Webinars for Reporters: Pacific Rim Summit to Host Forums on Algae, Cellulosic Biofuels and Renewable Chemicals

5 November, 2009
BIO will host three webinars from the Pacific Rim Summit on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy in Honolulu, featuring companies, researchers, and policy makers at the forefront of efforts to commercialize algae applications, cellulosic biofuels, and renewable chemicals.

1.International Developments in Algae CommercializationValerie Reed, U.S. Department of Energy; Patrick McGinn, Institute of Marine Biosciences, National Research Council, Canada; Ravi Shrivastava, Defence Research Development Organization, India.
Monday Nov. 9, 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. EST (12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. PST10:00 a.m to 11:30 a.m HST)

2.Meeting the Challenges of Commercializing Cellulosic EthanolWilliam Baum, Verenium Corporation, http://www.verenium.com;Kevin Gray, Qteros, http://www.qteros.com;James Imbler, ZeaChem, Inc., http://www.zeachem.com.
Tuesday Nov. 10, 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. EST (11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. PST9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. HST)

3.Commercialization of Renewable ChemicalsChristophe Schilling, Genomatica, http://www.genomatica.com;Steven J. Gatto, Myriant Technologies, LLC, http://www.myriant.com;Bhima Vijayendran, Battelle Memorial Institute, http://www.battelle.org.
Wednesday Nov. 11, 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. EST (11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. PST9:30 a.m to 11:00 a.m HST)

RSVP: A password will be required to participate in each webinar. The webinars will be available at https://biotechnology.webex.com/biotechnology. To reserve space and receive password instructions, please contact Paul Winters, Communications Director, BIO at 202-962-9237 or pwinters@bio.org. These sessions are presented live from the 2009 Pacific Rim Summit on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy, being held Nov. 8-11, 2009 in Honolulu. The Pacific Rim Summit is the only global conference dedicated to building innovative collaborations in industrial biotechnology across the Pacific. http://www.bio.org/pacrim/.

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