(Co-Chairs: Meghan Starbuck, New Mexico State University and Ron Pate, Sandia National Laboratories)
Speakers include: Colin Beal, University of Texas Austin; Laura Brentner, Yale University; Chih-Ting Kuo, University of Illinois; James Richardson, Texas A&M University; Jia Yang, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kathy Pedrick, US Bureau of Land Management.

(Chair – Michael Mendez, Sapphire Energy)
Speakers include: Daniel Chinn, Seambiotic Corporation; Cesar Granda, Terrabon, Inc.; Jonathan Gressel, TransAlgae Ltd.; Toby Kinkaid, Algaedyne; Kent Peterson, Fluid Imaging Technologies; Hoyt Thomas, OpenAlgae LLC.

(Chair – Tim Zenk, Sapphire Energy and Chair ABO Government and Public Relations Committee) Jenna Bloxom, Colorado State University; Joanne Morello, Department of Energy; Earl Chilton, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department; Mike Evans, K&L Gates; Ben McMakin, Van Ness Feldman; David Glass, D. Glass Associates, Inc.

(Chair – Keith Cooksey, Montana State University) PSA will be presenting a leading science session featuring noted research members from PSA including TJ Evens, PSA Program Director; Jeff LeBlond, Middle Tennessee State University; and Bruce Cahoon, Middle Tennessee State University; Robert Gardner, Montana State University.

(Chair – Michael Lakeman, The Boeing Company)
Key players in the aviation and transportation industry will provide their insights on what has occurred to date and what are the next milestones that need to be accomplished. Speakers confirmed include: Joel Murdock, FedEx Express; Harrison Dillon, Solazyme; Lucie Bednarova, General Motors; Renee Martin-Nagle, Airbus Americas Inc.; Michael Lakeman, The Boeing Company

(Chair – Anthony Marchese, Colorado State University).
Speakers include: David Lewis, University of Adelaide; Lindsay Soh, Yale University; Brian Yeh, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC); Kenneth Reardon, Colorado State University; James Oyler, Genifuel Corporation; Ed Stautberg, Palmer Laboratories; Pete Silks, Los Alamos National Laboratories; Dave Sams, Catilin, Inc.

(Co-chairs – Peter Heifetz, OrPro Therapeutics and B. Greg Mitchell, Scripps Institution of Oceanography)
This session will feature top researchers in algae-based science. Speakers include: Matthew Posewitz, Colorado School of Mines; James Umen, Salk Institute for Biological Studies; Mark Hildebrand, Scripps Institution of Oceanography;  Matteo Pellegrini, University of California Los Angeles.

(Chair – Ira “Ike” Levine, University of Southern Maine) Where is the market for bio-based chemical, consumer products, animal feed, and others? Speakers include: Kirk Apt, Martek Biosciences; Stefan Kraan, Ocean Harvest Technology, Ireland; Mark Huntley, University of Hawaii at Manos; Dinabandhu Sahoo, University of Delhi, India; Greg Sower, Environ International; Marcus Gay, Solution Recovery Services;  Donald Smith, Smith Algae BioFeeds.

(Co-Chairs- John Pierce and Andy Braff, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati)
This session will feature a moderated panel discussion with panelists from: (i) private equity funds, (ii) small and large lenders to projects, (iii) US government agency representatives that have been involved funding projects  (iv) project developers (v) a panelist to speak on Department of Defense’s investments. Speakers include Chris Cassidy, USDA; Jim Long, Gabriel Venture Partners/Aurora Biofuels; Frank Cho, WestLB; Sanjay Wagle, DOE, ARPA-E; TBD, Lockheed Martin; Christopher Eck, Raytheon Corporation

(Co-Chairs – Qiang Hu and Milt Sommerfeld, Arizona State University) The goal of this session will be to bring scientists, industrialists, entrepreneurs, and others to learn from international experts about the activities, opportunities and challenges associated with algae projects around the world. Speakers include: Prof. Makoto M. Watanabe, Univ. of Tsukuba, Japan; Prof. Jian Xu, Qingdao Institute of BioEnergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China; Neil Clarke, Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore; Gwang Hoon Kim, Kongiu National University, Korea; Zhenqui Zhu, ENN Science & Tech Development Co, China; Sridharan Govindachary, MARFUEL Project, Queen’s University Marine Laboratory, UK.

(Chair: Mark Allen, A2BE Carbon Capture LLC) The role of the coal fired power industry and other industrial CO2 emitters in the development of the algae industry. Speakers include: Blaine Metting, Battelle/PNNL; Rocco Fiato, Accelergy; Adonis Neblett, Fredrikson & Byron, John Pelligrino, University of Colorado on behalf of EPRI; Matt Peak, Prize Capital; Tim Burns, BioProcess Algae.

(Co-Chairs: Keith Cooksey, Montana State University and Jim Sears, A2BE Carbon Capture LLC). After Keith’s introduction, Jim Sears will walk through the “Mid-Level Draft Guidance Document: Algal Industry Minimum Descriptive Language”.   Richard Macur of MSU will speak on “Standardized Methods for the Assessment of Algal Biofuel and High Value Product Potential”.  Matthew Fields of MSU will speak on “Using Genotype to Phenotype to Identify Lipid-Producing Algae”.  Finally, Jim Sears Chairman of the ABO Technical Standards Committee will facilitate an interactive session between audience and Committee members.  The topic will be ABO Technical Standards: Feedback from the ABO Community.

(Chair – Herminia Rodriguez, University of Sevilla Spain) In conjunction with the European Algal Biomass Association (EABA). Speakers include: Raffaello Garofalo, EABA, Italy; Jean Francois Jenk, AlgoSource Technologies, France; Niccolò Bassi, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy; Guillermo García-Reina, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain; Marco Brocken, Evodos, The Netherlands; Peter M. van den Dorpel, AlgaeLink, The Netherlands.

(Chair – Tim Burns, BioProcess Algae and sponsored by the Water Environment Federation (WEF)). This session will talk about strategies and projects and what waste water treatment facilities are looking for from the algae industry. Speakers include: Tryg Lundquist, California Polytechnic State University; Bailey Green, GO2 Water, Inc.; Ian Woertz, California Polytechnic State University; Matt Gerhardt, Brown and Caldwell; Rupert Craggs, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Ltd; Bo Shi, Kimberly Clark Corporation.

(Chair – Tom Byrne, Byrne and Company Ltd) Speakers include: Shulin Chen, Washington State University; Ravendeer Vannela, Arizona State University; Adrian Fuxman, Honeywell Process Solutions; Joel Cuello, University of Arizona; Fredrika Guilfot; KTH Royal Institute of Technology; Loy Wilkinson, Coastal BioMarine LLC

(Chair – Phil Pienkos, National Renewable Energy Laboratories) Speakers include: Wim Vermaas, Arizona State University; Adrian Fuxman, Honeywell Process; Frank Rogalla, Aqualia; Richard Thoms, CFD Research Corporation; Ross Youngs, AlgaeVenture Systems International; Dean Tsoupeis, Culturing Solutions.

(Chair – Tryg Lundquist, University of California Berkely) Speakers include: Hong-Ying Hu, Tsinghua University; Min Min, University of Minnesota; Yecong Li, University of Minnesota; Yakup Nurdogan, Bechtel Corporation.

(Chair – John Benemann, Benemann and Associates) David E. Brune, University of Missouri; Ronald Erd, Independence BioProducts; Joe Fox, Texas A&M University; TBD, Kent BioEnergy; Gerald Cysewski, Cyanotech Corporation.