In the United States (US), BBI International, the organizers of 2020 International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo (FEW) the ethanol industry's largest conference, has announced that the event has been rescheduled due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Originally scheduled for mid-June in Minneapolis, Minnesota (MN), and subsequently moved to take place in late August in Omaha, Nebraska (NE), the FEW is now rescheduled to take place on September 15-17, 2020, online as a virtual event only.
The 2020 International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo, the ethanol industry’s largest conference will now take place on September 15-17, 2020, and will be a live online event only. The virtual FEW will include a general session, a live virtual expo hall, all listed track sessions, pre-conference events, the co-located Biodiesel Production Technology Summit, and the ACE Annual Conference.
It’s been somewhat of a roller coaster this year and we recognized turning the FEW into a virtual event would be the safest and most cost-effective option for our attendees, and it would also eliminate any hovering uncertainty. The event will still contain a massive amount of content, networking opportunities, and multiple ways to promote products and services, all from the safety of your office or home, said Joe Bryan, CEO of BBI International.
Attendees will be able to access all presentations, networking events, the virtual expo hall, and chat rooms.
We needed to listen to our customers and let the data drive our decisions, so we surveyed producers, attendees, exhibitors, sponsors, and speakers, and the response was overwhelming. In all segments of our audience, turning the FEW into the virtual event was the most popular option this year, said Joe Bryan.
As announced earlier in the year, the FEW will still be offering four tracks of comprehensive content designed for ethanol production. New this year, the program team is including a co-located event titled, “Biodiesel Production and Technology Summit.”
Produced by Biodiesel Magazine, a BBI International publication, the co-located event is a new forum intended for biodiesel and renewable diesel producers to learn about cutting-edge process technologies, new techniques and equipment to optimize existing production, and efficiencies to save money while increasing throughput and fuel quality.
More details regarding the virtual platform, registration, exhibits, and sponsorships will be announced by the organisers in the coming weeks.
