The Bio Innovations North America conference agenda, running parallel to the 1-2-1 meetings program, was designed to drive the event’s core mission of driving the commercialization of US industrial biomanufacturing.
Carefully curated panels and keynotes sparked transformative 1-2-1 commercial discussions. Hand-picked speakers delivered actionable insights and solutions to critical industry challenges, helping unlock the immense potential of America’s bioeconomy.
08:00
Networking coffee & registration
09:00
Welcome & Opening Remarks
Leo Stemp, Head of Content, Bio Innovations North America
09:05
Guest keynote address
09:30
Guest keynote address
10:00
A technical presentation from a leading bio pioneer
If you think your company would be a good fit for speaking here, please email [email protected]
10:15
A technical presentation from a leading bio pioneer
If you think your company would be a good fit for speaking here, please email [email protected]
10:30
Reformulating at scale: Biobased inputs in household and home care products
Today’s consumers of homecare products demand sustainability without compromise on performance or affordability. U.S. brands face pressure to reformulate core products, while navigating tight margins, regulatory scrutiny, and low-to-no tolerance for cost or performance trade-offs.
This panel looks at how biobased solutions are being scaled into everyday household products. Speakers will explore how formulation performance, cost parity, green claims labelling, and supply reliability are being tackled through collaborations along the supply chain and what lessons from home care can be applied across other consumer goods categories.
10:45
Networking coffee
11:30
PANEL DISCUSSION
Unlocking America's feedstock potential: Diversifying beyond corn for resilient, domestic biomanufacturing scale-up
The U.S. possesses vast largely untapped biomass resources from soy and hemp to forestry residues, dairy by-products and agricultural waste. Seaweed, algae and mycelium offer further opportunities. Together this diverse range of biomass sources offer secure, low-vulnerability alternatives to imported feedstocks for biomanufacturing growth. This panel explores opportunities to harness these resources, while addressing key challenges: logistics and collection inefficiencies, persistent food-vs-fuel/land-use debates, sustainability certification hurdles, regional variability, and economic viability amid 2026 policy shifts. Join our expert panellists to understand the scale of the opportunity and to discover pathways to sustainable, scalable domestic biomass supply chains.
Hosted by:
Rachael Whitehair, Director of Innovation & Stewardship, Nebraska Corn Board
Featuring:
Lisa Dufresne, Investment Manager, Corporate Venture Capital, GC Ventures
12:00
A technical presentation from a leading bio pioneer
If you think your company would be a good fit for speaking here, please email [email protected]
12:15
A technical presentation from a leading bio pioneer
If you think your company would be a good fit for speaking here, please email [email protected]
12:30
Networking lunch
14:00
PANEL DISCUSSION
Waste to whatever you want: How bioindustrial manufacturing on the frontline can lead to a revolution in manufacturing back home
A future is being developed where U.S. military units will have the ability to manufacture what they need, where they need it using only post-consumer waste material. Innovators are envisioning military bases of the future equipped to make carbon fiber from ethanol and carbon dioxide, plastic from methane, lubricants from agricultural waste, and textiles from yeast. Hear from the organisations turning that vision into reality through reprogrammable biomanufacturing platforms that offer flexible biosynthesis processes and the ability to toggle between various organic feedstocks and production of various chemicals. This rapidly repurposable manufacturing platform would allow for decentralized, point-of-need production of critical materials under contested logistics and in remote areas. While National Security is the initial focus of this work, once developed and accelerated by the military, civilian opportunities to produce materials faster, more flexibly, and more locally create myriad opportunities.
14:30
A technical presentation from a leading bio pioneer
If you think your company would be a good fit for speaking here, please email [email protected]
14:45
A technical presentation from a leading bio pioneer
If you think your company would be a good fit for speaking here, please email [email protected]