WHAT:

WHO:

Jan Koninckx, Global Business Director, DuPont BioFuels;

Rick Eno, CEO, Metabolix;

Peter Clydesdale, Chief Marketing Officer, NatureWorks LLC;

Richard LaDuca, Senior Director, Genencor – Division of Danisco;

Adam Monroe, President, Novozymes North America;

Andrew Shafer, EVP Sales & Market Development, Elevance Renewable Sciences.

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WHERE:

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Upcoming BIO Events

World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology and BioprocessingJune 27-30, 2010Washington, DC

BIO IndiaSeptember 21-22, 2010Hyderabad, India

BIO’s Livestock Biotechnology SummitSeptember 28-30, 2010Sioux Falls, SD

BIO Investor ForumOctober 5-6, 2010San Francisco, CA

BIO Intellectual Property Counsels Committee Fall Conference and Committee MeetingOctober 18-20, 2010Boston, MA