Thursday, October 16, 2008

NC Marine Biotechnology Symposium

Alganomics will be participating in first NC Marine Biotechnology Symposium that will be held in conjunction with the International Joint Meeting of the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Seafood Science and Technology Society and the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Atlantic Fisheries Technology Conference on October 19-21, 2008 at Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. If you are interested in exploring current issues in algae culturing for biofuels, you are invited for a special one-day program, the North Carolina Marine Biotechnology Symposium, to be held on Wednesday, October 22, 2008.
Session 1 - Bio-energy: Fuel sources from the sea Moderator Randall Johnson, North Carolina Biotechnology Center
9:00 a.m.
Keynote AddressBiofuels: A civic endeavor now - a sea endeavor soon W. Steven Burke, Chair and Acting President, Biofuels Center of North Carolina and Senior Vice President Corporate Affairs, North Carolina Biotechnology Center
9:30 a.m.
Panel Address and Discussion
Carmelo Tomas, University of North Carolina Wilmington
Kimberly Jones, Alganomics LLC
Michelle Sabaoun, Brunswick Community College
For additional information please see the symposium website - http://www.seafoodlab.cmast.ncsu.edu/sst_aft2008/index.html.