The following are confirmed speakers for Bioenergy 2016: Mobilizing the Bioeconomy through Innovation, which will be held on July 12–14, 2016, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.:
Confirmed Keynote Speakers
- Austin Brown, Assistant Director for Clean Energy and Transportation, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
- Adam Cohen, Deputy Under Secretary for Science and Energy, U.S. Department of Energy
- Vann Bush, Managing Director, Gas Technology Institute
- David Friedman, Acting Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy
- The Honorable Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN), Congressman, U.S. House of Representatives
- Renato Domith Godinho, Head of Section, Division for New and Renewable Energy Resources, Department of Energy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Brazil
- The Honorable Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Congresswoman, U.S. House of Representatives
- Jan Koninckx, Global Business Director for Advanced Biofuels, DuPont Industrial Biosciences
- Jonathan Male, Director, Bioenergy Technologies Office, U.S. Department of Energy
- The Honorable Dennis McGinn, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Energy, Installations & Environment
- Reuben Sarkar, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Transportation, U.S. Department of Energy
- Bernardo Silva, Executive President, Brazilian Industrial Biotechnology Association (ABBI)
- Jim Spaeth, Program Manager for Demonstration and Market Transformation, Bioenergy Technology Office, U.S. Department of Energy
- Catherine Woteki, Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Confirmed Plenary and Breakout Session Speakers
- Carol Babb, Renewable Energy Vice President, Leidos Engineering
- Andrea Bailey, Oak Ridge Institute of Science and Education Fellow – Conversion Technologies, Bioenergy Technologies Office
- Bryan Bals, Process Development Engineer, MBI, International
- Amanda Barry, Scientist, Bioenergy Technologies Office, U.S. Department of Energy
- Brian Baynes, Partner, Flagship Ventures
- Tim Bearnes, CEO, Laurel Biocomposites
- Jacques Beaudry-Losique, Senior Vice President Corporate and Business Development, Algenol Biotech LLC
- Mary Biddy, Senior Research Engineer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Adam Bratis, Biofuels Program Manager, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Nate Brown, Alternative Fuels Project Manager, Federal Aviation Administration
- Matt Carr, Executive Director, Algae Biomass Organization
- Brooke Coleman, Executive Director, Advanced Biofuels Business Council
- Joel Cherry, President, Research and Development, Amyris
- Kevin Comer, Senior Project Manager, ANTARES
- Bill Crump, Director of Renewable Energy and Chemicals, Leidos Engineering
- Steve Csonka, Executive Director, Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative
- Maggie Davis, Associate, Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Alan DelPaggio, Vice President, Upstream and Renewables, CRI Catalyst Company
- Cora Dickson, Senior International Trade Specialist, U.S. Department of Commerce
- Jeffrey Dietrich, Chief Technology Officer, Lygos
- Sheila Dillard, Communications Manager, Bioenergy Technologies Office, U.S. Department of Energy
- Jim Dooley, Chief Technology Officer, Forest Concepts, LLC
- Deepak Dugar, President, Visolis, Inc.
- Jennifer Dunn, Biofuel Life Cycle Analysis Team Lead and Principal Environmental Analyst, Argonne National Laboratory
- Laurence Eaton, Research Economist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Mark Elless, Technical Project Officer, Bioenergy Technologies Office, U.S. Department of Energy
- Doug Elliott, Laboratory Fellow (Retired), Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Bob Emory, Southern Timberlands Environmental Affairs Manager, Weyerhauser
- Burton English, Professor and Lecturer, UT Institute of Agriculture
- Christine English, Senior Scientist, Bioenergy Technologies Office, U.S. Department of Energy
- Brent Erickson, Executive Vice President, Biotechnology Industry Organization
- John Farrell, Laboratory Program Manager, Vehicle Technologies Office, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Julie Felgar, Managing Director of Environmental Strategy, Boeing
- Daniel Fishman, Technology Manager, Bioenergy Technologies Office, U.S. Department of Energy
- Brian Foody, President and CEO, Iogen Corporation
- Matt Garcia, Senior Science and Technology Policy Fellow, Jobs Strategy Council, U.S. Department of Energy
- Dan Gaspar, Project Manager, Energy Processes and Materials Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Dan Goodwin, Director of Corporate Affairs, Oberon Fuels
- Alison Goss Eng, Program Manager, Bioenergy Technologies Office, U.S. Department of Energy
- Valerie Harmon, Principal, Harmon Consulting
- Mike Hilliard, Research Staff, Center for Transportation Analysis, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Joe Hrdlicka, Executive Director, Iowa Biotechnology Association
- George Huber, Board of Directors, Anellotech, Inc.
- Jeffrey Jacobs, President and CEO, Ensyn Corporation
- K’Lynne Johnson, Board Director, FMC Corporation
- Kristen Johnson, Sustainability Technology Manager, Bioenergy Technology Office, U.S. Department of Energy
- Stacy Jordahl, Vice President, Innovation, Business Development and Strategic Sourcing, Ingevity
- Wes Jurey, President and CEO, Arlington Chamber of Commerce
- Virginia Klausmeier, CEO and Founder, Sylvatex
- Keith Kline, Senior Research Staff, Climate Change Science Institute and Center for Bioenergy Sustainability, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Borka Kostova, Technology Manager, Bioenergy Technologies Office, U.S. Department of Energy
- Devinn Lambert, Algae Technology Manager, Presidential Management Fellow, Bioenergy Technologies Office, U.S. Department of Energy
- Jim Lane, Publisher and Editor, Biofuels Digest
- Matt Langholtz, Natural Resource & Environmental Economist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Lieve Laurens, Senior Scientist, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Elliott Levine, Technology Manager, Bioenergy Technologies Office, U.S. Department of Energy
- Ira “Ike” Levine, Professor and CEO, University of Southern Maine, Algal Aquaculture Professionals
- Alicia Lindauer, Technology Manager, Bioenergy Technologies Office, U.S. Department of Energy
- Eric McAfee, Chairman and CEO, Aemetis
- Taite McDonald, Senior Policy Advisor, Holland and Knight
- Paul Miles, Manager, Engine Combustion Department, Sandia National Laboratories
- Prakash Nepal, Research Assistant Professor, U.S. Department of Agriculture and North Carolina State University
- Mario Portela, Managing Partner, TPG ART (Alternative and Renewable Technologies)
- Matthew Posewitz, Professor, Colorado School of Mines
- Vesa Pylkkanen, Chief Technology Officer, American Process, Inc.
- Anna Rath, President and CEO, NexSteppe
- Valerie Reed, Deputy Director, Bioenergy Technologies Office
- Mark Riedy, Partner, Kilpatrick Townsend& Stockton, LLP
- Jonathan Rogers, Energy Consultant, Energetics
- Ian Rowe, Technology Manager, Bioenergy Technologies Office, U.S. Department of Energy
- Martin Sabarsky, CEO, Cellana, LLC
- Erin Searcy, Bioenergy Technologies Department Manager, Idaho National Laboratory
- Karl Seck, President and CEO, Mercurius Biorefining
- Bryan Sherbacow, President and COO, AltAir Fuels
- Blake Simmons, Chief Science & Technology Officer and Vice President for Deconstruction, Joint BioEnergy Institute
- Jeffrey Skeer, International Renewable Energy Agency, Senior Programme Officer
- Dan Smolen, Managing Director, The Green Suits, LLC
- Bryce Stokes, Senior Advisor, Allegheny Science and Technology
- David Sudolsky, Co-founder and CEO, Anellotech, Inc.
- Siva Sureshwaran, Director of the Division of Community and Education, USDA-National Institute of Food and Agriculture
- Daniela Thran, Head of Department of Bioenergy and Bioenergy Systems, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Germany and Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum
- Chris Tindal, Director for Operational Energy, U.S. Navy
- Bryan Tracy, Co-founder and CTO, White Dog Labs, Inc.
- Goutham Vemuri, Researcher, Denmark Technical University, Sasya Bio
- Gale Wichmann, Senior Scientist, Amyris
- Joshua Yuan, Associate Professor, Systems Biology and Bioenergy, Texas A&M
- Luca Zollo, Principal, Verde Nero