Advanced BioFuels USA

At ABLC 2021 we’ll be focused on three interlocked strands: emerging technologies and the feedstocks they work with, the vibrant stream of commercial-scale project, what the policy outlook for the 2020s will be like?

Stability? Will there be the incentives and markets where lowest-carbon fuels, renewable chemicals, protein, advanced foods and sustainable agriculture can thrive?

Investment? Where will the money come from for developing and nurturing new companies, and deploying new technology at commercial scale?

Technology? How will technologies adapt to the new genetic toolkits to bring tehcnologies to the market better, faster, cheaper?

We all have much to consider after a turbulent year in the economy and policy, and many connections and contacts to refresh and to build as the bioeconomy continues to grow and the world begins its recovery.   READ MORE

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The Preliminary Agenda
The venue in Washington DC and our event hotel
The Speakers
Our fantastic co-presenters at the US Department of Energy and our supporters the US Department of Agriculture, CAAFI and many others
Our event sponsors and sponsorship opportunities
Registration Details

ABLC will feature 7 distinct conference experiences

1. The Advanced Biofuels Summit
2. The Renewable Chemicals & Biomaterials Summit
3. The ABLC Advanced Agriculture Summit
4. The Advanced Nutrition Summit
5. The Sustainable Aviation Fuels Summit
6. The Biogas & RNG Summit
7. The Hydrogen Summit

In addition to the 6 conferences, there will be 12 special events, forums and workshops:

• The Investor & Finance Workshop on capital trends
• The Bioeconomy Policy Forum on policy trends
• The Industry Horizons Forum
• The Market Analysis Workshop
• The ABLC Wolfpack – 4 fuels & chemicals companies to be devoured and dissected in a search for underlying value by the ABLC Due Diligence Wolves
• The Engineered Biology Forum
• The Federal Perspectives & Programs Forum on new and continuing opportunities for federal incentives, R&D support, partnerships, and consortia.

• Live announcement of the 50 Hottest Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy (the Hot 50)
• The annual Hot Party celebrating industry innovation and achievement
• The Global Leadership Award presentation
• The Holmberg Award for Lifetime Achievement presentation
• The annual State of the Industry address and Networking event

Across the two and a half days of the event, we’ll be looking closely at partnerships for project deployment, supply chain developing, securing offtake, finance, people, technology, and choosing locations.

We’ll look in depth at 6 themes.

Deploying at Scale: First commercial projects and technologies ready for deployment at scale.
Gaining Speed: new strategies for increasing speed to market; development in parallel; accessing opportunities in emerging markets and making them work.
Defining the Ask: What carbon policies will accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy; what are the rewards for countries, states and communities that move forward on carbon policy, and what’s the outlook for both current and new policies around the globe.
Attracting Capital: accessing strategic relationships; leveraging existing resources; new products and strategies that extend value for existing projects; what role carbon pricing plays, and how much and where and when.
Early Movement: Designing platforms and breakthrough first products that reduce cash burn and create brand visibility; monetizing through new and existing channels.
Sustainable Feedstock: Identifying real resources, timelines to scale, aggregation that works, sustainability metrics, and residues vs novel energy crops.

5 Industry Segments that Matter

Fuels: In the Advanced Biofuels Summit, ABLC will be focusing on demonstrated cellulosic biofuels, expansion opportunities in biomass-based diesel, progress in aviation fuels; Low Carbon Fuel Standards and their impact, progress in emerging alternatives to gasoline and diesel including DME, butanol and more, upgrade and expansion technologies for first-gen plants and thermochemical technologies that are on the rise.

Chemicals and Biomaterials: In the Renewable Chemicals & Biomaterials Summit, the event will focus on new demand for renewable chemical Intermediates, expansion in biobased plastics & packaging, the rise of fragrances & flavors, strategic interest and intent in organic acids and novel-performance chemicals.

Crops & Feedstocks: In the ABLC Crops & feedstocks Summit ABLC will focus in on yield improvement, sustainable crop protection, novel feedstocks, supply chain development, the rise of protein production for animal and human nutrition, opportunities for vegan technologies, and trends in advanced R&D including two major case studies on industry consortia aimed at developing new feedstock platforms.

Sustainable Aviation Fuels: In the Sustainable Aviation Summit, the event will highlight success stories and emerging technologies for aviation fuels for commercial and military application, including a look at consortia aimed at deployment, and the emerging policy and airline industry purchasing trends.   READ MORE