HANNOVER, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Biotechnology, already of huge importance in medicine, is rapidly gaining ground in other industries. The use of renewable resources, biological products and biotechnological processes is opening up opportunities for sustainable production in traditional areas of the economy such as the automobile industry, the chemical industry and energy. Biotechnology offers great scope for the efficient use of energy and resources as well as the development of entirely new products, and thus lays the basis for a new kind of growth. In view of this potential, BIOTECHNICA will be holding its first conference on the bio-based economy. The keynote theme of the Bio-Based Economy Conference 2009 will focus on integrated bio-refineries and bio-based economies.
