2nd Edition of Algae Biomass Summit Nearly Doubles Number of Attendees

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Press release

Seattle, Oct. 22 -- When the 2008 Algae Biomass Summit kicks off tomorrow in Seattle it will be in front of nearly twice as many attendees as the inaugural summit last year. The Algae Biomass Summit, sponsored by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (http://www.wsgr.com) and The Byrne Company (http://www.byrneltd.com), is the official conference of the Algal Biomass Organization (ABO) (http://www.algalbiomass.org/events). The event, featuring nearly 50 speakers and 29 poster presentations, is designed to highlight scientific advances and encourage knowledge sharing to accelerate the commercialization of algae as a renewable energy source.

"That more than 600 people from around the world have registered, reflects the intense global interest in algae as one of the most promising renewable energy sources," said Tom Byrne, president of The Byrne Company and secretary of the ABO Steering Committee. "But it's also clear that people are coming to learn from the best and the brightest scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, government leaders and venture capitalists who are speaking and presenting posters at the event."

Keynoting the conference is Vinod Khosla, a nationally recognized clean technology investor and Managing Partner of Khosla Ventures (http://www.khoslaventures.com). Khosla Ventures has invested millions in clean technology start-ups in sectors including next generation, fuel-efficiency technologies, solar technology, carbon sequestration and in other sectors.

During the course of the event, these leaders and the hundreds of attendees will discuss issues of critical importance to the emerging algae industry, including the commercial viability of algae production, current government and private initiatives, evolving technologies, processing concepts, and venture and project finance. Ongoing updates from the conference will be available through PR Newswire's Virtual Conference Newsroom (http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/tradeshows/events.jsp?show=639154&option=tradeshow&view=LATEST).

About the ABO

The Algal Biomass Organization (ABO) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote and advocate for the development of commercially-viable transportation and power generation fuels as well as other non-energy applications for algae biomass. Its membership is comprised of people, companies and organizations across the value chain. More information about ABO, including its leadership, membership, costs, benefits and members and their affiliations, is available at the website: www.algalbiomass.org.

SOURCE Algal Biomass Organization

John Williams, +1-206-625-0075, jwilliams@scovillepr.com, for Algal Biomass Organization,

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