NAA's 5th Annual Algae Production Certification Program and Commercial Algae Production Growing, Harvesting and Extraction Networking Workshop October 19-20, 2012 The Woodlands, TX

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July 25, 2012

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The National Algae Association is the first non-profit algae production trade association in the US. To continue the fast-track commercialization and commercial scale-up of the algae production industry, the National Algae Association is offering its highly popular Algae Production Certification program which is designed to appeal to algaepreneurs, oil executives, farmers, researchers, engineers, economic development, investors, professionals and students to learn about algae strains, growing, harvesting, extraction technologies and economics. This is a great algae networking opportunity for collaboration, strategic relationships, JV’s and potential investment. Algae is one solution to help the US get off of foreign oil, become energy independent and create new jobs. It is expected to be a $1.4 billion dollar market for oil and co-products.

In continuing its efforts to fast-track commercial algae production, National Algae Association’s next workshop will be held on October 20, 2012 in The Woodlands, Texas. The focus will be on progress in commercial growing, harvesting and extraction methods, along with proven technologies that are ready for commercial-scale algae production.

When American algae producers, harvesting and extraction technology companies, researchers, equipment manufacturers, process engineers and potential investors who ALL AGREE that algae is one solution to help get the US off of foreign oil join together in an open collaborative environment, good things happen! The NAA has challenged the industry to build the first 100 acre algae farm, to prove CAPEX and OPEX financial models and prove economies of scale. Algae researchers and the algae producers are creating new relationships and opportunities in a commercial environment. Innovative leadership, collaboration efforts and consultancy have been rewarded with each new press release announcing a new JV/partnership, strategic alliance or commercial production technology tested and ready to be scaled.

Learn about:

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How to start commercial algae farms

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Development and testing techniques for commercial-scale algae production

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Biocrude and biomass co-products

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Lifecycle analysis

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Comparison of commercial-scale technologies

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Design, development and testing of growing, harvesting, extraction and fermentation techniques

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Nutrients and CO2 levels

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Logistics

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Economic and Market analysis READ MORE

8 Reasons You Should Attend the NAA Workshop

1. Networking – Strategic Alliances, JV’s and Business Transactions have occurred at NAA Conferences

2. Attendees are tired of hearing theory, we need more research and we are 10 years away. They want to talk about commercial algae production or algae farming today.

3. If government grants are non-existent and budgets drastically cut, why do you need lobbyists? For over 50 years lobbyists traditionally endorsed more research grants, not commercial algae production. That game is over.

4. No need to save on expensive hotels. Our hotels are affordable without any discounts.

5. NAA is the first algae trade association in the US focused on commercial algae production and algae farming. We do not have to promote ourselves as the “largest biomass conference in the world.”

6. NAA is represented in 49 states and 9 countries.

7. NAA is not in the business of selling exhibit booths. Never have been and never will be. Due to the quality of presentations about commercial algae production, attendees rarely leave the conference room to stand around looking at exhibit booths. We allow vendors to display their literature on small tables in the hall. The cost to have a table is $250 if your company needs one, and the funds supplement our scholarship fund.

8. We have been listening to researchers and grant recipients talk about new algae research for over 50 years. In business you are not given 50 years to do research. Our attendees want to learn about serious commercial algae production. After all, we can either spend another 50 years researching and creating more technologies that render the last technologies useless, or we can free the researchers up to do something else while we spend those funds producing algae on a commercial basis. If we do not have a serious commitment to commercial algae production in the US, there is no need to spend more money on more research and more algae technologies, lobbyist groups or government involvement.

“Without commercial algae production every existing and new technology has no value or need. At the end of the day someone has to produce it.” READ MORE

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