Conference

2013

February 15, 2013

The Pearson Hotel & Suites
Shelbyfield, USA

Introduction
WELCOME AND GOOD MORNING
STAFF! The Clean Energy

Conference 2013 will be

hosting a diverse array of
distinguished speakers
representative of the biotech
industry, energy companies,
and other organizations. The
talks will cover some of the
most important developments
in clean energy over the last
few years.
For the fifth year in a row, Geb
Biofuels will be sending

Featured Speakers

The VP of Geb Biofuels, Sloane Rivera, will

be one of the keynote speakers.

The other speakers will include:

Colleen Norton (keynote): Chair, Harmon
Energy Consortium
Dr. Maia Wynn-Ward: Director, Shelbyfield
University Biotechnology Program
Trevor F. Garza: Founder, Garza Biotech Group

There will also be a panel discussion with

Charde Richards, Melanie Cobb Fitzgerald,
Trevor F. Garza and Colleen Norton.

Conference Topics

Global Biofuel Initiatives

Renewable Fuels for Aircraft and Spacecraft

Emerging Technologies

Algae-based Fuels

Schedule of Events
9:30 a.m.

Registration & Continental breakfast

Lobby

Introduction. Colleen Norton & Sloane Rivera, keynote speakers

simcoe all the way

throughout Conference
Room

11:00
a.m.

Update on Global Biofuel Initiatives. Sloane Rivera

simcoe all the way

throughout Conference
Room

12:30
p.m.

Lunch

Lobby

Sustainable Space Flight: Developing Renewable Fuels for the

Next Generation of Space Vehicles. Dr. Maia Wynn-Ward

simcoe all the way

throughout Conference
Room

2:00 p.m.

Emerging Technologies in Clean Energy. Colleen Norton

simcoe all the way

throughout Conference
Room

3:15 p.m.

Break

Lobby

3:30 p.m.

Cost Effectiveness of Algae vs. Switchgrass. Charles S. Merrill,

PhD

simcoe all the way

throughout Conference
Room

4:30 p.m.

Panel Discussion and Q & A Session. Trevor F. Garza, Charde

Richards, Melanie Cobb Fitzgerald and Colleen Norton

simcoe all the way

throughout Conference
Room

10:30
a.m.

1:15 p.m.