Agenda
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Monday, October 15
3:00-7:00pm
Registration is open in the Century Foyer (2nd floor) of Sheraton Hotel
Tuesday, October 16
All sessions are held in the Pavilion (1st floor) unless otherwise indicated.6:00 am - 3:00 pm
Registration is open in the Century Foyer (2nd floor) of Sheraton Hotel
7:00-8:00 am
Continental Breakfast provided in the Pavilion.
8:15-8:45 am
David Fleischaker, Secretary of Energy, to welcome and introduce Governor Brad Henry
Welcome from Governor Henry
Welcome from Governor Henry
8:45-10:15 am
The Oklahoma Bioenergy Center
Video Presentation
In May 2007, Governor Brad Henry signed legislation creating the Oklahoma Bioenergy Center, a $40 million research collaboration to further the development of Oklahoma's biofuels industry. Members are the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State University and The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation. Panelists will discuss the on-going and planned activities of the Center.
Moderator:
David Fleischaker
Secretary of Energy, State of Oklahoma
Panelists:
slidesSteven Rhines
The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, Oklahoma
slidesDr. Lance Lobban
School of Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering, The University of Oklahoma
slidesDr. Ray Huhnke
Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, Oklahoma State University
Video Presentation
In May 2007, Governor Brad Henry signed legislation creating the Oklahoma Bioenergy Center, a $40 million research collaboration to further the development of Oklahoma's biofuels industry. Members are the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State University and The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation. Panelists will discuss the on-going and planned activities of the Center.
Moderator:
David Fleischaker
Secretary of Energy, State of Oklahoma
Panelists:
slidesSteven Rhines
The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, Oklahoma
slidesDr. Lance Lobban
School of Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering, The University of Oklahoma
slidesDr. Ray Huhnke
Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, Oklahoma State University
10:15-10:30 am
Break
10:30-11:45 am
Washington Legislative Developments
Video Presentation
This panel will discuss highlights of the Farm and Energy Bills that establish mandates to require the refining, marketing and use of biofuels that will provide billions of dollars in federal assistance to accelerate the development of biofuels.
Panelists:
slidesLloyd Ritter
Director of Green Capitol LLC, Former Senior Energy & Environment counsel to Senator Harkin, Washington, D.C.
David Terry
Governors' Ethanol Coalition, Washington, D.C.
slidesJohn Ferrell
Office of Biomass Programs, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, D.C.
Video Presentation
This panel will discuss highlights of the Farm and Energy Bills that establish mandates to require the refining, marketing and use of biofuels that will provide billions of dollars in federal assistance to accelerate the development of biofuels.
Panelists:
slidesLloyd Ritter
Director of Green Capitol LLC, Former Senior Energy & Environment counsel to Senator Harkin, Washington, D.C.
David Terry
Governors' Ethanol Coalition, Washington, D.C.
slidesJohn Ferrell
Office of Biomass Programs, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, D.C.
Noon-12:30 pm
Lunch and Bellmon Award presentation
12:30-1:30 pm
1:45-3:15 pm
Feedstock Options for Oklahoma
Video Presentation
Panelists will discuss the merits of competing feedstocks for biofuel production and their suitability to Oklahoma's agricultural economy and environment.
Moderator:
Terry Peach
Secretary of Agriculture, State of Oklahoma
Panelists:
slidesAnna Rath
Director, Business Development, Ceres Inc., Thousand Oaks, California
slidesTerry Detrick
Oklahoma Farmers' Union
slidesDr. Mark McCaslin
President, Forage Genetics International, Nampa, Idaho
Video Presentation
Panelists will discuss the merits of competing feedstocks for biofuel production and their suitability to Oklahoma's agricultural economy and environment.
Moderator:
Terry Peach
Secretary of Agriculture, State of Oklahoma
Panelists:
slidesAnna Rath
Director, Business Development, Ceres Inc., Thousand Oaks, California
slidesTerry Detrick
Oklahoma Farmers' Union
slidesDr. Mark McCaslin
President, Forage Genetics International, Nampa, Idaho
3:15-3:30 pm
Break
3:30-4:45 pm
Breakout Sessions
Session A: Second Generation Feedstocks for our Biofuels Future
Video Presentation
Panelists will discuss research and development related to new "dedicated energy crops" - crops grown exclusively for their value as feedstock for biofuels production.
Panelists:
slidesDr. Joe Bouton
The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, Oklahoma
Beth Calabotta
Monsanto, St. Louis, MO
slidesDr. Jeff Dahlberg
National Sorghum Producers, Lubbock, Texas
Session B: Harvest andansport Tr: An Integral Link in the Value Chain
Video Presentation
Getting feedstocks from farmgate to plantgate efficiently is critical to producing biofuels that are cost competitive with conventional transportation fuels. In this session, panelists will outline ongoing research to reduce harvest and transport costs.
Moderator:
Robert Whitson
College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
Panelists:
slidesDr. Richard Hess
Idaho National Laboratory
Session C: Biomass Conversion and Upgrading
Video Presentation
Advances in the technology of converting biomass to transportation fuels are essential to producing fuels that compete with conventional gasoline. This panel of experts will discuss the latest advances in conversion technology, including gasification/fermentation, saccharification/fermentation and fast pyrolysis.
Moderator:
Dr. Richard Mallinson
School of Chemical, Biological, and Materials Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Panelists:
slidesDr. Robert Brown
Iowa Farm Bureau Director of the Office of Biorenewables Programs, Iowa State University
slidesDr. Daniel Resasco
School of Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering, The University of Oklahoma
slidesSteven Phillips
Thermochemical Users Facility, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado
slidesDr. Jizhong Zhou
Institute for Environmental Genomics, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Session A: Second Generation Feedstocks for our Biofuels Future
Video Presentation
Panelists will discuss research and development related to new "dedicated energy crops" - crops grown exclusively for their value as feedstock for biofuels production.
Panelists:
slidesDr. Joe Bouton
The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, Oklahoma
Beth Calabotta
Monsanto, St. Louis, MO
slidesDr. Jeff Dahlberg
National Sorghum Producers, Lubbock, Texas
Session B: Harvest andansport Tr: An Integral Link in the Value Chain
Video Presentation
Getting feedstocks from farmgate to plantgate efficiently is critical to producing biofuels that are cost competitive with conventional transportation fuels. In this session, panelists will outline ongoing research to reduce harvest and transport costs.
Moderator:
Robert Whitson
College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
Panelists:
slidesDr. Richard Hess
Idaho National Laboratory
Session C: Biomass Conversion and Upgrading
Video Presentation
Advances in the technology of converting biomass to transportation fuels are essential to producing fuels that compete with conventional gasoline. This panel of experts will discuss the latest advances in conversion technology, including gasification/fermentation, saccharification/fermentation and fast pyrolysis.
Moderator:
Dr. Richard Mallinson
School of Chemical, Biological, and Materials Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Panelists:
slidesDr. Robert Brown
Iowa Farm Bureau Director of the Office of Biorenewables Programs, Iowa State University
slidesDr. Daniel Resasco
School of Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering, The University of Oklahoma
slidesSteven Phillips
Thermochemical Users Facility, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado
slidesDr. Jizhong Zhou
Institute for Environmental Genomics, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
5:00-6:00 pm
Networking Reception and Tradeshow on the balcony over the Pavilion.
Wednesday, October 17
All sessions are held in the Pavilion (1st floor) unless otherwise indicated.7:00 am - Noon
Registration is open in the Century Foyer (2nd floor) of Sheraton Hotel
8:00-8:30 am
Breakfast Buffet in Pavilion
Welcome from Lance Cargill, Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives
Welcome from Lance Cargill, Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives
8:30-10:00 am
Biofuels and Competing Interests
The growing use of corn to produce ethanol has driven up prices at the grocery store and feedlot, triggering a lively debate. In addition, questions are being asked whether our efforts to harvest massive amounts of biomass will strain our water resources. This panel discusses these competing interests.
Moderator:
Chris Benge
Oklahoma House of Representatives, Berryhill, OK
Panelists:
slidesDr. Ken Crawford
Oklahoma Climatological Survey
slidesJay Wolf
Nebraska Cattlemen's Association
slidesNoel Gollehon
Acting Deputy Director for Market Analysis and Outlook, USDA - Economic Research Service
The growing use of corn to produce ethanol has driven up prices at the grocery store and feedlot, triggering a lively debate. In addition, questions are being asked whether our efforts to harvest massive amounts of biomass will strain our water resources. This panel discusses these competing interests.
Moderator:
Chris Benge
Oklahoma House of Representatives, Berryhill, OK
Panelists:
slidesDr. Ken Crawford
Oklahoma Climatological Survey
slidesJay Wolf
Nebraska Cattlemen's Association
slidesNoel Gollehon
Acting Deputy Director for Market Analysis and Outlook, USDA - Economic Research Service
10:00-10:15 am
Break
10:15-11:45 am
Carbon Trading
Video Presentation
Concerns about global warming have stimulated strong interest in establishing federal limits on CO2 emissions. These panelists will discuss how farmers and ranchers can benefit financially from federal regulatory schemes - such as "cap and trade" - to limit CO2 emissions.
Moderator:
slidesJ. D. Strong
Office of the Secretary of Environment
Panelists:
James Covey
Oklahoma House of Representatives, Custer City, OK
Clay Pope
Oklahoma Conservation Commission
Video Presentation
Concerns about global warming have stimulated strong interest in establishing federal limits on CO2 emissions. These panelists will discuss how farmers and ranchers can benefit financially from federal regulatory schemes - such as "cap and trade" - to limit CO2 emissions.
Moderator:
slidesJ. D. Strong
Office of the Secretary of Environment
Panelists:
James Covey
Oklahoma House of Representatives, Custer City, OK
Clay Pope
Oklahoma Conservation Commission
Noon-1:30 pm
Keynote: The Role of Alternative Fuels in National Security
Video Presentation
Before 9/11, the dangers of our reliance on imported oil were not apparent to many of us. Former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, James Woolsey, shares his insights as to why America's national security and future economic security require that we reduce our reliance on foreign oil - used primarily to produce gasoline and diesel fuels - by developing alternative transportation fuels and being more efficient in our energy use.
Speaker:
James Woolsey
former director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Video Presentation
Before 9/11, the dangers of our reliance on imported oil were not apparent to many of us. Former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, James Woolsey, shares his insights as to why America's national security and future economic security require that we reduce our reliance on foreign oil - used primarily to produce gasoline and diesel fuels - by developing alternative transportation fuels and being more efficient in our energy use.
Speaker:
James Woolsey
former director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
1:45-3:15 pm
Breakout Sessions
Session A: What Producers can do to Prepare for a Biofuels Future
Video Presentation
What are the practical issues farmers and ranchers face as they begin to engage the biofuels sector? What problems will they face as they begin to grow energy crops? How should they structure their relationships with the market? Panelists will address these and other questions.
Moderator:
Steven Rhines
The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, OK
Panelists:
slidesDuane Grant
Grant Four D Farms, North Rupert, Idaho
Yates Adcock
Adcock Ranch, Seminole, OK
slidesJohn Sellers, Jr.
Grassland Agriculture Program, Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Iowa State University
Session B: Driving Market Demand
Video Presentation
Driving and supporting market demand for alternative transportation fuels includes building fueling infrastructure, producing engines and vehicles that use the fuels, educating the public, and promoting the fuels and vehicles. It also requires a legislative and regulatory climate conducive to establishing a marketplace for the fuels and vehicles. These panelists discuss steps being taken to broaden market demand and widen biofuel distribution.
Moderator:
Yvonne Anderson
Association of Central Oklahoma Governments, Oklahoma City, OK
Panelists:
slidesEric Burch
Indiana State Department of Agriculture
slidesCraig Eppling
General Motors
slidesVance McSpadden
Oklahoma Petroleum Marketers Association, Oklahoma City, OK
slidesRobert White
Ethanol Promotion and Information Council, Omaha, Nebraska
Session A: What Producers can do to Prepare for a Biofuels Future
Video Presentation
What are the practical issues farmers and ranchers face as they begin to engage the biofuels sector? What problems will they face as they begin to grow energy crops? How should they structure their relationships with the market? Panelists will address these and other questions.
Moderator:
Steven Rhines
The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, OK
Panelists:
slidesDuane Grant
Grant Four D Farms, North Rupert, Idaho
Yates Adcock
Adcock Ranch, Seminole, OK
slidesJohn Sellers, Jr.
Grassland Agriculture Program, Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Iowa State University
Session B: Driving Market Demand
Video Presentation
Driving and supporting market demand for alternative transportation fuels includes building fueling infrastructure, producing engines and vehicles that use the fuels, educating the public, and promoting the fuels and vehicles. It also requires a legislative and regulatory climate conducive to establishing a marketplace for the fuels and vehicles. These panelists discuss steps being taken to broaden market demand and widen biofuel distribution.
Moderator:
Yvonne Anderson
Association of Central Oklahoma Governments, Oklahoma City, OK
Panelists:
slidesEric Burch
Indiana State Department of Agriculture
slidesCraig Eppling
General Motors
slidesVance McSpadden
Oklahoma Petroleum Marketers Association, Oklahoma City, OK
slidesRobert White
Ethanol Promotion and Information Council, Omaha, Nebraska