Monday November 12, 2007
Michael Hoffmann, Welcome and introductions
Opening Keynote and Panel Moderator:William Chernicoff, US DOT, Biofuels & Transportation: perspectives on sustainability and pathways forward
John Ferrell, US DOE, Office of the Biomass Program, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, US Department of Energy, Regional Feedstock Partnership -- DOE Perspective
GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS, PANEL A)
Tristam West, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, GIS: Organization, use, and distribution of spatial data for estimating the current and potential bioenergy feedstock supply
Peter Woodbury, Cornell University, Geospatial analysis of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for biomass feedstock production in the NE SunGrant Region
GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS, PANEL B)
Charles Ray, Pennsylvania State University, GIS for documenting current forest biomass inventory and future development of forest biomass crops
John Mackenzie, University of Delaware, GIS tools for assessing nutrient cycling, water quality and biomass potential
Christopher Recchia, Biomass Energy Resource Center, Montpelier, VT, A new model for analysis of the Billion Ton Report
ENERGY CROP DEVELOPMENT (PANEL A)
Steve St. Martin, The Ohio State University, Breeding the next generation of oil crops
Hilary Mayton, Cornell University, Breeding bioenergy grasses for the Northeast
Yi Li, University of Connecticut, Two new tools for genetic improvement of cellulosic energy crops: the ‘gene-deletor’ and ‘growth promoting’ technologies
LUNCH KEYNOTE: Thomas Fretz, Dean Emeritus, University of Maryland, Extending Sun Grant Research and Outreach Competitiveness through the NESGI Competitive Grants Process
ENERGY CROP DEVELOPMENT (PANEL B)
Sam Jaffe, Business Development, Copea Energy, Development of algae as a potential biofuels feedstock
Margaret Brennan & David Specca, New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, Rutgers University, Assessment of Biomass Energy Potential in New Jersey
Rick Handley, Regional Energy Programs CONEG Policy Research Center Inc. and Northeast Regional BiomassProgram, “Building demand for new energy crops”
BACKGROUND AND DIRECTIONS FOR BREAKOUT SESSIONS
Mark Downing, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Billion Ton report background
Mark Downing −Directions for breakout sessions
Dinner Speaker: Nathanael Greene, NRDC, The politics and policy of getting biofuels right
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Welcome, Larry Walker, NE Sun Grant Institute of Excellence
Keynote and panel moderator: Jason Hill, University of Minnesota, Sustainable biofuels from diverse mixtures of native prairie plants
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY PANEL
Jonathan Rubin, University of Maine, Maine forest biorefinery research initiative and green chemistry: opportunities for bioproducts
Greg Roth, Pennsylvania State University, Integration of energy crops into agricultural systems: winter cover crops
Lawrence Smart, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Genetic improvement of shrub willow as a bioenergy crop
ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY PANEL
Brent Gloy, Cornell University, Economics of an integrated bioenergy system
Matt McArdle, MESA Engineering, Biomass feedstock aggregation - from the field into the facility
David Kay, Cornell University, Input output analysis as a tool for modeling economic impact of regional biomass feedstock production
WORKING GROUPS− LIGHTENING REPORTS
-Agricultural residues and food waste: Ballroom (Norm Scott) and Municipal solid waste to energy: Ballroom (Priscilla Hayes)
-Lignocellulosic and herbaceous perennials: Amphitheatre (Gary Bergstrom)
-Forestry residues and mill waste: (Jingxin Wang)
-Woody crop development: Taylor Room A (Ray Miller)
-Economics and Systems analysis: Harvard Room (Antonio Bento)
-Infrastructure and Policy: Rowe Room (William Chernicoff )
-Starch and oil seed crops: Biotech Building,Room 130 (Steve St. Martin)
-Other potential feedstocks: Brown Room (Sam Jaffe)
-GIS as tool for biomass industry: Taylor Room B (Peter Woodbury)
Lunch Speaker: Gerald Stack, Hiscock & Barclay LLP, Federal and New York Tax Incentives for Alternative Fuels.
