Biofuel and renewable chemical company executives, scientists and government officials from around the globe will speak in breakout sessions at BIO’s 9th annual World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioprocessing, April 29 – May 2 at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Orlando.
BIO’s World Congress will feature six breakout session tracks over three days, including tracks on Advanced Biofuel Technologies and Algae and Feedstock Crops. More than 35 sessions will cover the latest progress in commercializing advanced biofuels, consumer benefits from renewable chemicals, company partnerships and more in industrial biotechnology. BIO’s World Congress will also feature investor sessions and business partnering opportunities. The investor sessions will allow executives from companies seeking to raise investment capital to make formal 25-minute presentations on their technology development and business models to an elite audience of investors and analysts.
Early bird registration for the event is now open. Rates go up $400 after February 29.
DOE BIOMASS PROGRAM AND ALGAE RESEARCHERS ARE BEING INVESTIGATED!
Solydra story is opening a huge can of worms at the DOE LOAN GURANTEE LOAN PROGRAM. Its not just about the Solar loan guarantee program. Look at all the millions in fees collected by the DOE LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM with projects 20% completed. Also, an audit needs to be done on DOE GRANTS to individuals from the DOE that are now working in private industry. Very incestuous! According to the DOE Biomass Program less than 20% of ALL algae research projects get completed. Congressmen have asked the DOE for results and were told there are no results. Heard that the IG’s office in Washington is investigating algae research grants and loan gurantees. This may be why the DOE has moved algae over to the USDA. Sounds like BIO a lobbyist group thinks they can get more algae research dollars. With all budgets being cut drasically in Washington, good luck.
The US taxpayer has spent over $2.5 billion dollars over the last 50 years on algae research. To date, nothing has been commercialized by any algae researcher.
The REAL question is: Does the DOE BIOMASS PROGRAM really want the US off of foreign oil or do they want to continue funding more grants for algae research to keep algae researchers employed at universities for another 50 years?
In business, you are not given 50 years to research anything. The problem is in the Congressional Mandate that says the DOE can only use taxpayer monies on algae research, NOT algae production in the US. So far, research has not got the US off of foreign oil for the last 50 years!
A Concerned Taxpayer