ALGAE¦ means R&D isn't finished, but is instead “an essential and ongoing part of creating a viable and long-lasting industry,” he says. New to the summit was the addition of the Young Researcher Award Poster Competition. The number of entries for the poster session was up from last year, but this year a jury selected a group of winners. First place recipients included Estaban Hicape from Colorado State University in the engineering category and Beth Rasala from the University of California San Diego in biology. The 2013 Algae Biomass Summit will be hosted in Orlando, Fla., Sept. 30-Oct. 3.
The winners of the Algae Biomass Summit’s “Young Researcher Poster Competition” from left to right: Estaban Hicape, Colorado State University; David B. Levin, University of Manitoba; Chair of the Young Researcher Poster Competition; ABO Executive Director Mary Rosenthal; Beth Rasala, University of California San Diego; Henri Gerken, AzCATI at Arizona State University; Katerine Napan, Utah State University; Alex McCurdy, Utah State University. Not pictured is Justin Ungerer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
Conference attendees perused the summit trade show booths.
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