As part of 2016 World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology, held in San Diego, CA from April 17–20, Honorable Dennis McGinn, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Energy, Installations, and Environment, will address biofuel and biorefining technology developers during "Overcoming Challenges to Biorefinery Scale Up" plenary. This general session, addressing what is needed to ensure successful scale up of commercial industrial biotechnology process, will also feature Jeff Lievense and Alan Propp.