The bar has just been set higher for the sugar cane industry’s growth with upcoming projects in diversifying into Ethylene and Polyethylene production from Sugarcane Ethanol. This new development in the Sugar Cane industry will only bolster the already robust sugarcane and ethanol markets in the Americas and the world! According to a recent report [...]

Speaker Profile An Agricultural Graduate who was elected to the Jamaican Parliament in 1976 and appointed as the Junior Minister of Foreign Affairs with responsibility for Foreign Trade.  Later served as a Cabinet Minister with responsibility for Industry and Commerce. In 1989 was appointed Consul General to New York and in 1991 became Jamaica’s first [...]

Speaker Profile Jayant Godbole graduated from the University Department of Chemical Engineering, Mumbai and worked with Chemical Engineering Companies including Alfa Laval in India before joining Praj. He has extensive experience in international marketing and processes.  He adds the Commercial and Techno-economic perspective to the project.  He presently heads Business Development as the Regional Director for [...]

Speaker Profile Barbara A. Fecso is currently the Economist, Dairy and Sweeteners Analysis Staff, Farm Service Agency, U.S. Department of Agriculture with main focus on administering the domestic sugar program. She provides guidance in the formulation and implementation of national sugar policies and procedures, as well as economic and budgetary impact analysis of programs relating [...]

Speaker Profile Santiago Arcila joined Verenium in March of 2008 as a Senior Director in charge of Latin America, with additional responsibilities supporting development in the Southeastern United States. From 1998 to 2008, Mr. Arcila worked for several non-regulated subsidiaries of Public Service Enterprise Group (NYSE:PEG), a diversified energy company headquartered in New Jersey, and [...]