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Friday, October 16, 2009

Internationally Recognized Bioenergy Experts Convene in Sacramento

Reuters
Wed Oct 14, 2009 4:45pm EDT

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Oct. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The inaugural Advanced Bioenergy
Conference and Expo, scheduled for November 11-13, 2009 at the Sacramento
Convention Center in Sacramento, Calif. will feature a number of
internationally recognized experts representing all sectors of the bioenergy
value chain.

During the opening plenary session, Doug Cameron, managing director and chief
science advisor at Piper Jaffray & Co., will present The Investment Climate
for Bioenergy: Current Weather and Future Forecast. Cameron was recently
awarded the Raphael Katzen Award for distinguished contributions in the
deployment and commercialization of biotechnology to produce fuels and
chemicals. In addition to his current role at Piper Jaffray, he has held
senior positions at Khosla Ventures and Cargill and was a professor of
chemical engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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