1. Dr. David C. Bressler Executive Director of the BCN Professor, Faculty of Agricultural, Life & Environmental Sciences, University of Alberta, Canada BCN: Supporting the Alberta Bioeconomy

2. Edmonton Summer: +30 o C Winter: -30 o C

3. What is Alberta known for?

4. Established in 2009 Funder: BCN 1.0  2009 – 2012  $3.0 million  Biomass pre-processing  Thermal conversion  Chemical conversion  Biological conversion BCN 2.0  2012 – 2015  $3.8 million  Strategic Advisory Board  Scientific Committee  More elaborate research themes (coming up)

5. Mandate Play a pivotal role in cultivating Alberta’s bioindustrial sector by facilitating development of novel, commercially viable biomass conversion technologies and value-added products

6. THE BCN MODEL BCN facilitates multidisciplinary industry-academic collaborations that emphasize innovation and commercialization

7. Network Core R&D Funding Networking Business development Industry-academic collaborations Market Assessments Annual Strategic Retreat Forestry workshop Green chemistry workshop Seminar hosting Attending conferences Sponsorship of events University of Alberta University of Calgary Concordia University Olds College Northern Alberta Institute of Technology Alberta Innovates Technology Futures Syngenta Sanimax Imperial Oil Forge Hydrocarbons TerraVerdae BioWorks Saputo Daishowa-Marubeni International Weyerhaeuser Many more…

8. BCN: levering investments

9. Byproducts Utilization Synthetic Biology Chemical Platforms Value-add Opportunities Biocatalysis & Fermentation Advanced Bioproducts BCN projects focus on 3 themes:

10.  Strong Collaborations with Alberta Forestry Industry Byproducts Utilization and Value-Add Opportunities Tall Oils to Fuels Terpenes Lignin Chemistry Forest Ash Characterization & Utilization Mapping and Quantitation of Forestry Waste Streams Cellulose Nano- Crystals Massive opportunity to integrate with traditional resource industries in Alberta

11.  Hardest to tackle, but most rewarding Synthetic Biology: Biocatalysis and Fermentation Biopolymers from C1 Substrates Upcycled Aromatics Specialty Chemicals Biodensification of Oil Sands Tailings Microbial Biosynthesis of Fatty Alcohols Phenylalanine derived chemicals Submitted a grant for a $12M high- throughput synthetic biology centre

12.  Bio-based materials: most mature sector in bioindustry? Advanced Bioproducts and Chemical Platforms Bio-Nonanal from Plant Oils Polysaccharides for Naphthenic Acid Extraction from Tailings Novel Flocculants from Agricultural Waste Proteins Bio-polymers Epoxies Biodiesel- Derived Glycerin Lignocellulose Subfractionation

13. BCN 2.0 Budget R&D: ~$2M Core ~ $1.8M

14. Emerging Opportunities:  Helmholtz-Alberta Initiative  Fraunhofer collaboration with University of Alberta  Ongoing business development and partnership opportunities  BCN Retreat BCN3.0?  BCN  Institute?  Increased Funding?  New Stakeholders? CCEMC, AIEES, AITF, etc…  New Research Themes?  Socioeconomic Arm?  New Collaborations?

16. NOTES: -Keywords in individual bubbles on slides 10-12 don't necessarily correspond to 1 single project. For instance, Stryker works on both lignin chemistry and terpenes but he only carries 1 project -Although assigned to specific themes here for simplicity, keywords/projects often touch on multiple themes. For instance, CNC is listed in byproducts utilization, but in reality could be put in either of the other 2 themes -I left out Jonathan Curtis' partner CyLab...the company had trouble bringing its hemp processing equipment out of China, so probably best to avoid bringing this up altogether