Events
CSS presents at major biotech conferences and has hosted events featuring panel member discussions and presentations on Ag--soil health, science and biotech, resource management, investment, economics, supply chain management, operations, precision ag, sustainability, conservation, emerging industry and resilience.
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Upcoming
ABLCNEXT 2026
Advanced Bioeconomy Leadership Conference
October 21-23, 2026
Hotel Nikko, San Francisco
"ABLC Next 2026 is being designed around a central idea: the bioeconomy is no longer defined primarily by molecule categories, but by stages of industrial development and the systems required to support durable deployment." CSS' Joel Stone will be there.
Alternative Fuels & Chemicals (AFCC)
Coalition Global Biobased Economy 2026 Conference & Exhibit
November 2nd, 2026
Gaylord Hotel, Washington, D.C.
Biotech-Driven Soil Innovation: Engineering the Soil Microbiome as Critical Infrastructure for Agriculture
Joel Stone, CSS President, Moderator
Panel: Harrison Yoon, CEO, Kula Bio; Chris Valenti, CEO, Living Water Agriculture; Barrett Ersek, CEO, Holganix; John Uhran, CEO, Locus Fermentation, Locus AG Solutions; Frank Schroeder, Professor, Boyce Thompson Institute
Synthetic Biology can be harnessed to produce valuable consumer, industrial, everyday materials, and chemicals. Soil degradation is fundamentally a biological system failure, not just a chemical or agronomic one. The depletion of microbial diversity, collapse of symbiotic networks, and disruption of nutrient cycling have transformed soils from self-regulating ecosystems into input-dependent substrates.
Biotech Innovation Fuels Biomanufacturing and Renewable Chemical Progress in Specialty Chemicals to Deliver Performance and Value
Joel Stone, CSS President, Moderator
Panel: Nivatha Balendra, CEO, DIspersa; Bettina Brierley, CCO, Celtic Renewables; Molly Morse, CEO, Mango Materials; Scott Rogers, Process & Manufacturing Operations Lead, Jacobs; Shara Ticku, CEO, C16 Bioscience
Biotechnology-driven innovation is rapidly reshaping the production of specialty chemicals, enabling more sustainable, cost-competitive, and high-performance alternatives to traditional petrochemical pathways. Advances in metabolic engineering, precision fermentation, and feedstock flexibility are accelerating the development of novel molecules and improving process efficiencies at commercial scale. This panel will explore how biomanufacturing platforms are delivering differentiated value through enhanced product functionality, reduced carbon intensity, and supply chain resilience.
Past
SynBioBeta
May 5-8, 2025, San Jose, CA
The panel discussion led by CSS' Joel Stone with Bruno Basso, Andrew Lentz, Gregory Jaffe, and Gary Grimes focused on low carbon intensity (Low CI) agricultural feedstocks, their supply chains, and farmers' commitment to climate smart agriculture and verification methodologies, precision agriculture and integrated farm management to enhance productivity, improve climate resilience; how reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions can be deployed; and policies and practices that support sustainable development and food security by ensuring agriculture remains both economically viable and environmentally sustainable.
Panel Review of SAF Companies: Watch the video (via Biofuels Digest) to learn why this group of companies fared better than most: USA BioEnergy, Arbios Biotech, Ensyn, Morisora, Strategic Biofuels, SixRing Inc.
Alternative Fuels & Chemicals (AFCC) Coalition Global Biobased Economy Conference & Exhibit
November 20-22, 2024, Washington, D.C.
CSS President and Executive Director Joel Stone moderated:
MANUFACTURING PROGRESS on LOW CARBON INTENSITY (CI SCORE) RENEWABLE CHEMICALS
Session 1 of Track 1: Biobased Manufacturing: Renewable Chemicals, Bioplastics, Biopolymers, Biomaterials Creating a Cleaner Planet,
Panel: Nelson Barton, Geno; Andrew Held, Virent, Inc; Mark Simmers, Celtic Renewables; Shara Ticku, C16 Biosciences; and Corey Tyree, Trillium Renewable Chemicals
COMPANIES OFFERING STEP CHANGE DEVELOPMENTS in SYNTHETIC BIOLOGICAL PROGRESS
Session 4 of Track 3: Synthetic Biology, Alternative Proteins, Regenerative Agriculture, Food & Fiber
Panel: Shannon Hall, Pow.Bio; Joel Sirois, BioIntelligence Technologies; Remi Peraud, iMEAN; Alexandre Zanghellini, Arzeda