This sounds hugely interesting! Anyone going to the conference? Will it be possible for non-members to have a look at the model?

“A good baseline model for productivity of industrialized algae is critical to the billions being invested in the algae segment,” said Eckelberry. “It is our intention to share as much of this as we can to foster collaboration and help quantify industry productivity, raw material requirements including energy, capital requirements and potential ROI.”

via OriginOil to Present First-Ever Algae Productivity Model at National Algae Association’s Quarterly Conference | FreshNews.com.

About the Conference

The conference will be held on September 17-18, 2009 at the Sheraton North Houston in Houston, TX. In support of its recent response to The Department of Energy’s National Algal Biofuels Technology Roadmap, “Algae: The New Oil” will cover a full range of subjects focusing on the commercialization of the algae production industry, including research, growing, harvesting, extraction and by-products, as well as project financing issues and grant-writing techniques. Among those presenting will be industry peers from LiveFuels, Inc., Alfa Laval Group, Phycal and Algaeventure Systems, Inc. For more information or to attend the seminar, visit www.nationalalgaeassociation.com.