(Bioenergy Deployment Consortium) A successful BDC Fall Symposium was held in Washington DC on September 27-28, 2016. A combination of Government Agency Directors and Sr. Advisors were joined by outstanding leaders in the bio-industry to discuss the advancement of the bio-industry. …
We were honored to have Wisconsin Senator Mark Pocan provide our opening keynote. Mark is a member of both the Paper Caucus and the Biofuels Caucus.
Steve Davies, Director of Public Affairs for Natureworks provided the after dinner renewable product success story. What began in 1989 as a Cargill research project became the independent company of today. Natureworks now produces numerous high value products from corn and is progressing into cellulosic feedstocks. An award for outstanding achievement was presented to Natureworks at the Fall Symposium in Washington DC. Click on the link below to view the press release.
2016, Sep, BDC Outstanding Achievement Award Presented to Natureworks
Presentations:
2016 BDC Fall Symposium Agenda
1 AxegÜrd Cellulose Based Society, BDC 2016 Fall Symposium
2 Robert Downie Licella Developments and Partnerships
3 Bob Graham Ensyn Expansion of Production Capacity
4 Paul Argyropoulos EPA Co-Processing Policy
5 NAVY Chris Tindal Great Green Fleet
7 Todd Campbell Building the Biobased Economy
8 Mike McKittrick USDA Advanced Manufacturing
10 Matthew Schaker NR Canada Canadian Bioeconomy
11 Zia Haq Federal Alternative Jet Fuels R&D Strategy
12 Marc Sabourin Leaf Resources & Claeris Partner
13 Jerry Gargulak Borregaard_LignoTech Lignin Supply Initiatives & Select Manf. Project Status
14 Tim Staub Green Biologics Commercializing ABE
15 David McConnell Enerkem Biofuels from waste A commercial reality