Sponsors
Reception Sponsors
Iogen is a world leading biotechnology firm specializing in cellulosic ethanol - a fully renewable, advanced biofuel that can be used in today's cars. Iogen also develops, manufactures and markets enzymes used to modify and improve the processing of natural fibres within the textile, animal feed, and pulp and paper industries.
For more information, visit www.iogen.ca/.
Luncheon Sponsors
AMEC is a focused supplier of high-value consulting, engineering, construction and project management services to the world's natural resources, nuclear, clean energy, water and environmental sectors. With annual revenues of more than US$3.9 billion, AMEC designs, delivers and maintains strategic and complex assets for its clients. The company employs more than 23,000 people in around 40 countries worldwide.
For more information, visit www.amec.com.
Founded in 1902, Chadbourne has grown into an international law firm with over 420 attorneys in 12 offices worldwide. We provide practical business solutions to leading international and U.S. corporations, financial institutions, trade associations and foundations, start-up businesses, partnerships and individuals in areas such as: mergers and acquisitions, securities, project finance, corporate finance, energy, telecommunications, commercial and products liability litigation, securities litigation and regulatory enforcement, special investigations and government enforcement, intellectual property, antitrust, domestic and international tax, insurance and reinsurance, environmental, real estate, bankruptcy and financial restructuring, employment law and ERISA, trusts and estates, and government contract matters.
For more information, visit www.chadbourne.com.
Founded in 1848, Michael Best has earned a reputation as a leading law firm in the Midwest. Approximately 220 attorneys serve clients at our offices in Milwaukee, Madison, Waukesha and Manitowoc, Wisconsin and Chicago, Illinois. Michael Best's rich tradition and long history is a testament to our ability to remain dynamic and responsive to the significant changes facing businesses over the past 160+ years. Since our inception, we have remained true to the firm's longstanding goal of delivering results for our clients. That strong foundation continues to guide our work in the constantly evolving business environment facing our clients today. Michael Best is able to draw from our extensive legal and business knowledge to anticipate and meet our clients' 21st century needs.
As a broad-based business law firm, we are ideally positioned to handle a wide range of business legal matters across our practice groups. From Intellectual Property, Employment Relations, Litigation and Transactional -- covering wealth planning, tax, mergers and acquisitions, real estate and environmental, our legal practice groups are organized to respond to the most pressing issues facing companies today. We serve cutting-edge industries in technology, advanced manufacturing, and energy and we have the years of experience to offer sophisticated counsel to banking and financial services.
For more information, visit www.michaelbest.com/.
Stoel Rives LLP, a leading full-service law firm, is proud to have been at the forefront of the explosive growth of renewable energy in recent years. Rated one of the nation’s best renewable energy law practices by both Chambers and Partners and U.S. News & World Report, we represent major national and international energy developers and operators in wind, biofuels, ocean and tidal, geothermal and solar energy projects throughout the United States and abroad. Our services encompass all aspects of power project licensing, local permitting, financing, taxation, real estate, equipment, procurement, construction, project acquisition and project operations. Stoel Rives has advised clients in connection with more than 100 large wind energy projects that were online operational at the end of 2010, representing a total of 11,130 MW of installed capacity in the U.S. and Canada.
For more information, visit www.stoel.com.
Supporting Sponsors
BP is one of the world's largest energy companies, providing its customers with fuel for transportation, energy for heat and light, retail services and petrochemicals products for everyday items. It is the largest oil and gas producer in the US and one of the largest refiners. BP also has a global network of around 22,000 service stations.
BP is a leading player in the global biofuels market. In the US, BP blended and distributed more than 1 billion gallons of ethanol in 2008. Since 2006, BP has announced investments of more than $1.5 billion in biofuels research, development and operations, and has investments in production facilities in Europe, Brazil and the US. Our joint venture Tropical Bioenergia is producing ethanol from sugar cane in Brazil. Vercipia Biofuels, our joint venture with Verenium, is progressing the development of one of the US's first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol facilities, which will produce 36 million gallons of ethanol per year from energy grasses. In partnership with DuPont, BP is developing the advanced biofuel biobutanol and constructing a technology demonstration facility in the UK. Also in the UK, in partnership with British Sugar and DuPont, BP is constructing a 110 million gallon per year wheat-to-ethanol facility. In addition, BP has invested $500 million over 10 years in the Energy Bioscience Institute (EBI), at which biotechnologists are investigating applications of biotechnology to energy.
For more information, visit www.bp.com/.
Coskata is a biology-based renewable energy company enabling the low-cost production of ethanol from a wide variety of input material including biomass, agricultural and municipal wastes, as well as other carbonaceous material. Using proprietary microorganisms and patented bioreactor designs, we will produce feedstock flexible ethanol to support energy security, economic growth and environmental sustainability.
Founded by leading renewable energy investors and entrepreneurs, we have compiled a strong IP portfolio of patents and assembled a first-class team for the development and commercialization of our compelling syngas-to-biofuel technology, beginning with flex ethanol.
For more information, visit www.coskata.com.
The Department of Energy Biomass and Biofuels Program works with industry, academia and laboratory partners on a balanced portfolio of research to transform our renewable and abundant biomass resources - including energy crops, agricultural residues, and woody materials - into cost-competitive, high-performance biofuels, bioproducts, and biopower, ultimately establishing a viable, sustainable, biomass industry that enhances U.S. energy security, oil independence, and environmental benefits.
For more information, visit www.doe.gov.
Mendel is committed to the application of our technologies in markets where commercial value meets long-term consumer demand for food, feed, fiber and fuel in a sustainable manner. We are also dedicated to the continued development of industry-leading genetic and chemical solutions for a range of agricultural markets. We believe that our technologies for enhanced intrinsic yield/acre, increased water use efficiency and reduced requirements for agricultural inputs will become increasingly valuable in the future as the worldwide demand for food and energy increases.
For more information, visit www.mendelbio.com/.
Myriant is a science and technology driven company creating a new paradigm in specialty
chemicals manufacturing. Focused on the development and commercialization of proprietary
biocatalyst technology for conversion of renewable feedstocks into high value biobased
chemicals, Myriant is a leader in the implementation of an integrated biorefinery approach for
production of chemicals and biofuels. For more information, visit www.myriant.com
For more information, visit www.myriant.com/.
Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) is a not-for-profit foundation that finances and supports the development and demonstration of clean technologies via two funds aimed at the development and demonstration of innovative technology solutions: The $550 million SD Tech Fund support projects that address climate change, air quality, clean water and clean soil. The $500 million NextGen Biofuels Fund supports the establishment of first-of-kind large demonstration-scale facilities for the production of next-generation renewable fuels.
For more information, visit www.sdtc.ca.
Novozymes is the world leader in bioinnovation. Together with customers across a broad array of industries we create tomorrow’s industrial biosolutions, improving our customers' business, and the use of our planet's resources.
Novozymes uses biotechnology and enzymes to improve the use of resources in more than 40 industries around the world, including biofuel. Novozymes offers the leading technology platform for bioethanol production; within the biofuel industry, Novozymes' enzyme technology helps unlock the fuel potential of biomass.
In 2010 our enzymes will make it possible to produce cellulosic bioethanol by converting waste and agricultural residues into energy.
For more information, visit www.bioenergy.novozymes.com.
Qteros is a venture-backed company committed to delivering innovative process technologies for clean transportation fuels that reduce greenhouse gas emissions at a price competitive with gasoline. Qteros is scaling up a unique microbial solution for converting non-food plants and waste into clean transportation energy. The Qteros scientists and business team are dedicated to producing liquid fuels to achieve a sustainable solution to the world's growing energy needs.
For more information, visit www.qteros.com.
The Colorado Center for Biorefining and Biofuels (C2B2) is a cooperative research and education center devoted to the conversion of biomass to fuels and other products. The center is a unique collaboration among researchers at the University of Colorado, Colorado State University, Colorado School of Mines and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. With over 22 sponsoring members, C2B2 provides an ideal forum for corporate networking, interdisciplinary partnerships and the transition of fundamental bioenergy research towards commercial applications. C2B2’s industrial sponsors have one-stop access to researchers, laboratories, students, educators and programming at all four pioneering institutions.
For more information, visit www.C2B2web.org .
Grace is a leading provider of specialty catalysts, adsorbents and analytical tools to the petrochemical, chemical and pharmaceutical industries. We are now applying our peerless materials science expertise to improving the manufacture of renewable fuels.
For more information, visit www.GraceBiofuels.com.
SunOpta BioProcess Inc. (SBI) is a leader in the design, construction and optimization of biomass conversion process technologies, equipment and facilities. With over 30 years experience in delivering biomass solutions worldwide, SBI combines its applications expertise with innovative, patented, and proprietary technologies to design and build equipment and processes to produce cellulosic ethanol, cellulosic butanol, xylitol, and other value-added products derived from lignocellulosic biomass. The company is currently supplying equipment and process technology to pilot and commercial demonstration cellulosic ethanol projects worldwide. SBI is 86% owned by SunOpta Inc. (NASDAQ: STKL; TSX: SOY).
For more information, visit www.sunoptabioprocess.com/.