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Tag Archives: BIO
BIO’s take on the CBD Nagoya Protocol
After several years of negotiations, the 10th Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) successfully adopted the Nagoya Protocol. The Protocol provides benefits to the biotechnology industry by creating a legal framework to regulate access to genetic resources and provide fair and equitable sharing of benefits. In addition, the Protocol does not apply retroactively or hinder regulation or a country’s intellectual property systems. Assuming nations implement the Protocol appropriately, we can Read More >
Video of Plenary Sessions from BIO's World Congress
BIO’s World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology held 6 plenary sessions, featuring Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and DOE Asst. Secretary Cathy Zoi. Additionally, a World Economic Forum report on the Future of Industrial Biorefineries, detailing the potential economic contribution that industrial biotechnology can make, was presented by Novozymes CEO Steen Riisgaard. And a survey of the industrial biotech and advanced biofuel industry by McKinsey & Co. took the pulse of executives in the industry. In the Read More >
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Tags: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, algae, BIO, biobased products, biofuel, Biofuel Technology, biofuels, biomass, biorefineries, Cathy Zoi, industrial biotechnology, Investment, McKinsey & Company, meetings, Novozymes, renewable chemical, renewable fuel standard, USDA, World Congress on Industrial Biotech, World Economic Forum
Tags: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, algae, BIO, biobased products, biofuel, Biofuel Technology, biofuels, biomass, biorefineries, Cathy Zoi, industrial biotechnology, Investment, McKinsey & Company, meetings, Novozymes, renewable chemical, renewable fuel standard, USDA, World Congress on Industrial Biotech, World Economic Forum
Woolsey, Khosla get it
At the World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioprocessing plenary breakfast this morning, “Investing in Energy Security and Industrial Biotechnology – A Venture Capitalist’s Perspective” Jim Woolsey, Venture Partner at Vantage Point and Vinod Khosla, Founder of Khosla Ventures highlighted impressive prospects for industrial biotechnologies such as biofuels, products and renewable specialty chemicals. Mr. Woolsey said it best, renewable electricity technologies such as nuclear and wind, do nothing to reduce our dependence on oil. And it sounds like it Read More >
Ways and Means Should Include Job Creation of Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts in Green Jobs Leg
On Wednesday, April 14 the House Ways and Means Committee will hold a hearing on Energy Tax Incentives Driving the Green Job Economy. The focus of the hearing is to examine the effectiveness of current energy tax policy and identify additional steps that the Committee can take to ensure continued job growth in this area while at the same time advancing national energy policy focus on a discussion of current and proposed energy tax incentives. Read More >
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Road Music: From Bluegrass to Switchgrass
To get from here to there sometimes you need a little road music, and that’s just what the Biofuels Center of North Carolina is aiming to do. Earlier this week, according to Science in the Triangle, a RTI Fellows Symposium, “was held Monday and Tuesday at the University of North Carolina’s Friday Center in Chapel Hill. Global warming and what role biofuels will play in the energy supply were two of the scientific challenges addressed Read More >
