The EntreTech Forum : GREENING OF AMERICA February 17, 2009

Last summer we saw the impact of peaking global production of fossil hydrocarbons in the massive price increase for our fuels. Even more devastating was the impact to the agriculture sector for food production, processing and transportation.

A Bio-economy is emerging with bio-agriculture, bio-energy, bio-products taking on new emphasis in our national quest for energy independence and sustainability.

As Chad Kruger of WSU identified, this “Triple Bio” involves three interwoven tracks of:

* bio-agriculture to produce food and feedstock in an environmentally and energetically sustainable way. It is a suite of concepts, practices and technologies which capitalize on biological processes to maximize resource conservation and resource-use.
* bio-products research and development to process raw biological feedstock into useful and higher value materials. This refers to refined, value-added materials derived from biomass, such as industrial, biological, medical and nutraceutical products.
* bio-energy to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels for transportation fuels, electricity and heat. It refers to both power (electricity and heat) and liquid fuels derived from biomass.

Tonight the EntreTech panel of business, technology and investment professionals who are contributors, supporters and participants in the emerging bio-economy will emphasize businesses and technologies that present eco-sustainable activities for this “Triple Bio” play.

Moderator:

Gary W. Patterson FiscalDoctor, Inc.

Panel:

Dennis R. Costello, Managing Director, Braemer Energy Ventures

Patrick J. Govang, President and Co-founder, e2e Materials, LLC

William "Jeff" Marshall, Chairman and CEO, Green Earth Technologies, Inc.

Donald W. Crookes, Sr., President and CEO/ Founder, Hy-SyEnce, Inc.

Meeting Organizer:

Larry Grumer, Technology Associates & Alliances

Official Website: http://www.entretechforum.org/