Video of Speakers and Panels

Thursday, July 7

Keynote Address

  • Tom Vilsack, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture

Biobased Success Stories

Department of Defense

  • David Asiello, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Energy, Installations & Environment)
  • Greg Blake, BioSynthetics Technologies Director of Strategic Development

NASA

  • Shannah Trout, NASA Principal Center-Recycling & Sustainable Acquisition
  • David Bingenheimer, Cargill Industrial Specialties Global Technology Manager

National Park Service

  • Lorena Nelson, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Custodial Supervisor

Medford New Jersey Township Public Schools

  • John McIntosh, Signature Accord Vice President
  • Joe Biluck, Medford’s Director of Operations and Technology (retired)
  • Alicia Albrecht, Reichhold Research Associate

District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority

  • Timothy Fitzgerald, Fleet Director

“The Next Generation of Biobased Innovation Tank”

  • Andrew Cameron, Purdue Chemical Engineering Student
  • Harshit Kapoor, Purdue Civil Engineering Student
  • Alan Snipes, Textile Management Associates Director of Sales
  • Martin H. Wolf, Seventh Generation, Inc. Director, Sustainability & Authenticity

Updates: USDA Designation Process for Intermediates and Revision to ASTM D6866 (Part 1)

  • Sueanne Pfifferling, Moderator and United Soybean Board Consultant
  • Marie Wheat, USDA BioPreferred® Program Industry Economist
  • Dr. Ramani Narayan, Michigan State University Distinguished Professor & Recipient of ASTM’s award of merit

Updates: USDA Designation Process for Intermediates and Revision to ASTM D6866 (Part 2)

AND

State Leadership for Renewable Chemicals & the Biobased Economy

  • Joe Hrdlicka, Executive Director of the Iowa Biotechnology Association (IowaBio)

Sustainable Purchasing: Role of Third-Party Standards and EcoLabels (Part 1)

  • Sally Shaver – Moderator and United Soybean Board Consultant
  • Porter Glock – invited Office of Management and Budget, Office of Procurement Policy Procurement Analyst
  • Jeff Bradley – American Forest and Paper Association Manager, Forestry & Wood Products Policy

Sustainable Purchasing: Role of Third-Party Standards and EcoLabels (Part 2)

AND

Federal Financial Backing for the BioEconomy (Part 1)

  • Sam Rikkers, USDA Rural Business-Cooperative Services (RBS) Administrator
  • Mark Brodziski, Rural Business-Cooperative Services Director, Energy Programs
  • Greg Blake, BioSynthetics Technologies Director of Strategic Development, recipient of a loan guarantee under the USDA’s Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Program (the “9003 Program”)

Federal Financial Backing for the BioEconomy (Part 2)