March 12, 2013
BY Ron Kotrba
The host, venue and date for the 2013 Collective Biodiesel Conference is now set. The CBC board of directors announced that Dara Lor, president and founder of Summit Greasecycling, has been selected as the official host of the event, to take place Aug. 15-18 in Breckenridge, Colo., on the grounds of the newly constructed Colorado Mountain College.
Lor has been active in the grassroots biodiesel community and as a participant of the CBC for several years. Boulder, Colo.-based ClearEcos will assist Lor in co-organizing the event.
Lor and the other conference organizers can be reached at biodieselconference@gmail.com. Those who are interested in presenting or nominating someone else, or have ideas and topics of interest, are encouraged to reach out to Lor and the conference organizers.
Early bird pricing and complete details will be made available soon.
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