This will be the Fourth Annual AFCC Global Biobased Economy Conference! ​The conference will focus on promoting Industrial Biotechnology throughout this multi-day conference and exhibition. To kick off the event there will be a reception on Wednesday evening, November 20, 2024 from 5:00 -7:00 p.m., included in the registration ticket of the conference. 

​The conference will include featured speakers during Breakout sessions, Plenary Programs, Workshops and Poster Presentations on the following subjects:

• Global biobased economy
• Recycling, Composting, Biodegradation
• Biobased product manufacturing and certification
• Programs in Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) by Leadership from Federal Agencies will United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Defense (DoD), Environment Protection Agency (EPA), Department of Transportation, (DOD), Federal Drug Administration (FDA), and other sister agencies and other key federal agency programs
• Industrial biotechnology projects influencing international innovation
• And other key federal agency programs
• Hear about financing strategies, creative ways to finance your projects and companies with equity, debt and insurance
• Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) in connection with industrial biotechnology projects