The Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts Process Development Unit (ABPDU) hosted its 2023 Industry Listening Day on March 7, 2023. Representatives from 41 entities, including 28 companies, participated in the event. 

The event allowed ABPDU to provide updates on action items from its last Industry Listening Day in 2019. These action items included generating equipment video SOPs to train affiliates, developing case studies, deploying new gas fermentation and analytical capabilities, and improving the project onboarding process. 

The majority of the event was dedicated to gathering feedback from attendees on equipment needs and collaboration processes.

“We are very grateful for the time our collaborators take out of their schedules to provide very essential feedback to us,” said Deepti Tanjore, Director of ABPDU. “We are now very excited to have the action items needed to make our capabilities and expertise more accessible to our collaborators.”

Presentations from the event can be found below and on ABPDU’s resources page.

• ABPDU Overview, Responses to Past Feedback, and Program Management
• Analytical & Catalysis Equipment and Research Updates
• Fermentation Automation & Other Research
• Emerging Fermentation Modes