Workshop on the Economic and Environmental Impacts of Biobased Production: June 8 and 9, 2004 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

The article presents information on the Workshop "Economic and Environmental Impacts of Bio-based Production," which was convened at the Hotel Allegro in Chicago, Illinois on June 8-9, 2004. The overall goal of the workshop was to continue to expand the dialogue on bio-based production in the research and business community, to address life cycle issues surrounding bio-based production, to interject economic and policy elements, and to seek a synthesis among these areas. This workshop is envisioned as complimentary to previous workshops and symposia on this topic which focused principally on the scientific and technical aspects.