Algal Biomass Organization

ABO LEGISLATIVE FLY-IN, FEBRUARY 29 – MARCH 1, 2012 – Washington, DC

Registration for ABO’s 2012 Legislative Fly-in is now open.

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The ABO invites our members to attend the 2012 Annual ABO Membership Legislative Fly-in being held on February 29th and March 1st in Washington, DC.  We encourage our members to take advantage of this opportunity to meet with Members of the 113^th Congress and to advocate for ABO’s legislative agenda.  This has been scheduled the same week as the ARPA-E Technology conference also being conducted in Washington, D.C.

The ABO will schedule and coordinate all meetings with your U.S. Senators and Representatives.  In addition, ABO staff and our DC counsel, K&L Gates, will brief participants before your visits on Capitol Hill, accompany you to all meetings and provide “leave behind” materials.

The 2012 Fly-in will begin on Wednesday, February 29th with participant check-in from 3:00-3:30 p.m. at K&L Gates, 1601 K Street, Washington, DC.  A 3:30 p.m. briefing on ABO’s key legislative issues will follow.  Participants will be organized into small groups for individual meetings with legislators and their senior staff.

All participants will reconvene on Thursday, March 1st for a light continental breakfast (location TBD) followed by individual meetings on the Hill throughout the morning.

A legislative briefing is schedule from 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. at the [location TBD], featuring key speakers from the Senate and the House as well as a state of the industry presentation.

The Fly-in will conclude, on the evening of March 1^st with our 2^nd Annual Industry Award Reception hosted at the Honeywell Building, 101 Constitution Avenue, Washington, DC from 6:00 – 7:30 PM.

We look forward to your participation in the Fly-in.

Mary Rosenthal

Executive Director

Algal Biomass Organization

2012 Legislative Fly-In Schedule