Bio-based chemicals are booming. The path to commercialization has been blazed, but can it be enlarged to a super highway? On top of IPOs by Myriant, Gevo, Solazyme and Amyris, major partnership announcements with the likes of BASF, Procter & Gamble, Michelin, Unilever, Dow and Dupont are coming fast and furious. Innovation is vibrant all across the value chain. Ethanol and algae producers are re-positioning to make chemicals. As oil prices hover in a new range, bio-based platforms are targeting an estimated $76B slice of the global market for plastics and chemicals by 2017, with over $3.1B in venture investment thus far.
Returning for its third installment in January 2012, Next Generation Bio-Based Chemicals Summit has established itself as the definitive hub event—the place where new relationships are formed and transformational deals are sealed. Unlike many other large, pre-existing biotech or biofuels, this event has a dedicated, comprehensive, in-depth focus on sustainably sourced chemicals—and the platforms, resources, business models and tools required to deliver them. With both 2010 and 2011 events sell-out successes—at over 250 participants each—2012 is bound to grow even bigger and sell out again.
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