2013-07-18

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30

8:00 am – 3:00 pm

Exhibitor Move-In

8:30 am – 4:00 pm

Florida Tours

5:00 pm – 5:15 pm

Ribbon Cutting and Remarks

5:15 pm – 7:00 pm

Grand Opening Reception in Exhibit & Poster Hall

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1

8:00 am – 7:30 pm

Exhibit & Poster Hall Open

8:00 am – 9:00 am

Continental Breakfast in Exhibit & Poster Hall

8:30 am – 8:45 am

Opening Remarks

Mary Rosenthal, Executive Director, Algae Biomass Organization

Todd Taylor, Partner, Fredrikson & Byron, and Program Chair, ABS 2013

Margaret McCormick, Chairman of Board, Algae Biomass Organization, and President & CEO, Matrix Genetics

8:45 am – 9:30 am

The Algae Fuel Solution – Updates from Algenol Biofuels, Sapphire Energy and Federal Express

Moderator: Tim Portz, Executive Editor, Biomass Magazine

Paul Woods, CEO, Algenol Biofuels

Cynthia “CJ” Warner, CEO & Chairman, Sapphire Energy Inc.

Joel Murdock, Managing Director, Federal Express

9:30 am – 10:15 am

Beyond Fuel – Updates on Feed, Nutrition, and Specialty Chemicals and Products

Moderator: Jim Lane, Editor & Publisher, Biofuels Digest

Tim Burns, President, BioProcess Algae

Dan Simon, President & CEO, Heliae

Mike Van Drunen, CEO & Founder, Algix LLC

Greg Bafalis, CEO, Aurora Algae

10:15 am – 10:45 am

Energy Break in Exhibit & Poster Hall

10:45 am – 11:15 am

Keynote Address

Matt Horton, CEO, Propel Fuels

11:15 am – 12:15 pm

Keynote Address

Moderator: Laurie Purpuro, Government Affairs Advisor, K&L Gates

Chris Cassidy, Renewable Energy Advisor,  USDA

Christy Sterner, Project Manager, DOE Biomass Program, Bioenergy Technologies Office

Sarah Bittleman, Agriculture Counselor to the Administrator, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency

12:15 pm – 1:30 pm

Lunch in Exhibit & Poster Hall

1:30 pm – 2:30 pm

A View of the Algae Testbed Program and International Consortia

Moderator: Phil Pienkos, Principal Group Manager, National Bioenergy Center, National Renewable Enery Laboratory

Ron Pate, ATP3 Deputy Director, Sandia National Laboratories

Rene Wijffels, Professor, Bioprocess Engineering, Wageningen University and Research Center

Makoto Watanabe, Professor, University of Tsukuba & Senior Managing Director,Algae Industry Incubation Consortium

2:30 pm – 4:00 pm

Concurrent Track Panels 

Track 1: Progress in Algal Biology Research
Physiological Regulation of Carbon Partitioning

Panel Chair: Qiang Hu, Professor, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Emily Trentacoste, Ph.D. Candidate, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC-San Diego
Increased Lipid Accumulation without Compromising Growth: Metabolic Engineering of Lipid Catabolism in Thalassiosira pseudonana

Yanming Wang, Research Scientist & Ph. D. Candidate, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
Mixotrophic Continuous Cultivation of Chlorella protothecoides for Sustainable Lipid Production

Egan Lohman, Ph.D. Candidate, Chemical & Biological Engineering, Montana State University
Lipid Profiling, Carbon Partitioning, and Inorganic Carbon Optimization to Enhance Growth and Lipid Accumulation in Green Microalgae

Danxiang Han, Assistant Research Professor, Arizona State University
Lipidome Analysis of the Oleaginous Microalga Nannochloropsis oceanica IMET1 during Oil Accumulation

Track 2: Engineering & Analysis
Economic Analysis of Algae-to-Biofuel Systems

Panel Chair: Ben McCool, Vice President, Engineering, Algenol Biofuels

James Richardson, Regents Professor & Senior Faculty Fellow,Texas A&M University
A Comparison of Two Cultivation Systems: Open Pond and Algae Raceway Integrated Design (ARID)

Erik Venteris, Spatial Modeling Research Engineer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
A National-Scale Comparison of Resource and Nutrient Demands for Algae Based Biofuel Production by Lipid Extraction and Hydrothermal Liquefaction

Jeffrey Moody, Research Assistant, Utah State University
Microalgae Scalability: A Global Assessment of Productivity Potential and Resource Availability

Lieve Laurens, Senior Research Scientist, Applied Sciences, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Composition of Algal Biomass for Biofuels and Bioproducts: High Impact Data and Method Harmonization

Cara Meghan Downes, Associate Professor, Economics, New Mexico State University
Formulation and Estimation of a Production Function Model of Biofuels from Microalgae

Track 3: Innovation on the Road to Commercialization
Fuel Production Innovation

Panel Chair: Michael Lakeman, Regional Director, Biofuel Strategy, The Boeing Company

Mary Solecki, Clean Fuels Program Director, E2 (Environmental Entrepreneurs)
How the Low Carbon Fuel Standard is driving growth in algal fuels

Rebecca White, Director of Cultivation & Site Manager, Green Crude Farm, Sapphire Energy Inc.
Sapphire Energy’s Green Crude Farm – Year in Review

Lee Tonkovich, Vice President, Research & Development, Heliae
Good Science = Scale: Leveraging innovation for commercial algae production

Hoyt Thomas, President & CEO, OpenAlgae
Integrated Algae Growth with PCM and Solventless Oil Recovery Process Demonstrated

Pat Leung, Global Business Manager, CRI Catalyst Co.
Advances in Algal Biomass Conversion Technologies

4:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Energy Break in Exhibit & Poster Hall

4:30 pm – 6:00 pm

Concurrent Track Panels 

Track 1: Progress in Algal Biology Research
Molecular Biology and Genetics

Panel Chair: Al Darzins, R&D Director – Infrastructure Sector, Gas Technology Institute

Sarah Smith, Ph.D. Candidate, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC-San Diego
A Global Regulatory Mechanism Integrates Carbon and Energy Metabolism in the Diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana

Beth Rasala, Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of California-San Diego
Genetic Tools for Microalgal Research and Biotechnology

Michael Guarnieri, Scientist III, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Identification of Novel Cell Signaling Systems in Chlorella vulgaris

David Fox, Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Maximization of Isoprenoid Production and Extraction in a Model Organism

Track 2: Engineering & Analysis
Cultivation I

Panel Chair: John Benemann, CEO, MicroBio Engineering Inc.

Tryg Lundquist, Associate Professor, Environmental Engineering, California Polytechnic State University
Influence of Wastes on Seasonal Nutrient Transformations and Harvesting Efficiency for Raceway Pond Cultures

Terence Smith, Research Assistant, Utah State University
Rotating Algal Biofilm Reactor for Nutrient Removal and Biomass Production

John Hewson, Principal Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories
Recovery of nutrients from biomass for nutrient recycling

Trina Halfhide, Ph.D. Candidate, University of South Florida
Effect of Indigenous Microbes on Algae Biomass Production and Nutrient Removal

Track 3: Innovation on the Road to Commercialization
Biomass Production Innovation

Panel Chair: Philip Pienkos, Prinicipal Group Manager, National Bioenergy Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Schonna Manning, Research Associate, The Culture Collection of Algae (UTEX)
Managing Microalgae at the Pilot-Scale

Amit Vasavada, Program Manager, General Atomics
Large-scale Algae Cultivation for Protein Production

Adrian Galvez, Vice President, Operations, Heliae
Achieving Commercial Viability with Mixotrophy: Proving Scalability and Economics in Gilbert, AZ

Dil Vashi, Manager, Corporate Development, Solutions4CO2 Inc.
Enhancing the Economic Model of Algal Bio-Products

Ji-Won Yang, Professor & Executive Director, KAIST & Advanced Biomass R&D Center
The National Policy, Investment, and Directions of Microalgae-Based Biofuels and Bioproducts Research and Development in Korea

6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

Networking Reception in Exhibit & Poster Hall

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2

7:00 am – 8:00 am

ABO Annual Meeting

7:30 am – 6:30 pm

Exhibit and Poster Hall Open

7:30 am – 8:30 am

Continental Breakfast in Exhibit & Poster Hall

8:30 am – 10:30 am

Concurrent Track Panels 

Track 1: Progress in Algal Biology Research
Cultivation Ecology

Panel Chair: Todd Lane, Principal Member, Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories

Marian Vermuë, Assistant Professor, Bioprocess Engineering, Wageningen University
Harvesting Microalgae for Biodiesel Production

Robert McBride, Associate Director of Cultivation, Sapphire Energy Inc.
Open Algae Pond Ecology

William Henley, Professor, Botany, Oklahoma State University
Initial Risk Assessment of Genetically Modified (GM) Microalgae for Commodity-Scale Biofuel Cultivation

Val Smith, Professor, University of Kansas
Ecological Principles of Algal Crop Protection

Joe Weissman, Distinguished Scientific Associate, Exxon Mobil
Algae Biofuels Program: Towards Improved Photosynthetic Efficiency

Track 2: Engineering & Analysis
Cultivation II

Panel Chair: Harlan (Lanny) Miller, Director of Aquaculture, Algenol Biofuels

Michael Huesemann, Staff Research Engineer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Simulation of Outdoor Pond Cultures Using Indoor LED-lighted and Temperature-Controlled Raceway Ponds

Michael Wilson, Research Engineer, Center for Applied Energy Research, University of Kentucky
From Flue Gas to Fungible Fuels -Demonstration of an Algae-based System for CO2 Mitigation From Coal Fired Power Plants

Halil Berberoglu, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
A Novel Multispectral Imaging Method for Real-time Algal Culture Monitoring

Ian Woertz, Engineer, MicroBio Engineering Inc.
Design and Construction of Low-Cost Algae Production Pond Systems

Jose Sanchez Piña, General Manager, Algae Division, OriginOil Inc.
Algae Appliance™: A Breakthrough in Harvesting and Microbiological Control for Commercial Algae Systems

Track 3: Innovation on the Road to Commercialization
Public Policy and Commercialization

Panel Chair: David Schwartz, Editor/Publisher, Algae Industry Magazine

Matthew Rudolf, Regional Director-Americas, RSB Services Foundation
Emerging Sustainable Markets

Tim Zenk, Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Sapphire Energy Inc.
Commercializing Algae to Energy In Our Lifetime

Philip Pienkos, Prinicipal Group Manager, National Bioenergy Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
A Place for Algal Biofuels Within the Energy-Water-Food Nexus

Greg Sower, Manager, ENVIRON International Corp
Production of Food Ingredients and Chemicals: Regulatory Considerations for Parallel Production and Dual Channel Substances

Alice Chen, Scientist, Keller and Heckman LLP
Chemical and Taxonomic Identity Hurdles in Regulatory Applications

Pat Ahlm, Assistant Director, Government & Regulatory Affairs, Algenol Biofuels
A View of Regulatory Affairs in the Algae Industry

10:30 am – 11:00 am

Energy Break in Exhibit & Poster Hall

11:00 am – 12:30 pm

Concurrent Track Panels 

Track 1: Progress in Algal Biology Research
Photosynthesis and CO2 Fixation

Panel Chair: John Benemann, CEO, MicroBio Engineering Inc.

Shaun Bailey, Director, Photosynthesis Research, Synthetic Genomics International
Global Transcriptional Regulators of the Photo-Acclimation Response to Irradiance

Greg Mitchell, Research Biologist & Senior Lecturer, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC-San Diego
Pigment Packaging Effects in Thalassiosira pseudonana Under Light Regulated Steady-State Growth

Robert Gardner, Post Graduate Researcher, Montana State University
Characterization of Active Photosynthesis Zones iInside Biofuel Producing and Waste-Water Remediating Algal Biofilms

Joshua Wilkenfeld, Algae Cultivation Specialist, Heliae Developent LLC
Use of Flue Gas From Combustion of Landfill Gas (LFG) as the CO2 Source for Algae Biomass Production with Scenedesmus obliquus: Growth, FAME’s, and Heavy Metals

Track 2: Engineering & Analysis
Biomass Harvesting and Extraction

Panel Chair: Philip Pienkos, Prinicipal Group Manager, National Bioenergy Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Joel Krehbiel, Ph.D. Candidate, Mechanical Sciences & Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign
Efficient Disruption of Algal Cells with Ultrasound and Microbubbles

Jason Quinn, Assistant Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Utah State University
Low Energy, Wet Solvent Extraction

Martin Poenie, Associate Professor, University of Texas at Austin
One Step Processing of Algae to Biofuel

Jordan Smith, Engineering Director, Aurora Algae
Engineering Economics of Dewatering of Nannochloropsis

Track 3: Innovation on the Road to Commercialization
Commercializing Commodity Products

Panel Chair: Toby Ahrens, Senior Scientist, BioProcess Algae

Pradeep Sharma, Senior Research Engineer, Algenol Biofuels
Anthropogenic CO2 as a Feedstock for Cyanobacteria-Based Biofuels

Ryan Hunt, Chief Technical Officer, Algix LLC
Commercialization of Algae-blended Thermoplastics and Feedstock Supply Chain

Pieter Boelens, Chief Operating Officer, Evodos
Evodos@work: High Quality Output of Algae Paste Makes the Difference

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

Lunch in Exhibit & Poster Hall

1:30 pm – 3:00 pm

Concurrent Track Panels 

Track 1: Progress in Algal Biology Research
Algal Strain Development

Panel Chair: Jianping Yu, Senior Scientist, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Matthew Saunders, Group Leader, Evolutionary Engineering, Sapphire Energy Inc.
Microalgae Strain-Improvement by Evolutionary Engineering for Superior Biofuels Production

Mark Hildebrand, Research Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC-San Diego
Improvement of Lipid Accumulation in Microalgae by Mutagenesis and Metabolic Engineering

Herminia Rodriguez, Institute of Plant Biochemistry, University of Seville Spain
Metabolic Engineering of the Carotenogenic and Triacylglycerides Pathways in Microalgae

Natarajan Velmurugan, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, KAIST
Adaptive Evolution of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Strains Resulting in High Lipid Content Cells

Jianping Yu, Senior Scientist, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Development of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 for the Bioconversion of Pentose Sugars to Value-Added Products

Track 2: Engineering & Analysis
Photobioreactors

Panel Chair: Ron Chance, Senior Scientific Advisor, Physical Sciences, Algenol Biofuels

Pete Lammers, Professor, New Mexico State University
Bounded Opportunities: Physical, Biological, Material and Economic Constraints on Photobioreactor Design

Yuanguang Li, Professor, East China University of Science and Technology
Key Parameters for the Performance of Photobioreactor

Lawrence Walmsley, CEO, Culture Fuels Inc.
Highly-Productive, Low-Cost Floating Cultivation Platform

Victoria Kurtz, Manager, Algae Technologies, Fluid Imaging Technologies, Inc.
A Dynamic Imaging Cell Monitoring System for Real-Time Analysis of Algae-to-Biofuel Production

Track 3: Innovation on the Road to Commercialization
Commercializing Specialty Products

Panel Chair: Mark Allen, Vice President, Integrated Carbon Solutions, Accelergy Corporation & Founding Board Member/Past Chairman, ABO

Emily Trentacoste, Ph.D. Candidate, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC-San Diego
The Place of Algae in Agriculture: Where It Is, Where It Should Be, and How to Get There

Greg Sower, Manager, ENVIRON International Corp
Shifting Focus from Fuels to Foods: How to Enter the Food, Feed, and Nutraceutical Markets

Emilie Slaby, Market Manager, The Scoular Company
Protein Feed Market Dynamics and What They Mean for the Algae Meal Producer

Brian Goodall, Vice President, Business Development, Valicor Renewables
Commercialization of New Algae-based Omega-3 Supplements with High Bioavailability

Wenguang Zhou, Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering, University of Minnesota
Innovative Waste-to-Algae Technologies for Sustainable and Environment-enhancing Biofuel and Biobased Byproduct Production

3:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Energy Break in Exhibit & Poster Hall

3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Concurrent Track Panels 

Track 1: Progress in Algal Biology Research
Physiological Response to Cultivation Conditions

Panel Chair: Shulin Chen, Professor/Scientist, Biological Systems Engineering, Washington State University

Halil Berberoglu, Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin
Physico-chemical Surface Properties of Algae and Cell-Surface Interactions

Jennifer Stewart, University of Delaware
Growth and Flocculation of Heterosigma akashiwo on Industrial Emissions

Rebecca Knight, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Texas -Austin
The Design of a Low-Cost Photobioreactor for High Throughput Metabolomics Screening and Next Generation RNA-seq Transcriptomics Analysis in a Thermophilic Cyanobacterium, BP-1

Todd Lane, Principal Member, Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories
Nutrient Recycling for Sustainable Algal Mass Culture

Pete Lammers, Professor, New Mexico State University
Some Like it Hot: Outdoor Cultivation of Mixotrophic, Thermo-Tolerant Galdieria sulfuraria in Closed Photobioreactors for Waste Water Treatment and Biofuel Applications

Track 2: Engineering & Analysis
Conversion of Whole Algal Biomass into Liquid Fuels via Hydrothermal Processes

Panel Chair: Anthony Marchese, Associate Professor, Colorado State University

John Holladay, Manager, Biomass Sector, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Technical and Economic Aspects for Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Algae

Neil Osterwalder, Process Engineer & Group Leader, Sapphire Energy Inc.
Production and Upgrading of Renewable Bio-Crude from Large Scale Algae Ponds

David Lewis, Chief Technology Officer, Muradel Pty Ltd
Biomass to Biofuel: Is Hydrothermal Liquefaction the Answer?

Klaus Hellgardt, Reader in Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London
Hydrothermal Upgrading of Algae Paste: Application of 31P-NMR

Track 3: Innovation on the Road to Commercialization
Production Process Innovation

Panel Chair: Iain McNerlin, Business Development Manager, AMEC

Nick Donowitz, Director, Corporate Development, Heliae
Tales from the Other Side: Crossing the Valley of Death in the Algae Industry

Xuemei Bai, Principal Scientist, Cellana LLC
Advancing Commercialization of Algal Biofuels Through Increased Biomass Productivity and Technology Integration

Philippe Bois, Director & Chief Scientific Officer, AlgaStar Inc.
Commercial High Yield Continuous Algal Biomass Production Using a Breakthrough Bioreactor that Combines Light and Electromagnetic Energy Stimulation

George Philippidis, Associate Professor, Sustainable Energy, University of South Florida
Addressing the Challenges in the Commercial Cultivation of Algae

5:00 pm – 6:30 pm

Cultivating Relationships Reception in Exhibit & Poster Hall

6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

Managing Seed Cultures of Microalgae for Potential Commercial Applications

- Principles of Bio-prospecting for Microalgae

- Culturing Microalgae at Small Scale

- Utilizing External Microalgae Management Services

Willie Wilson, Director, NCMA, & Senior Research Scientist, Bigelow Laboratories for Ocean Sciences

Jerry Brand, Director, Culture Collection of Algae, University of Texas – Austin

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3

7:30 am – 8:30 am

Continental Breakfast in Exhibit & Poster Hall

7:30 am – 11:00 am

Exhibit & Poster Hall

8:30 am – 9:00 am

2013 Poster Awards

2013 Scholarship Awards

Announcing 2014 Summit in San Diego

9:00 am – 10:30 am

Algae and Finance 

Moderator: Todd Taylor, Partner, Fredrikson & Byron

John May, Managing Director, Stern Brothers

Mike Ritzenthaler, Senior Research Analyst, Piper Jaffray

James Drage, Founder, Atlantic Venture Capital

Jimmy Samartzis, United Airlines (Invited)

10:30 am – 12:00 pm

International Developments in Algae

Moderator: John Benemann, CEO, MicroBio Engineering Inc.

Song Qin, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Roberto Armenta, Chief Scientist & Director of R&D, Mara Renewables
Algae Fermentation at the Global Stage

Stephen O’Leary, Director, R&D, Algal Carbon Conversion Flagship Program, National Research Council Canada

Aviation Field Representative – To be determined soon

11:00 am

Exhibitor Move-Out

12:30 pm – 9:00 pm

FloridaTours

1:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Meeting Rooms Available

Please contact ABO at info@algaebiomass.org to schedule

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