PRESS RELEASE-July 18, 2024

The 18th annual Algae Biomass Summit (ABS) will take place this year on October 20-22, 2024, at the Royal Sonesta Galleria Hotel in Houston, Texas.

This year’s ABS is themed, “Algae – Transforming Carbon into Opportunity” and will showcase the critical role algae/seaweed plays in positioning our world into a carbon neutral future. With this Summit theme, key sessions will highlight the important role algae plays in capturing and utilizing carbon dioxide to produce valuable feed, food, bioplastics, nutritional supplements, biofuels as well as treating water.

The ABS is one of the largest gatherings of algae and seaweed professionals and includes commercial leaders, entrepreneurs, scientists, policymakers, investors and young innovators from around the world who are driving innovation forward and building the algae and seaweed economy.

Speakers and attendees at the ABS will include national and international technologists, senior executives of commercial algae companies, product developers, marketers, academics researching algae science and cultivation methods, as well as federal policy makers tasked with advancing technology.

This year’s summit will feature a Powerhouse Keynote from Shashi Menon, CEO and Founder of EcoEngineers. During this Powerhouse Keynote, Mr. Menon will shed light on the crucial role of algae in the global carbon and clean energy economy. Menon will examine the historical challenges and persistent versatility of algae, discussing its integration into policy frameworks and its potential to meet global demands for sustainable solutions. He will explore how algae, through its unique ability to produce biofuel feedstock and nutraceuticals and capture carbon dioxide (CO2), can play an important role in mitigating climate change. He will share insights on emerging carbon crediting methodologies that quantify and verify carbon dioxide removals through algae. In concluding remarks, Menon will offer an outlook on algae’s future, urging stakeholders to recognize its full potential in building a sustainable energy ecosystem. EcoEngineers is a global consulting, auditing, and advisory firm with an exclusive focus on the energy transition; it helps organizations stay informed, measure emissions, make investment decisions, maintain compliance, and manage data through the lens of carbon accounting.

We will also have two additional keynote presentations from Dr. Valerie Reed – Director, US Department of Energy from the Bioenergy Technologies Once on federal funding and Dr. Ike Levine from The Algae Foundation on ATEC Workforce Development and Educating Students on the Power of Algae.