--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Biotechnology Industry Organization:
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WHAT:
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Following the White House release
of the National Bioeconomy Blueprint, company and organization
executives will join government agency officials for a discussion
of strategies to achieve the vision of a bioeconomy, during a
plenary lunch of BIO's World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology.
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WHO:
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H. Thomas Watkins, President and CEO, Human Genome Sciences
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The Hon. James C. Greenwood, President and CEO,
Biotechnology Industry Organization
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Philip New, Chief Executive Officer, BP Biofuels
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Kathleen A. Merrigan, Deputy Secretary of the United States
Department of Agriculture
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Valerie Sarisky-Reed, Acting Program Manager, Biomass
Program, United States Department of Energy
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Andrew Hagan, Associate Director, Head of Chemicals
Industry, Global Leadership Fellow, World Economic Forum
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Roger Wyse, Managing Director, Burrill & Company
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WHEN:
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Monday, April 30, 2012 12:00 p.m. ? 2:15 p.m.
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WHERE:
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BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioprocessing
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Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center
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6000 W Osceloa Parkway
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Kissimmee, FL 34746
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Online
pre-registration for reporters and editors is now open. All programs
at the BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioprocessing
are open to attendance by members of the media. Complimentary media
registration is available to editors and reporters with valid press
credentials working full time for print, broadcast or web publications.
About BIO
BIO represents more than 1,100 biotechnology companies, academic
institutions, state biotechnology centers and related organizations
across the United States and in more than 30 other nations. BIO members
are involved in the research and development of innovative healthcare,
agricultural, industrial and environmental biotechnology products. BIO
also produces the BIO International Convention, the world's largest
gathering of the biotechnology industry, along with industry-leading
investor and partnering meetings held around the world. BIO produces BIOtech
NOW, an online portal and monthly newsletter chronicling
"innovations transforming our world." Subscribe
to BIOtech NOW.
Upcoming BIO Events
World
Congress on Industrial Biotechnology & Bioprocessing
April
29-May 2, 2012
Orlando, FL
2012
BIO International Convention
June 18-21, 2012
Boston, MA
BIO
Business Forum
June 18 ? 21, 2012
Boston, MA
