Animal nutrition company Alltech will be holding its first annual International Algae Conference, February 22-24, 2011 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Lexington, Kentucky:

[E]ntitled Algae: The Growth Platform, [the conference] will be dedicated to discussing the technological revolution of algae fermentation, including biodiesel, bioremediation, carbon sequestration, and application to both novel pharmaceutical products and animal nutrition.

The conference will also feature a tour of Alltech’s new world-class algae production and research facility, one of the largest in the world. The good folks at Alltech are also making sure that media not able to attend the conference will still be able to go on the plant tour on Feb. 23rd. RSVP to tspicer@alltech.com. More information and conference registration are available here.