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DAY ONE: Monday 16 April
8.00 Registration and coffee/networking
breakfast buffet
9.00 Chairman's opening address
9.30 KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
Food or fuel – the growing competition between cars and
people for grain
Lester Brown, President, Earth
Policy Institute
9:45 Setting the scene/market overview
Outlook on renewable energy in the US
US markets for ethanol and biodiesel
Global markets perspective
Technology, economics, financing and policy issues
Michael Eckhart, President,
ACORE
10.15 The Government role: next
steps
Review of the Administration's Farm Bill proposals.
Regulatory and logistical impediments to the rapid
growth of biofuels
Implications for rural development and opportunities at
all stages of the value chain.
Thomas C Dorr, Under Secretary
for Rural Development, US Department of Agriculture (USDA)
10:45 Morning break
11.15 The case for bioenergy:
the Cargill experience
Bringing renewables projects to market
Luca Zullo, Technical Director,
Cargill Emission Reduction Services
11.45 Bioenergy and the international
carbon market
Biomass and methane projects in the CDM
Bioenergy projects and emission offsets
Molly Aeck, US Client Manager,
EcoSecurities
12:15 Alternative fuels – today and
tomorrow
Future developments and trends
David Sexton, President, Shell
Oil Products US
12.45 Chairman's summary
remarks
12.50 Lunch
2.05 Supply chain issues
Imports and exports - impact of tariffs
Final product and raw material trading
Volatility of prices
Joe Murray, President and CEO,
Green Energy Resources
2.35 Bioenergy: do the returns justify
the investment?
Investors - satisfying expectations, domestic and
international
Return variation - markets, technology, fuel
Risk v reward - drawing out the upsides; limiting
the downsides
Biomass project returns - modelling and measurement
perspectives
Decision-making tools - decision tree modelling and
others
Crystal ball gazing
Mark Davison, Partner, Crystal
Energy
3.05 PANEL DISCUSSION: Food vs
Fuel
Walt Wendland, President and CEO,
Golden Grain Energy
Rick Tolman, Chief Executive Officer, National Corn
Growers Association
3.50 Afternoon break
4.20 Renewable Energy Certificates
and bioenergy
What RECs are; how they trade; and how to maximise
revenue from them
How RECs can be used to boost the economics of biomass
facilities
Lenny Hochschild, Director,
Environmental Markets
4.50 Legal issues when raising
capital for bioenergy projects
Speaker to be confirmed
5.20 Chairman's closing
remarks and summary
5.30 Cocktail reception
and US launch of Bioenergy Business
DAY TWO: Tuesday 17 April
8.15 Registration
8.45 Chairman's welcome
address and opening remarks
9.00 PANEL SESSION: New fuels for sustainable
transport
Phil Lampert, Executive Director, National Ethanol
Vehicle Coalition
Bob Gray, VP Business Development, World Energy Alternatives
9.45 The auto industry's support
of alternative fuels
Consumer choice and alternative fuel vehicles.
How elected officials can help stimulate demand for
fuel-efficient products through tax incentives and R&D
grants.
How other industries can work with the auto makers
to support the use of biofuels.
Dave McCurdy, President and
CEO, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers
10.15 Crop innovations to drive biofuels
Molecular breeding, biotechnology and crop analytics
are revolutionizing agriculture
The rate of yield gain in corn, soybeans and rape
are increasing
Value added traits can increase the amount of fuel
produced per acre
Beth Calabotta, Biodiesel and
Oilseed Innovation Technical Lead, Monsanto Company
10.45 Morning break
11.15 Ethanol pathway comparisons:
corn starch vs cellulosic vs biomass gasification
Capital cost of each of these pathways to fuel ethanol
Operating cost of each
Greenhouse gas benefit of each
Evan A Evans PE, VP and Director
of Engineering, Econergy
11.45 Biomass for electricity
and heat production
Experience from a biomass combined heat and power
plant
Biofuel economics
Anders Rydaker, President,
Market Street Energy
12.15 The latest US/EU corporate
developments on biodiesel
The EU situation: biodiesel rather than ethanol
EU targets and incentive schemes for power and fuel
from biomass
IPOs and joint ventures
Steve Percy, Chairman, Losonoco
12.45 Chairman's summary
remarks
12.50 Lunch
2.05 Lessons and perspectives
from Brazil
Institutional regulation and development of renewables
markets
Economic rewards from alternative energy sources
Can Brazil's experience be reproduced in other developing
countries?
José Roberto Moreira, Chairman,
National Reference Center on Biomass (CENBIO)
2.35 Cellulose ethanol: driving
commercialisation
Reality check - state of the industry - it is ready
to go
Role of Government in launching the industry
Convergence with corn ethanol
Bill Cruickshank, Director of
Marketing, Iogen Corporation, Ontario
3.05 Bioenergy and international
trade
Biofuels and the World Trade Organization
The rules of the WTO and how they relate to biofuels
How the rules help and/or hinder the development of
international markets in biofuels
Jennifer Haverkamp, Principal
Rrade Expert and
Former Assistant US Trade Representative for Environment and
Natural Resources, Renewable Energy and International
Law Project (REIL)
3.35 Afternoon break
4.05 Technical developments
Use of biodiesel blends in heating oil in the US
John Huber, President, National
Oilheat Research Alliance (NORA)
4.35 PANEL DISCUSSION: Investment opportunities
Chris Sorrells, Managing Director, NGP Technology
Partners
Everett Smith, CEO, New Energy Capital
5.20 Chairman's closing
remarks
5.30 Close of conference
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