird registration.

Algae Biomass Summit to Feature Latest Advances in Commercial Algae Production

Industry leaders to highlight pathways to commercial production of algae-derived fuel, feed and other valuable products

Orlando, FL (August 8, 2013) –The 7th Annual Algae Biomass Summit, taking place in Orlando, Florida, September 30-October 3 will showcase the rapid advances in the algae industry during the Innovation on the Road to Commercialization track of the world’s largest algae conference.  Through more than 30 presentations, algae industry professionals, global business leaders and government officials will inform audiences about the wide variety of commercialization paths for algae-based products such as fuels, animal feed, nutritional products, bioplastics and chemicals.

“An impressive array of companies and researchers will present at this year’s summit addressing innovation and advancements to commercialization across the value chain and markets for algae products,” said Mark Allen, Vice President of Integrated Carbon Solutions at Accelergy and Chair of the Summit’s Commercialization Track. “Their presentations promise to reveal how algae derived foods, fuels and products can continue to be offered to new customers. Increases in cultivation yields, harvesting techniques and innovative product design are bringing these alternative products to a wide spectrum of customers.”

Highlights from the Road to Commercialization presentations include:

  • Tales from the Other Side: Crossing the Valley of Death in the Algae Industry
    Nick Donowitz, Director, Corporate Development, Heliae
  • Shifting Focus From Fuels to Foods: How to Enter the Food, Feed, and Nutraceutical Markets
    Greg Sower, Manager, ENVIRON International Corp
  • Enhancing the Economic Model of Algal Bio-Products
    Dil Vashi, Manager, Corporate Development, Solutions4CO2 Inc.
  • A Place for Algal Biofuels Within the Energy-Water-Food Nexus
    Philip Pienkos, Principal Group Manager, National Bioenergy Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory 

The Innovation on the Road to Commercialization track is one of three tracks, plus plenary sessions and posters, which comprise the agenda for the Algae Biomass Summit. In total, there are expected to be more than 110 live presentations during the Summit. The 2012 Algae Biomass Summit was attended by more than 800 stakeholders from more than 25 countries across the algae industry. Organizers are expecting an even larger turnout for this year’s event.

The Summit comes at a time when industry is increasingly looking for new sources of alternative fuels, feed stocks, and consumer products. Products made from algae are the natural solution to the energy, food, economic, and climate challenges facing the world today. This tiny powerful organism has the ability to simultaneously put fuels in vehicles, reuse CO2, provide nutrition for animals and people and create jobs for millions of Americans. More information can be found at www.allaboutalgae.com.

The Algae Biomass Summit is produced by the Algae Biomass Organization (ABO), the trade association for the US algae Industry. More information about the Summit, including early bird registration rates that expire August 19th, can be found at www.algaebiomasssummit.org.

About the Algae Biomass Organization

The Algae Biomass Organization (ABO) is a 501 c(6) non-profit whose mission is to promote the development of viable commercial markets for renewable and sustainable commodities derived from algae. Its membership is comprised of people, companies and organizations across the value chain. More information about ABO, including its leadership, membership, costs, benefits and members and their affiliations, is available at the website:www.algaebiomass.org.