Rentech to open Biofuels International Canada expo & conference

Hunt Ramsbottom, CEO of Rentech is to provide the keynote address on 3 October at the Biofuels International expo & conference in Calgary, Canada.

Rentech's proposed Olympiad Renewable Energy Centre (Olympiad Project), located in White River, Ontario, Canada will be designed as a state-of-the-art energy facility that would employ the Rentech-ClearFuels biomass gasification system and the Rentech Process. The project is designed to produce 23 million gallons of renewable, low-carbon RenJet fuel and 13 million gallons a year of renewable naphtha. The fuel and naphtha will be produced from 1.3 million tonnes per year of Crown timber allotted to Rentech by the Province of Ontario.

Other confirmed speakers for the conference include:
William Brady, CEO at Mascoma Corporation
John Plaza, CEO at Imperium Renewables
Kenneth Field, Chairman & founder at GreenField Ethanol
Marie-Hélène Labrie, Vice President at Enerkem
Jon Scharingson, Director of Marketing at Renewable Energy Group
Colin South, CTO at Lignol
Mejda Beall Lortie, Director of Industrial & Agricultural Policy at BIOTECanada
Steven Fabijanski, CEO at Agrisoma Biosciences, Inc.
Morley Kjargaard, Business Management Specialist at Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development
John M. May, Managing Director at Stern Brothers & Co
Doug Cameron, Founder & Managing Director at Alberti Advisors, LLC
Dennis Rogoza, President at Rogoza Consulting Group Inc., and Advisor on Sustainability at Canola Council of Canada
Peter Ryus, Manager of Certification and Implementation at Roundtable on Sustainable

Delegate tickets for the two day conference are available on our event website at www.biofuelsinternationalexpo.com/canada and book before 15 August to receive an exclusive early-bird 10% discount.