The Bioeconomy Innovation Forum will provide a unique opportunity for decision makers from industry, academia and government to discuss specific challenges or opportunities in the bioeconomy sector. Participants and speakers will discuss actions that can help the sector to meet the challenges and take advantage of the opportunities.
The Bioeconomy Innovation Forum is an initiative of Growing Forward, a federal-provincial-territorial initiative.
March 26-28, 2012:
BIC International Conference
Bringing Bioproducts to Market: Overcoming Risks to Commercialization
Sarnia, Ontario.
BIC National Conference
Join us in the home of Canada's emerging hybrid chemistry cluster to share up-to-date information about best practices in the bio-economy.
Presented by the Bioindustrial Innovation Centre, this International Conference will provide a unique and outstanding opportunity to learn about and discuss the risks to commercialization of bio-chemicals and bio-products. Share your experience and ideas with industry, government and institutional experts.
Canada is one of the few countries in the world that can support a large-scale bio-economy due to its abundant and sustainable biomass resources. Existing and emerging companies are aggressively developing early stage technologies that have the potential to successfully move forward to the commercialization stage.
BIC National Conference attendees will also have the opportunity to visit the Bioindustrial Innovation Centre, a Centre of Excellence for Commercialization of Research with funding from the Government of Canada.
The Sustainable Chemistry Alliance and Bioindustrial Innovation Centre are sponsors of this event.
Overview:
In 2030, what will Alberta's bioindustrial sector look like and where will it fit within the global bioeconomy? What will a biorefinery look like and how will it be supplied? What technologies will be widely employed and what products will dominate the market? What impact will the Biorefining Conversions Network have on the sector?
Dr. Murray McLaughlin will act as moderator for a panel discussion titled The Chemical Industry's Quest for a Biobased Supply Network and Infrastructure.
Overview:
Driven by a need to meet the demands of consumer product manufacturers and their customers and by the economic necessity of hedging against high oil prices, the chemical industry is busy developing a whole new set of biobased platform chemicals, intermediates and end products. This development process requires the build-out of an entirely new supply network and logistics infrastructure. Partnering arrangements have become a key feature in this build-out. This panel of industry leaders will discuss what business models and strategies members of the industry are exploring to build this network and infrastructure and how partnering fits into the industry's plan.
A.J. (Sandy) Marshall, president of Lanxess in Canada and a board member of the Sustainable Chemistry Alliance (SCA), will be the industry keynote speaker at this year's MTN conference. Other speakers include: Dr. Murray McLaughlin, SCA president and BIC executive director; and Dr. Don Hewson, managing director and industrial liaison at the University of Western Ontario Research Park, Sarnia-Lambton Campus. The conference takes place at The Research Park.
Overview:
Driven by a need to meet the demands of consumer product manufacturers and their customers and by the economic necessity of hedging against high oil prices, the chemical industry is busy developing a whole new set of biobased platform chemicals, intermediates and end products. This development process requires the build-out of an entirely new supply network and logistics infrastructure. Partnering arrangements have become a key feature in this build-out. This panel of industry leaders will discuss what business models and strategies members of the industry are exploring to build this network and infrastructure and how partnering fits into the industry's plan.