Conference Agenda

Below is the tentative agenda. This agenda is subject to change without notice.

Thursday, April 15th

Time Topic Speaker
8:30 - 8:45 Welcome Pete Cook from Biofuels Institute
8:45 - 9:30 State of the Biomass Supply Chain Lee Clair with Norbridge
9:30 - 10:15 Biomass Pricing in Context:
The Interaction between a Forest Products Recovery & Uncertaijn Bioenergy Progress
Pete Stewart from Forest2Market
10:15 - 10:30 Introductions of Sponsors & Break Pete Cook from Biofuels Institute
10:30 - 11:15 A Biomass Utilization Solution for Coal Fired
Power Plants
Ravi Malhotra from CCBI
11:15 - 12:00 The USDA Regional Feedstock Centers Dr. Jeffrey Steiner from USDA
12:00 - 1:30 Lunch  
1:45 - 3:15 Panel Discussion:
Supply Chain Challenges in this Growth Industry
Randy Wolf from Balcones Fuel Technology moderator
    Libby Ogard with Prime Focus
3:15 - 4:00 From Version 1.0 to Version 2.0: New Rules for the Biomass Crop Assistance Program & Potential Implications for Biomass Supply Suz-Anne Kinney from Forest2Market
4:00 - 5:30 Dealmaker's Reception  

Friday, April 16th

Time Topic Speaker
8:30 - 10:00 Panel Discussion:
Biomass Supply Success Stories
Adam Sherman from the BERC moderator
Dan Kuipers from Viability
10:00 - 10:15 Break  
10:15 - 11:00 The BioSAT Project Dr. Timothy Young from the University of Tennessee's
Forest Products Center
11:00 - 11:45 The Growing European Pellet Demand - An Opportunity for US Producers Charlie Schulz, BiEnergy Group
11:45 - 12:00 Closing Remarks & Adjourn Pete Cook from Biofuels Institute