POET CEO Jeff Broin will outline ethanol’s role in the current and future energy environment at the Fortune “Brainstorm Green” conference April 12-14 in Laguna Niguel, Calif. Broin will participate in two panel discussions on biofuels and renewable energy.

Broin will join other business, government and environmental leaders including William Ford, Executive Chairman of Ford Motor Co.; H. Lee Scott, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.; Fred Krupp, President of Environmental Defense Fund; Frances Beinecke, President of Natural Resources Defense Council; Mark Tercek, President and CEO of The Nature Conservancy; Hugh Grant, Chairman, President and CEO of Monsanto Company; Cliff Burrows, President of Starbucks Coffee Co.; David L. Sokol, Chairman of MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company and Chairman, President and CEO, NetJets Inc.; and Sylvia Earle, Former Explorer in Residence for the National Geographic Society in discussing a wide range of “green” topics. Issues include clean technology, the role of government in current and future energy issues, sustainability and more.

POET is the nation’s largest ethanol producer and is a leader in the drive to commercialize cellulosic ethanol. In March, the company launched a new sustainability initiative called “Ingreenuity,” the first goal of which is to cut water use at POET’s 26 plants by a total of 1 billion gallons in the next five years, a 22 percent reduction. POET’s research has lead to industry-leading efficiency improvements in areas such as fermentation, water use, energy use and distillers grains production, and the company operates multiple pilot-scale ethanol plants in Scotland, S.D. to test new processes and technology before commercialization.

About POET
POET, the largest ethanol producer in the world, is a leader in biorefining through its efficient, vertically integrated approach to production. The 22-year-old company produces more than 1.6 billion gallons of ethanol annually from 26 production facilities nationwide. POET recently started up a pilot-scale cellulosic ethanol plant, which uses corn cobs as feedstock, and will commercialize the process in Emmetsburg, Iowa. For more information, visit http://www.poet.com.

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