Joining a BIO committee is the best way to inform our domestic and international agendas, participate in public
outreach, advocacy activities, and stay informed. Committee participation is open to all employees of BIO
member companies. Members participate in committee meetings to speak up about issues that are importantto them, or simply network with peers.
How committees work
BIO established sophisticated, results-driven committees for companies using cutting-edge, biologicalinnovations to develop technologies and products for agriculture, food systems, energy, and biobased
manufacturing. Agriculture & Environment Section (AES) committees function to build efficiency and crossfunctional service for all members, with a strong focus on ensuring predictable and science-based regulatory
systems, inclusive market access strategies, and relevant positioning in policy and advocacy debates.
Committee members have:•••

Access to BIO staff experts with deep policy, regulatory, external affairs, tax, investment,
communications, and legal expertise, and connections to industry influencers and stakeholders.
Ability to help shape BIO’s domestic and international policy agenda.
Timely updates and newsletters on issues of importance to their companies.

Membership
Full-time employees of BIO member companies are eligible to join committees. There is no limit to the numberof employees a member company can have on committees.
Operation
All committees operate on a consensus basis. If a consensus position cannot be reached among members,
BIO cannot take a public position on that issue. While multiple employees may participate on a committee,
each member company participates as one voice, or one vote, on policies and issues that come before eachcommittee.
Meetings
Regular committee meetings typically occur via teleconference on a recurring basis with occasional in-person
meetings, as needed or appropriate. Attendance is not mandatory.
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Agriculture & Environment Staff-Level Committees ........................................................................ 2

Agricultural Biologicals Committee1 ............................................................................................................ 2
Biobased Manufacturing Committee1 .......................................................................................................... 3
Plant Committee1........................................................................................................................................ 3
Animal Committee1 ..................................................................................................................................... 3Agriculture & Environment Federal Government Relations1 ........................................................................ 3
Agriculture & Environment State Government Relations1 ........................................................................... 3
Agriculture & Environment Law Committee1 ............................................................................................... 3
Agriculture & Environment Communications1.............................................................................................. 3
Agriculture International Committee ............................................................................................................ 3
Climate Policy Committee1 ......................................................................................................................... 4AES Non-Committee Members (General Communications)1 ...................................................................... 4AES Check-In Committee1.......................................................................................................................... 4

Additional Committee Opportunities ................................................................................................ 4Communications .......................................................................................................................................... 4Communications Working Group1 ............................................................................................................... 4Finance ......................................................................................................................................................... 4Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS)4 ............................................................................. 4
Finance & Tax Committee3 ......................................................................................................................... 4
International Affairs ..................................................................................................................................... 5
International Advocacy Steering Committee1 .............................................................................................. 5
International Regulatory Committee1 .......................................................................................................... 5
Legal & Intellectual Property ....................................................................................................................... 6
BIO General Counsels Steering Committee1 .............................................................................................. 6
Intellectual Property Counsels Committee1 ................................................................................................. 6
Technology Transfer Committee1, 2 ............................................................................................................. 6
Member Services ......................................................................................................................................... 6BIO Business Solutions Advisory Board4 .................................................................................................... 6
Agriculture & Environment Staff-Level Committees
These committees focus on developing and advancing policies, market acceptance, and demand forbiotechnology related products and/or processes for agriculture, food systems, energy, and biobased
manufacturing. Market access efforts focus on broad stakeholder engagement and relevant policy
development related to transparency and growing trust in the innovation ecosystem.
Working groups are responsible for sector-specific development including promotion of favorable regulations,market access and stakeholder engagement strategies, and positioning in climate, sustainability andbioeconomy policy debates.
Agricultural Biologicals Committee1
This committee promotes favorable regulation of biological-based food and agriculture solutions, likeflavors, food ingredients and additives, enzymes for food processing, proteins, small molecules andmicrobes for crop inputs, and feed ingredients for animal nutrition.

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Biobased Manufacturing Committee1
This committee promotes favorable regulation of industrial biotechnology solutions that promote thecircular economy via lower energy inputs, reducing GHG emissions and are less polluting. Focusing on
methods and engineering that advances the role of biotechnology processes from chemical products,
biomaterials to bio-based manufacturing. This team leads the development of science-based regulatory
policy strategies to drive risk proportionate regulation for these applications for the betterment ofindustry and consumers.
Plant Committee1
This committee focuses on establishing an improved regulatory paradigm for biotech-derived plants,including transgenic and gene edited. The team leads the development of science-based regulatory
policy strategies to drive risk proportionate regulation for these applications for the betterment of U.S.
agriculture, industry and consumers.
Animal Committee1
This committee focuses on establishing an improved regulatory paradigm for biotech-derived animals,including transgenic and gene edited. The team leads the development of science-based regulatory
strategies to drive risk proportionate regulation for these applications for the betterment of U.S.
agriculture, industry and consumers.
Agriculture & Environment Federal Government Relations1
This committee oversees legislative and executive branch activities on all issues related to theagriculture & environmental sectors, including building and maintaining relationships with policymakers
in Congress and the Administration.
Agriculture & Environment State Government Relations1
This committee oversees state policy management activities on all issues related to biobased products
and food and farm innovations, and low carbon fuel standards including maintaining relationships withstate and regional biotechnology and agribusiness organizations.
Agriculture & Environment Law Committee1
This committee provides a forum for the General Counsels from BIO’s Agriculture & Environment
member-companies to exchange information regarding litigations and other legal issues.
Participation is open to a member-company’s General Counsel or Chief Legal Officer.
Agriculture & Environment Communications1
This group collaborates on agriculture and environment biotechnology messaging and communication
goals and serves as a sounding board and advisory group for BIO’s communication plans and projects.
This group helps keep member company communicators up to date on BIO’s communication workwithin the Agriculture & Environment section.
Agriculture International Committee
The AIWG’s objective is to identify the most important international policy priorities of our agriculture
members, develop appropriate advocacy strategies, and execute activities related to those strategies
and priorities.
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Climate Policy Committee1
This group is working to ensure biotechnology is favorably positioned globally to meet the health,nutritional, and environmental expectations of society by defining the building blocks and policy drivers
around carbon and sustainability.
AES Non-Committee Members (General Communications)1
This group is for agriculture and environment members that are not on any of the other working groups
but still wish to receive general email updates from the team. This group does not meet.
AES Check-In Committee1
This group meets three times a year between Board meetings to receive high-level updates from theAgriculture and Environment team. CEOs of agriculture and environment section member companies
are automatically added to this list but are welcome to delegate as needed.
Additional Committee Opportunities
In addition to committees and working groups within Agriculture & Environment, BIO members are encouraged
to join other cross-cutting committees.
Communications
Communications Working Group1
Helps to direct BIO’s Communications Department on the design, implementation and evaluation of publicrelations, media outreach and consumer awareness efforts under the direction of the Board Standing
Committee on Public Awareness. The committee includes senior executives from BIO member companies
responsible for public relations, investor relations, public policy, marketing and media relations within theirrespective companies.
FinanceCommittee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS)4
The committee shares updates and guides advocacy on the implementation of reforms to the Committee
on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS), which has the authority to review, and potentially alter, foreign
investments into the U.S. biotechnology industry. The committee is convened through conference calls onan ad-hoc basis to discuss recent developments in the rulemaking process, exchange insights on thepotential impact on the biotechnology industry, and direct BIO’s advocacy efforts to shape the rulemaking
outcome through comment letters and engagement with the Departments of Commerce and Treasury, as
well as Congress. The overarching goal of this committee is to engage in the rulemaking process to avoid
an undue impact on the biotechnology sector’s ability to enter into global research partnerships as well as
attract foreign investments. Committee participants come from a range of backgrounds, principally from Csuite and finance functions, as well as technologists that understand the use and potential applications ofemerging biotechnologies.
Finance & Tax Committee3
Concentrates on tax, financial services, securities, and accounting policies that impact member companies
and biotech capital formation. This committee advises BIO staff about the impact of legislation andregulations affecting these policy matters and supports BIO’s engagement with Treasury, the SEC, and4

the IRS, as well as Congress and the Administration. Specific financial services areas of interest include
the JOBS Act, Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Section 404(b), proxy advisory firms, short selling transparency,
market structure reform, tick size, accounting and auditing standards, and SEC life science reporting
topics. Tax policy emphases include the Orphan Drug Tax Credit, the R&D credit and payroll R&D credit,
federal tax treatment of net operating losses (NOLs), qualified small business stock (QSBS) capital gains
treatment, and international tax.
BIO Early-Stage Advisory Council4
The BIO Early-Stage Advisory Council is comprised of early-stage member company CEO’s and provides
the opportunity for participants to engage BIO staff and provide valuable input on BIO projects and policy
proposals. The Advisory Council engages on projects addressing capital formation and funding issues
broadly up through the point of IPO for a typical biotech. Examples of the type of projects Advisory Councilmembers may be asked to provide input on include, but are not limited to, the following: Prioritizing
subjects and developing content for future webinars and educational Events; Identifying issues that may
have legislative or regulatory fixes and providing feedback on the development of policy proposals toaddress them; Serving as resource for surveys and data collection targeted at early-stage companies.
BIO Investor Advisory Committee3
The Investor Advisory Committee is comprised of investors that represent the spectrum of funding dollars
BIO members interact with throughout their product lifecycle and corporate development. Members of thecommittee represent major biotechnology venture capital investors across therapeutics and ag-bio as wellas public market investors. The Committee opines on certain BIO policy priorities to lend their expertiseon how legislation and regulation will impact their investment decisions in the ecosystem.
International Affairs
International Advocacy Steering Committee1
Oversees the development of international advocacy strategy and goals, for approval by International
Affairs Committee of the Board. Determines priority countries and issues, including biologics regulations,
intellectual property rights and market access issues in markets outside of the U.S. Implements thestrategy through direct advocacy with foreign governments, U.S. trade and foreign policy officials, andother global stakeholders.
Task Forces:• China• Japan• AES-Int’l Mexico
International Regulatory Committee1
The International Regulatory Committee works with the Regulatory Affairs Steering Committee to set
policy and priorities relating to global regulations of biotechnology products including biotherapeutics andadvanced therapies such as cell and gene therapies. The group has a special focus on harmonization ofkey regulations in priority markets through the International Council on Harmonization (ICH), the Asia
Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and the World Health Organization.

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BIO General Counsels Steering Committee1
Provides a forum for the General Counsels from BIO member-companies to build collegial relationships
and exchange information, experiences, and best practices relating to a wide variety of legal and law
department issues. Among others, these may include the development and organization of GeneralCounsel offices, corporate governance, securities, antitrust, supervision of outside counsel, and otherpractice management activities. Participation is open to the General Counsel or Chief Legal Officer, with alimit of one committee member per company.
Intellectual Property Counsels Committee1
Promotes strong, predictable intellectual property (IP) protection and efficient transfer of IP rights for thebiotechnology industry domestically and internationally. This committee is open to in-house patentcounsels of BIO member companies. Law firm patent counsels may join only at the designation of a BIO
member company. The committee is responsible for developing domestic and international intellectual
property policy that benefits the biotechnology industry. The committee reviews and comments onproposed intellectual property legislation and IP-related regulations from federal agencies. The committee
will from time to time approve the filing of amicus briefs in cases that impact the biotechnology industry
and develop IP-related position papers, white papers and educational materials. Participation is open to inhouse IP counsel of member companies. Focus areas: Amicus, Patent Reform, PTO, and International IP.
Technology Transfer Committee1, 2
The Technology Transfer Committee promotes and facilitates industry/academic research partnerships forthe biotechnology community. Committee members include persons directly involved in industry andacademia partnerships such as university technology transfer officers, company licensing officers,
business development officers, and others. Committee members work to improve business development
tools for the industry/university tech transfer community, support BIO’s industry intelligence and economic
impact analysis of translational research, academic/industry sponsored research best practices, andrespond to various state, federal and international legislative matters of vital interest to biotechnology
technology transfer partnerships.
Member Services
BIO Business Solutions Advisory Board4
Provides strategic direction to BIO's cost-savings program, BIO Business Solutions. Helps in identifying anddeveloping programs and offerings that deliver value to members. Composed of senior executives whose
current role and/or industry experience is in finance, sourcing, operations and other related business functions
within their respective companies. Participation requires board chair approval. BIO Business Solutions®
Advisory Board meets in person annually and has quarterly conference calls.
NoteAll Agriculture & Environment committees may operate independently or as part of a larger group addressing
relevant issues on a broader level across the agriculture and environmental sector, depending on the goal tobe achieved. For example, a BIO climate change policy initiative would require broad-based input.
Eligibility requirements
1 Participation is limited to a full-time employee of, or in the discretion of BIO an authorized consultant to, R&D intensive(“core”) member companies. BIO requires written notice from the R&D intensive member company that the consultant isauthorized to act as an official company representative. Further, the consultant must sign a BIO confidentiality agreement6indicating that he/she will not share any information learned or obtained through participation on the committee with anyclient other than the BIO member company which authorized his/her participation on its behalf. A consultant generally
may not represent more than one BIO member company on any single committee, and any requests for information or for
BIO to take or modify any policy position shall come directly from the authorizing BIO member company rather than theconsultant.
2 Participation is open to full-time employees of R&D intensive (“core”) member companies and universities only.
3 Participation is open to a full-time employee or representative of all BIO member organizations.
4 Participation is by invitation only.
NOTE: Each individual committee also may have additional requirements not listed above. Eligibilities are subject tochange.

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