Year in Review
The 2009 Year in Review summarizes the developments within the ABO and the broader industry over the last 12 months, while also looking ahead and the challenges and opportunities for the ABO over the next year. In the first section, the Executive Director discusses the developments within the ABO itself, including the growth in the membership base, the development of the ABO’s leadership through the addition of new board members, and successes of the ABO’s governmental and public relations strategies. The second half of the document lays out the ABO’s public policy platform and strategy in greater detail, providing an overview of the ABO’s policy goals, summarizes the policy efforts and advocacy undertaken by the ABO over the past year, and finally, outlines the key legislative and funding opportunities for the algae industry that currently exist and what they may mean for the ABO as it moves forward in the next 12 months. The Year in Review was distributed to Members at the 2009 Algae Biomass Summit in San Diego, California.
