The BIO 2011 Leadership Summit will bring together high level thought leaders from the private sector, government, Congress and academia to discuss how biotechnology helps meet the economic challenges globally in agriculture, value added industrial products and processes to reduce environmental impacts of manufacturing. Biotechnology is transforming how we grow crops and how we are making food, fuel and other consumer products from agriculture feedstocks. The Summit will examine how the right government policies and current business trends combined with the latest technology advances support rural economies in the United States and around the world.