Growing the BioEconomy Conference 2009- Live Participation Option -- Schedule

Conference Agenda (tentative)

Introductions and Welcome
8:00 am-9:00 am	Registration and Continental Breakfast, Scheman 1st Floor Lobby
9:00 am	Introductions and Welcome: - Jack Payne, Vice President for Extension and Outreach, Iowa State University - Gregory Geoffroy, President, Iowa State University - David Chicoine, President, South Dakota State University
9:30 am	Biochar from Crop Residues: A solution for Global Climate Change? - Dr. James Lovelock, Independent Scientist
10:00 am	Biochar: A Solution to Improve Soils Around the World - Dr. Johannes Lehmann, Associate Professor, Soil Fertility Management and Soil Biogeochemistry, Cornell University
10:40 am	Perennial Species: A Solution to Provide Biomass Feedstocks and Environmental Services - Dr. Matt Liebmann, Professor of Agronomy and the Henry A. Wallace Endowed Chair for Sustainable Agriculture, Iowa State University
11:15 am	USDA Programs to Incent Production of Cellulosic Feedstocks - Tom Vilsack, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, USDA
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11:30 Lunch and Luncheon Roundtable (Scheman, Room 220) Biochar: Challenges and Opportunities - Robert Brown, Anson Marston Distinguished Professor and Gary and Donna Hoover Chair, Mechanical Engineering; Director, Bioeconomy Institute, Iowa State University - Jim Amonette, Senior Research Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Lab - David Laird, Lead Scientist, USDA-ARS National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment
Concurrent Session I View the following remote broadcast sessions in a group setting, with local discussions. Each room will have a facilitator who will send in questions to the panel for discussion and facilitate group discussions.
1:00 pm	Track 1, Room 179 Net Greenhouse Gas Emission from Biofuel Systems (hosted by University of Nebraska-Lincoln) - Robert Larson, Associate Director, Transporta-tion and Climate Division , U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Ann Arbor, Michigan - Shashi Verma, Charles Bessey Professor, School of Natural Resources , University of Nebraska-Lincoln - Adam Liska, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Systems Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln - Richard Perrin, Jim Roberts Professor of Agricultural Economics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Track 2, Benton Auditorium Non-traditional Feedstocks (hosted by Michigan State University) - Kurt Thelen, Associate Professor and Extension Specialist, Bioenergy and Agronomic Crops, Michigan State University - Cole Gustafson, Professor, Agribusiness and Applied Economics, North Dakota State University - Scott Swinton, Professor, Agriculture, Food, and Resource Economics, Michigan State University
Break
3:00 pm	Refreshment Break, Scheman, First Floor Lobby
Concurrent Session II View the following remote broadcast sessions in a group setting, with local discussions. Each room will have a facilitator who will send in questions to the panel for discussion and facilitate group discussions.
3:30 pm	Track 3, Room 179 Advances and Breakthroughs in Biofuels - Charles Hurburg, Professor, Agriculture and Biosystems Engineering, Iowa State University - Andrew Zurn, Engineering Manager, Chippewa Valley Ethanol Company, Benson, MN - Doug Berven, Director of Business Development, Broin Companies - Roger Ruan, Professor, Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering, University of Minnesota Track 4, Benton Auditorium Bioenergy Economic and Policy Issues - Wally Tyner, Professor, Agricultural Economics, Purdue University - Steven Wu, Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, Purdue University - Harry Baumes, Associate Director, Office of Energy Policy and New Uses, Office of Chief Economist, USDA - Daniel de la Torre Ugarte, Associate Director, Agricultural Policy and Analysis Center, University of Tennessee
5:30 pm	Conference adjourns