Alternative Fuels & Chemicals Coaltion Global Biobased Economy Conference & Exhibit --- November 6-8, 2022 --- Washington, DC/Gaylords, MD Includes Links to Presentations

January 25, 2022

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The conference will focus on promoting Industrial Biotechnology throughout this two-day conference and exhibition. To kick off the event there will be a reception on Sunday evening, November 6, 2022 from 5:30 -7:00 p.m., included in the registration of the conference. (Scroll down for links to presentations)

The conference will include featured speakers during Breakout sessions, Plenary Programs, Workshops and Poster Presentations on the following subjects:

Global biobased economy
Recycling, Composting, Biodegradation
Biobased product manufacturing and certification
DOE’s Loan Program Office for Title 17 Innovative Energy Loan Guarantee Program, and USDA's Energy Title IX Section 9003, Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Program, which helps to support and stimulate innovation by providing loan guarantees that allow companies to commercialize first-of-a-kind technologies to produce biofuels, renewable chemicals, and biobased products
And other key federal agency programs
Hear about financing strategies, creative ways to finance your projects and companies with equity, debt and insurance
Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) in connection with industrial biotechnology projects

Four Educational Subjects will be the Theme Throughout the Conference

Biobased Manufacturing: Renewable Chemicals, Bioplastics, Biomaterials Creating a Cleaner Planet
Sustainable Feedstocks, Biofuels, Food and Feed Products Driving Decarbonization
Renewable Specialty Chemicals
Synthetic Biology, Alternative Proteins, Regenerative Agriculture, Food & Fiber

Summary of Events

The four subjects listed above will disseminated into the following sessions:

Plenary
Breakout Sessions
Workshop Sessions
Poster Presentations
Exhibits READ MORE

We are pleased to announce our symposium special events which will be held on Sunday, November 6, at the 2022 AFCC Global Biobased Economy Conference & Exhibit.
The symposiums will be followed by USDA leadership briefing. More information on round table speakers will be presented later this fall.

Symposium: Progress Towards a U.S. Carbon Intensity Label
(1:30 PM to 3:30 PM ET)

Around the globe there is a rapid transition to a net-zero carbon economy and companies encompassing almost every sector of the economy are committing to climate-smart commodities spanning from agricultural feedstocks to final consumer products.

One of the keys to being able to account for scope 3 carbon emissions and for tracking lower carbon commodities is the development of a consumer facing U.S. Carbon Label that would be applicable to all biobased product categories. In this session we will 1) present the findings of recent results from a joint AFCC-Dynamic Sustainability Lab project including drivers, hurdles and progress being made to date for developing and implementing a US Carbon Label likely overseen by the USDA and 2) engage with panel members representing several segments of US and International markets, services and legislative bodies on the economic and environmental impact of this label.

Symposium: The Importance of Standards for Synthetic Biology and Industrial Biotechnology
(1:30 PM to 3:30 PM ET)

Please join us for a roundtable symposium focused on the topic of standards development for Synthetic Biology and Industrial Biotechnology and the strategic importance of such efforts in biobased manufacturing. The session will include several short presentations plus a panel discussion on the increasing need for standardization in precision fermentation, with a focus on how to best enable the industry while addressing the needs and concerns of the public, manufacturers, regulators and other key stakeholders. Examples of existing standards and opportunities for additional standards will be highlighted, in addition to a general discussion on how standardization can play a role in the responsible deployment of emerging biotechnologies and maximize overall benefit to the society and environment.

Sponsors: AFCC and ASTM Technical Committee E62 for Synthetic Biology & Industrial Biotechnology

Symposium: Hydrogen Hubs: Building a Consumer Base and Enabling Adoption
(1:30 PM to 3:30 PM ET)
More information coming this fall

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Leadership Presentations
(3:30 to 5:00 PM)
More information coming this fall READ MORE

Symposium audio pt1 & audio pt2 for Progress Towards a U.S. Carbon Intensity Label. Presentation.

Symposium audio for The Importance of Standards for Synthetic Biology and Industrial Biotechnology. Presentation: Steve Evans - Andrea Hodgson - Vijay Srinivasan

Symposium audio for Hydrogen Hubs: Building a Consumer Base and Enabling Adoption.

Plenary Session audio for Sustainability In Industrial Biotechnology – Is it Measurable?

Plenary Session audio for Vanguard Biobased Materials and Their Applications. Presentations: Rich Altice - Mark Herrema - Jon Veldhouse

Plenary Session audio for Fly the Sky Economically and Climate Smart.

Workshop audio for Research and Development Activities on Sustainable Aviation Fuel. Presentations: Zia Abdullah - Alex Menotti

Workshop audio for Cutting Edge Debt, Equity and Insurance Project Finance Structuring for the Bioeconomy

Workshop presentation for USDA’s Role in the Bioeconomy

Workshop presentations for Best Practices in Evaluating the Wood Feedstock Supply Chain for Low-carbon Biofuels: Doris DeGuzman - Nick Andrews - Pete Coutu - Ira Dassa

Presentations and audio for Track 1, Session 1, Policy Initiatives Curbing Plastics Use and Their Effect on PHA Use and Proliferation. Presentations: Bauer - William Bardosh - Raj Krishnaswamy - Anindya Mukherjee - Brad Rodgers

Presentations and audio for Track 1, Session 2, Advancements in Plastic Waste Management. Presentations: Derek Atkinson - Ramani Narayan - K. Prakash Shyam - David Sudolsky - Rhodes Yepsen

Presentations and audio for Track 1, Session 3, Carbon Capture and Conversion to Biobased Fuels and Products. Presentations: Garett Estadt - Derek Greenfield - Chad Haynes - Steven Singer - Marika Ziesack

Presentations and audio PT1 & PT2 for Track 1, Session 4, New Biobased Materials

on the Horizon from Internal Growth Strategies and Partnerships. Presentations: Steve Davies - Brian Gordon - Daniel MacEachran - Max Senechai - Tom van Aken - Phil Van Trump

Presentations and audio for Track 1, Session 5, Feedstocks for Scaling Up Renewable Chemicals. Presentations: Joaquín Alarcón - Timothy Bauer - Siddhartha Pal - Darcy Prather - Philipp Walter - David Weiner

Presentations and audio for Track 1, Session 6, Production of Sustainable Biomaterials and Consumer Products Promoted by Policy Strategies. Presentations: Nouf Alhazmi -

Drew Bowers - Peter Jackman - Antonio Quiñones-Rivera PT1 PT2 - Basudeb Saha - Tim Urban

Presentations and audio for Track 2, Session 1, Reducing Waste to High Value Products: A Regulatory Perspective. Presentations: Paul Argyropoulos - Eric Barger - Bob Hambrecht - Paul Schubert - Julie Tucker

Presentations and audio for Track 2, Session 2, New Policies to Incentivize Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Production. Presentations: Mike Darcy - Gary Grimes - Terry Kulesa - Philip Moore - Tim Pohle - Cherie Wilson

Presentations and audio for Track 2, Session 3, Develop and Produce Scalable, Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). Presentations: Zia Abdullah - Mela Buzzetta - Ramsey Fahs - Andrew Miller - Brian Ripsin

Presentation and audio for Track 2, Session 4, Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF): What’s on the Horizon for Companies in Low-Carbon Transportation Fuels Industry. Presentations: Nick Andrews - Mike Caston - John Hannon - Gerard Ostheimer - Nancy Young

Presentations for Track 2, Session 5, The Environmental & Economic Benefits of Renewable Natural Gas (RNG). Presentations: Mallik Angalakudati - Henry Berling -

Zach Chapin - Shawn Kreloff - Steve Soule (NO audio or Presentations available for this session)

Presentations and audio for Track 2, Session 6, Advances and Solutions: Decarbonization with Affordable Hydrogen, Renewable Gasoline and Other Alternative Fuels. Presentations: Philippe Haffner - Tom Hobby - Dave Kettner - Andrew White

Presentations and audio for Track 3, Session 1, Enzyme and Cell-free Technologies for Production of Sustainable Chemicals. Presentations: William Armiger - David Babson - Ken Barrett - David Demirjian - Elizabeth Onderko - Eric Steen

Presentations and audio for Track 3, Session 2, Advancing Sustainability Through Key Strategic Partnerships. Presentations: Tim McCaffery - Ben Dolman - Matthew Lipscomb -

Louis Snyders

Presentations and audio for Track 3, Session 3, Renewable Ingredients for Fragrances, Flavors, and Personal Care Markets. Presentations: Mark Miller - Asfia Qureshi -

David Ramjohn - John Shaw

Presentations and audio for Track 3, Session 4, Industrial Biotech Pathways: Amino Acids, Succinic Acid, Fatty Acids. Presentations: Tina Boville - Cesar Granda - Dexter Hsu - Andreas Kohl - Kelly Smith

Presentations and audio for Track 3, Session 5, Vision to Profitably Manufacture Renewable Specialty Products. Presentations: Aaron Fitzgerald - Martha Marrapese -

Nirav Patel - Carl Rush - Antoine Schellinger - Albert Vitale

Presentations and audio for Track 3, Session 6, Roadblocks and Opportunities for the Development of the US Industrial Biotechnology Manufacturing Landscape. Presentations: Brentan Alexander - Gayle Bentley - Mary Maxon - Kate Sixt - Phil Van Trump - Mark Warner

Presentations and audio for Track 4, Session 1, Process Development Tools for Advanced

Biofuels. Presentations: Robert Freerks - Dan Giuliani - Tad Hepner - Asfia Qureshi - Zhang Yan

Presentations and audio for Track 4, Session 2, Technologies and Methods to Improve the Profitability of Green Crude and Chemicals and Advance Carbon Capture. Presentations: Joanne Ivancic - Marilyn Bruno - Taraka Dale - Lieve Laurens - Josephine Pace

Presentations and audio for Track 4, Session 3, Regenerative Agriculture as a Solution. Presentations: Keith Berns - Karen Boyd - Laura Decker - Keith Pitts

Presentations and audio for Track 4, Session 4, Food Solutions through Protein Fermentation. Presentations: Ranjan Patnaik - Michael Tai - Bryan Tracy - Qiaosong George Zheng

Presentations and audio for Track 4, Session 5, Precision Fermentation: Building Microbial Strains for Commercial Readiness. Presentations: Patrick Boyle - Sunil Chandran - Larry Feinberg - Lori Giver - Alex Hutagalung - Thomas Jeffries - Jason Webber

Presentations and audio for Track 4, Session 6, Development of Alternative Proteins, Applications, and Regulatory Requirements. Presentations: Manoj Kumar - Debbie Yaver