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SEPTEMBER 21-22, 2026 | NATIONAL HARBOR, MD |
AGENDA
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2026
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2026
Kate Sixt, Executive Director, Office of the Chief Scientist, USDA
Mike Stebbins, Senior Vice President, Advanced Technology International (ATI)
Christophe Schilling, Chairman, Future Origins
10:40 AM
Accelerating the Bio-Based Supply Chain – From Reshoring Success to Scaled Deployment
Kris Lutt, Vice President Innovation & Growth, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM)
Alexandre Zanghellini, Co-Founder & CEO, Arzeda Corp.
Arlene Joyner, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Center for Industrial Base Management and Supply Chain (IBMSC)
11:30 AM
Operational Realities of Bioindustrial Scale – Lessons from the Front Lines
Rick Eno, Board of Directors, Locus Fermentation Solutions
Nazish Jeffery, Founder & Principal, Helix Advisory LLC
John Ellersick, President & Founder, Next Rung Technology
Jenny Ligon, Strategic Bio Innovation Program Advisor, TechConnect
Mike Stebbins, Senior Vice President, Advanced Technology International (ATI)
Andrew Magyar, Co-Founder & CTO, Capra Bio
Veronica Breckenridge, Founder & Managing Partner, First Bight Ventures
3:45 PM
Scaling Outside of the Old Playbook – New Models for Bioindustrial Deployment
Erika Milczek, Founder & CEO, Curie Co.
Lars Knutstad, Director of Business Development, Pow.Bio
Jen Greenstein, Senior Director, Evaluation/Focused Initiatives, North Carolina Biotechnology Center
Jenny Ligon, Strategic Bio Innovation Program Advisor, TechConnect
And Special Guests
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2026
All Bioeconomy Summit attendees are invited to attend on Sept. 22 (day one of the co-located Defense TechConnect Innovation Summit and SBIR/STTR Innovation Conference), including:
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