Ohio Governor’s 21st Century Energy & Economic Summit

POET CEO Jeff Broin will discuss the current and future roles of ethanol in Ohio’s economy, transportation system and job market in a panel discussion at the Ohio Governor’s 21st Century Energy & Economic Summit in Columbus, Ohio next week.

Broin will take part in the panel session titled “Alternative Transportation Fuels” on Thursday, Sept. 22 at 8:45 a.m. EST at the Ohio Union at The Ohio State University. He will join Nancy L. Gioia, Director of Global Electrification for Ford Motor Co.; Jon Lauckner, President of General Motors Ventures, LLC; and Shane A. Terblanche, General Manager, Hybrid Drives Systems Division for Parker Hannifin Corporation.

The session will be Webcast live at http://www.battelle.org/conferences/ohioenergy/

POET has plants in Fostoria, Leipsic and Marion, Ohio with a combined production capacity of 219 million gallons per year.

About POET
POET, the largest ethanol producer in the world, is a leader in biorefining through its efficient, vertically integrated approach to production. The 23-year-old company produces more than 1.7 billion gallons of ethanol and 10 billion pounds of high-protein animal feed annually from 27 production facilities nationwide. POET also operates a pilot-scale cellulosic ethanol plant, which uses corn cobs, leaves, husk and some stalk as feedstock, and will commercialize the process in Emmetsburg, Iowa. For more information, visit http://www.poet.com.

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