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OriginOil, Inc. ( OOIL : ), the developer of a breakthrough technology to transform algae, the most promising source of renewable oil : , into a true competitor to petroleum, announced that the company's chief executive officer, Riggs Eckelberry, will speak in the Keynote Session of the Next Generation Biofuels Feedstocks conference in San Francisco on November

16, 2009.

Eckelberry will join representatives from the U.S. Department of Energy ( DOE : ), Algal Biomass Organization ( ABO : ), Green Flight Foundation, Solazyme, Energy Biosciences Institute and Monsanto as a keynote speaker. He will join the keynote session "Plantation & Sustainable Feedstock Supplies," which will explore the potential role of next generation biofuels and their impacts on land use and sustainability. "Recent data have challenged the long-held belief that biofuels reduce greenhouse gases," said Eckelberry. "I'm very excited to help address this important issue head-on."

"As we learned at the United Nations back in June, Riggs Eckelberry addresses emerging green controversies very persuasively," said Robson Mello, Secretary-General of the Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Organization ( IREO : ).
"I am sure that this audience will appreciate his participation in the keynote."

The Next Generation Biofuels Feedstocks conference will be held from November 16-17, 2009, at Le Meridien Hotel in San Francisco. The event will cover developments in Algae, Jatropha, Cellulosic and Wood Based Ethanol, Camelina, Biobutanol, Miscanthus, Sweet Sorghum, Drop in Fuels, Bio-Oils and Synthetic Fuels. For more information or to attend the event, visit www.greenpowerconferences.com : .


About OriginOil, Inc.

OriginOil, Inc. is developing a breakthrough technology that will transform algae, the most promising source of renewable oil : , into a true competitor to petroleum. Much of the world's oil and gas is made up of ancient algae deposits. Today, our technology will produce "new oil" from algae, through a cost-effective, high-speed manufacturing process. This endless supply of new oil can be used for many products, such as diesel, gasoline, jet fuel, plastics and solvents, without the global warming effects of petroleum. Other oil-producing feedstock, such as corn and sugarcane, often destroy vital farmlands and rainforests, disrupt global food supplies and create new environmental problems. Our unique technology, based on algae, is targeted at fundamentally changing our source of oil without disrupting the environment or food supplies. To learn more about OriginOil™, please visit our website at www.originoil.com : .


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Abstract:

OriginOil CEO Riggs Eckelberry to join DOE, Algal Biomass Organization, Solazyme, Monsanto, Green Flight Foundation, Energy Biosciences Institute in San Francisco, keynoting Next Generation Biofuels Feedstocks USA on November 16, 2009.



Keywords:

algae biofuel, algae to oil, algae oil, algal biomass, algae fuel, generation biofuels, united states department of energy, originoil, ooil, renewable oil, riggs Eckelberry, solazyme


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