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)
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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)
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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”)