Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO): A newly released report from the U.S. International Trade Commission finds that industrial biotechnology is critical to the productivity and competitiveness of U.S. chemical and liquid biofuels firms. USITC contributors to the report will discuss their findings, and executives from industrial biotechnology companies will explain how these new technologies will lower production costs, create sustainable production processes, and reduce the environmental impact of producing and using fuels and chemicals. Brent Erickson, executive vice president, Industrial and Environmental Section, Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) Glenn Nedwin, executive vice president, technical enzymes, Genencor Division of Danisco David Lundy, project leader, Elizabeth Nesbitt and Laura Polly, deputy...
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