Alternative Fuels & Chemicals Coalition Conference 2024
Global Biobased Economy Conference
2024 Global Biobased Economy Conference and Exhibition
Washington, D.C. | November 20-22, 2024
Numerous BioMADE staff will be speaking at the Alternative Fuels & Chemicals Association’s Global Biobased Economy Conference on November 20-22 in Washington, D.C. Attend to hear from Genya Dana, Chief Strategy and Bioeconomic Development Officer; Steve Evans, Senior Technical Fellow; Jack Starr, Chief Manufacturing Officer; and Ashley Arnell, Associate Program Manager. See details about all the BioMADE sessions below:
New Biobased Materials
Moderated by Steve Evans, BioMADE Senior Technical Fellow and featuring:
Andrew Howley, Chief Editor Ask Nature
Jeff Anderson, CEO, AllMade Materials
Genevieve Croft, Program Scientist, Schmidt Sciences
Benjamin Harvey, Chief Scientist, US Navy NAWCWD
Prof. Mohanty, University of Guelph
Lauren Scott, Director of Corporate Affairs, CJ Biomaterials
Topics include biomimicry, scale-up of materials produced in nature, new biomaterials for the bioeconomy, synthetic biology to new materials, other new materials, and policy strategy for biobased materials.
Attend: November 20 | 4:00 pm
Bridging the Bioindustrial Valley of Death: BioMADE Year Three
BioMADE was catalyzed in 2021 by the Department of Defense (DoD) to coalesce a community of stakeholders associated with all aspects of bioindustrial manufacturing. BioMADE is building an end-to-end ecosystem that could work together to solve general problems associated with bringing non-medical products made from biotechnology from the benchtop to the marketplace. In the intervening three years, BioMADE has funded $170MM in projects to solve problems for the DoD and the industry in general. In this session, you will hear about the BioMADE membership model and how it works to engage stakeholders to share problems, resources, and results. You will also hear the perspective of a few of BioMADE’s member organizations and how they’re working to accelerate the production and commercialization of products from industrial biotechnology.
Moderated by Ashley Arnell, Associate Program Manager and featuring panelists:
Peter Jackman, Sterne Kessler
Mukund Karanjikar, CleanJoule
Liz Onderko, Capra Bioscience
Jeff Stuart, Lockheed Martin
Yan Zhang, National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center
Attend: November 21 | 8:00 am
Biomanufacturing with Public-Private Partnership
The high Capital costs and complexities of developing and scaling biomanufacturing technologies present significant challenges to their accelerated deployment. Recent efforts of public-private partnerships (PPPs) serve to bridge the gap between research and scaled commercial application and could provide a crucial boost to US biomanufacturing. These include but are not limited to, programs such as the DOE loan guarantee, BioMADE - a Manufacturing Innovation Institute in part supported by the DoD, DoD Distributed BioIndustrial Manufacturing, and OSTP's efforts on policy development.
This panel will explore the transformative potential of biomanufacturing through PPPs, highlighting recent efforts and potential opportunities in the sector. Industry leaders and policymakers will discuss key topics, including funding strategies for building infrastructure, regulatory frameworks, intellectual property considerations, and how PPPs can mitigate risks, accelerate technology transfer, and ensure biomanufacturing advancements yield societal benefits. By fostering an open dialogue, this panel aims to chart a path for future collaborations that harness the collective expertise and resources of both sectors to overcome challenges and unlock the full potential of biomanufacturing.
Moderated by Roger Wyse, Founder & Managing Partner at Spruce Capital Partners and featuring panelists:
Ajikumar Parayil, CEO, Manus Bio
Jack Starr, Chief Manufacturing Officer, BioMADE
Sarah Glaven, Principal Assistant Director, Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing, White House, OSTP
Deepti Tanjore, Head of the Department, Process Engineering and Analytics (PEA), Berkeley Lab
Attend: November 21 | 10:00 am
Correcting Trade Imbalance Through a Biobased Economy
The United States has a reliance on foreign markets for vital materials ranging from pharmaceuticals to agricultural products to chemicals and more that affect food security. The US is the world's second-largest importer.1 In 2019, we imported $3.1 trillion: $191 billion in petroleum products & $151 billion in food/feedstock.
Biomanufacturing has the potential to create new solutions in health, energy, food security, supply chain resilience, and national security. The US is positioned to reshore America’s bioeconomy given the nexus of its strengths across manufacturing, life sciences and its production of feedstocks as well as the presence of corporate and academic innovators. Assets in the US heartland provide abundant renewable sources and a well-developed bio-processing industry that can unite innovators to achieve one-health outcomes across plants, animals, people, & planet.
The US Department of Energy reports there is 1.1 to 1.5 billion tons of biomass available annually which could produce 60 billion gallons of renewable fuel, or about half of the current gasoline demand.
Moderated by Dan Dawes, AgriNovus and featuring panelists:
Genya Dana, Chief Strategy and Bioeconomic Development Officer, BioMADE
Anthony Gregory - Chief Operating Officer, Southwest Airlines Renewable Ventures
Wendy Srnic – Vice President of Biotechnology, Corteva Agriscience
Corey Crafton - Value Creation Research Manager on Contract, Indiana Soybean Alliance/Corn Marketing Council
Attend: November 22 | 3:30 pm
You Can’t Change—or Trade—What You Can’t Measure
Moderated by Craig Bettenhausen, Senior Editor, Chemical & Engineering News and featuring:
Paul Zorner, President, Bleujaune Advisors
Emily Aurand, Director of Road mapping and Education, Engineering Biology
Vijay Srinivasan, Division Chief of the Systems Integration Division Consortium, NIST
Joseph McAuliffe, Senior Principal Scientist, IFF Nutrition & Biosciences
Steven Evans, Senior Technical Fellow, BioMADE
Attend: Friday, November 22 | 3:30 PM