| 7:00 am - 3:00 pm | Conference Registration Open
Main Entrance Lobby, Level 2 |
| 7:00 am - 3:30 pm | Expo Open
Exhibit Hall A, Level 1 |
| 7:00 am - 8:00 am | Continental Breakfast in the Expo
Exhibit Hall A, Level 1 |
| 8:00 am - 10:00 am | General Session
Four Seasons Ballroom |
| 8:00 am - 8:15 am | Opening Remarks
Four Seasons Ballroom
Tim Portz, Program Director, BBI International |
| 8:15 am - 8:30 am | Excellence in Bioenergy Award Presentation
Four Seasons Ballroom |
| 8:30 am - 8:45 am | Groundbreaker of the Year Award Presentation
Four Seasons Ballroom |
| 8:45 am - 10:00 am | General Session
Four Seasons Ballroom
Groundbreaker's Roundtable: Examining Projects that Survived the Development Gauntlet and Broke Ground in 2011
Current economic conditions are less than ideal for any business enterprise, much less enterprises competing in the commodity energy marketplace. That said, the biomass industry continues to do the hard work of moving projects along a project pathway towards groundbreaking and in 2011 was rewarded with groundbreaking ceremonies in virtually every technology pathway. This panel gathers a representative from the biomass power, biomass thermal, biorefining, biogas and pellet sectors who all saw their respective projects to groundbreaking this past year. Attendees will hear from them about the challenges they overcame, their financing strategies, the strategic partnerships they forged and their progress in bringing all of these projects on line.
- Moderator: Tim Portz, Program Director, BBI International
- Joshua Levine, Vice President of Project Development, Energy Management Inc. / American Renewables
- Pete Najera, Vice President of Operations, Enviva
- Mike Scott, CEO and President, Nexterra
- Mike Levin, Vice President, Government Affairs, FlexEnergy Inc.
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| 10:00 am - 10:30 am | Refreshment Break in the Expo
Exhibit Hall A, Level 1 |
10:30 am - Noon
| Concurrent Tracks
 Track 1: Pellets & Densified Biomass Rooms 108/110/112, Level 2Measured Project Development Considerations for Emerging Pellet Producers - Moderator: Fred Gould, Business Development Manager, Christianson & Associates PLLP
- Karen Reschly, Attorney, Morris, Manning & Martin LLP
Legal Issues Surrounding the Pellet and Densified Biomass Industry - Patricia Kurgan, President, Astro Logistics Inc.
Importance of a Transportation Strategy within the Biomass Supply Chain - Stan Parton, Manager, Bioenergy Practice, Forest2Market
Using a Scorecard to Identify Optimal Sites for Commercial-Scale Export Pellet Plants - Brian Kittler, Project Director, Pinchot Institute for Conservation
Mobilizing Sustainable Supply Chains
 Track 2: Industrial & Commercial Thermal Energy Rooms 107/109/111/113, Level 2Towards Sustainable Thermal Feedstocks from Expected and Unexpected Sources- Moderator: Kolby Hoagland, Program Manager, BBI International
- Sara Walling, Bioenergy Policy Advisor, Wisconsin Department of Agriculture Trade and Consumer Protection
Sustainable Planting and Harvesting Guidelines for Nonforest Biomass - Nadine Block, Senior Director, Government Outreach, Sustainable Forestry Initiative
Third Party Sustainable Forestry Certification - Philip Rutter, CEO & Chief Scientist, Badgersett Research Corporation
An Alternative Biomass Fuels Paradigm: Food And Biomass Simultaneously - William Partanen, Manager, Business Development & Applications Engineering, Ameristar Biofuels LLC
How Waste Organic Grease can Solve your Process Energy Needs
 Track 3: Biomass Power Rooms 205/207, Level 2Reviewing Biomass Power Case and Feasibility Studies for Lessons Learned- Moderator: John Bonitz, Farm Outreach & Policy Advocate, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy
- Charles Grecco, Executive Vice President, Cate Street Capital
The Berlin, New Hampshire Project - William Johnson, Owner, Biomass Consulting Services
Lessons Learned: Biomass Co-Firing - Kendric Wait, Principal, Eagle Valley Clean Energy
Eagle Valley CHP Plant - Mark Yancey, Vice President, NEAtech LLC/Vice President, BBI Consulting Services
Kentucky Biomass Power Case Study
 Track 4: Biogas & Landfill GasRooms 102/104/106, Level 2Market Acceleration and the Argument for More Biogas Derived Energy- Moderator: Richard Weiner, Chair, International Law Department, & Vice President, Fredrikson & Byron P.A.
- Beau Griffey, Director, Account Management, U.S. Energy Services Inc.
New Markets for Biogas Commercialization - Tara D'Andrea, Manager, Business Development, DTE Biomass Energy
The Changing Value Proposition of Landfill Gas / Biogas: Back to Basics? - Peter Taglia, Bioenergy Projects Specialist, Wisconsin State Energy Office (SEO)
Accelerating Biogas Energy in Wisconsin with New Markets and Approaches - Kyle Goehring, Business Development Manager, MT-Energie USA Inc.
Biogas: An Underutilized Resource
 Track 5: Advanced Biofuels & Biobased Chemicals Rooms 201/203, Level 2Accelerating Feedstock Development and Research to Increase Biofuel Production - Moderator: Michael Mundschau, Senior Scientist, TDA Research Inc.
- Bijay Tamang, Bioenergy Project Leader, ArborGen Inc.
Science Looks to Unlock Potential in the Undomesticated Tree through Precise Genetic Breeding - Janice Ryan-Bohac, President, Carolina Advanced Renewable Energy (CAREnrgy)
The Energy Tuber: A Very High Yielding, Sustainably Produced, Easily Processed Feedstock for Advanced Biofuels - Christine Buhl,Graduate Student, Entomology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Genetic Modification of Cellulosic Biofuel Crops: Implications for Plant Defense - Scott Gibson, President, Sweet Sorghum Ethanol Alliance
Sweet Sorghum: The Flexibility of an Annual Renewable Feedstock for Bioenergy and Biobased Products
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| 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm | Lunch in the Expo
Exhibit Hall A, Level 1 |
| 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm | Networking in the Expo
Exhibit Hall A, Level 1 |
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
| Concurrent Tracks
Track 1: Pellets & Densified Biomass Rooms 108/110/112, Level 2Combining Pretreatment and Densification Strategies to Fully Realize the Energy Potential of Biomass - Moderator: Elliott Levine, Biopower Technology Development Manager, U.S. Department of Energy
- Kasiviswanathan Muthukumarappan, Professor, Agricultureal & Biosystems Engineering, South Dakota State University
Characteristics of Pretreated and Densified Biomass - Theodora Retsina, Chief Executive Officer, American Process Inc.
Green Pellets and the Coproduction of Cellulosic Ethanol with Pellets - S. Kent Hoekman, Research Professor, Desert Research Institute
Hydrochar as a Renewable Bio-Fuel - Richard Boardman, Manager, Advance Process & Decision Systems, Idaho National Laboratory
How Pre-treatment has a Significant Influence on the Performance and Economics of Bioenergy
Track 2: Industrial & Commercial Thermal Energy Rooms 107/109/111/113, Level 2Strategies for Avoiding Financing and Risk Pitfalls in Biomass to Energy Projects - Moderator: Tim Portz, Program Director, BBI International
- Robert Welch, Manager, Business Development, CEM, Ameresco Inc.
Institutional Facilities Adopting Biomass Combined Heat and Power Utilizing 3rd Party Financing and Operations - Jeff Coombe, Bienergy Project Manager, Tetra Tech Inc.
Woody Biomass Feedstock Quality Impacts on Conversion Technology and Project Financial Viability - Timothy Baye, Professor, Business Development BioEconomy & BioEnergy State Specialist, University of Wisconsin-Extension
Value Capture and De-risking through Public/Private Biomass Projects - Gregg Mast, Vice President, BioBusiness Alliance of Minnesota
Building the Position for Bioenergy through International Partnership
Track 3: Biomass Power Rooms 205/207, Level 2The Innovative Forefront of Biomass Energy Generation via Gasification- Moderator: Gary Bennett, Business Development Portfolio Manager, Electronic Systems, Mission Systems & Sensors, Lockheed Martin
- Matthew Yung, Research Engineer, National Bioenergy Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratories
Impact of Biomass Feedstock Pretreatment on Syngas Composition - Robert Cox, National Sales Manager, PHG Energy
Power Generation from Biomass Gasifiers - Jon Orr, Capital Sales Manager, Gasification, ICM Inc.
Biomass Gasification and Advanced Pollution Control: One Approach - Robb Walt, President, Community Power Corporation
Making Small Modular Biopower Big Enough to Count
Track 4: Biogas & Landfill GasRooms 102/104/106, Level 2Innovation in Digester Design and Utilization- Moderator: Tony Hartmann, Chief Executive Officer, Great Lakes Ag Energy
- John McDowell, Regional Sales Manager, EISENMANN Corporation
Sustainability in an Urban Environment through Anaerobic Digestion - Paige Griffin, Graduate Research Assistant, Colorado State University
Anaerobic Digestion of Organic Wastes: The Impact of Process Conditions on Hydrolysis Efficiency and Methane Generation - Greg Karr, Program Manager, MRIGlobal
Utilization of Liquid Effluent from an Anaerobic Digester (DLE) as a Nutrient Source for Algae Growth - James Rosenblum, Doctoral Candidate Environmental Health Science, The Ohio State University
Relationship of Seasonal Fluctuation and Loading Rates on Levels of Fecal Indicator Organisms during Small-Scale Anaerobic Digestion of Biosolids
Track 5: Advanced Biofuels & Biobased Chemicals Rooms 201/203, Level 2Cultivation to Conversion: Designing Biomass Crops and Cropping Systems for Maximum Energy Production- Moderator: John Pierce, Attorney, DLA Piper
- Jeff Roskam, Chief Executive Officer, Kansas Alliance for Biorefining and Bioenergy
$4.8 Million in Biomass Feedstock Supply Innovations - Chris Roach, Project Development Manager, Ceres Inc. / Blade Energy Crops
Creating an Acceptable Supply of Biomass Feedstock to Satisfy Project Financing Requirements - Justin Sluiter, Biomass Composition Chemist, National Renewable Energy Laboratories
Chemical Analysis of Biomass for Biofuels - Calvin Pearson, Research Agronomist, Colorado State University
Developing Low-Input, High-Biomass, Perennial Cropping Systems
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| 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Refreshment Break in the Expo
Exhibit Hall A, Level 1 |
| 3:30 pm | Exhibitor Move-Out
Exhibit Hall A, Level 1 |
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
| Concurrent Tracks
Track 1: Pellets & Densified Biomass Rooms 108/110/112, Level 2Safe and Innovative Biomass Densification Approaches - Moderator: Mark Mathis, Chief Executive Officer, Confluence Energy
- Walter Lampp, North American Area Manager, FMW Industrieanlagenbau GmbH
Furnish Homogenization for Bio-Energy Applications - James Knight, Chief Executive Officer, Pelletco LLC
Agricultural Composite Biomass - Bob Korn,Director, Sales & Marketing, Fike Corporation
Combustible Dust Hazards in Densified Biofuel Production - José Pedrajas, Business Development Manager, PRODESA
Wood Pellets Production Associated to Biomass CHP Plants based on ORC Technology
Track 2: Industrial & Commercial Thermal Energy Rooms 107/109/111/113, Level 2Pathways for Bringing More Woody Biomass into Thermal Energy Production - Moderator: Jon Baker, Operations & Wood Procurement Manager, Cousineau Forest Products
- Michael Oswald, President, Precision Energy Services Inc.
The Importance of Designing the Biomass Energy Plant to the Fuel Source - Phil Hirsch,Chief Executive Officer, E.A.R.T.H. Corporation
Building the Next Generation Biomass Plant in Europe - Seth Walker, Associate Bioenergy Economist, RISI
North American Wood Biomass Forecast - Art Wiselogel, Biomass Principal Engineer II, CNJV
The Cutting Edge of Energy Plantation Wood to Market Systems
Track 3: Biomass Power Rooms 205/207, Level 2Technological Solutions to the Challenges of Producing Biomass Power and Heat at Scale- Moderator: Eric Bober, Director, Nexant Inc.
- Ilaria Peretti, Biomass Sales Area Manager for PWPS Regions, Turboden srl.
Maximizing Energy Utilization from Biomass Residues with Organic Rankine Cycle Technology for CHP - Stephen Reidell, Project Manager Biomass Systems, Eagle Innovations LLC
Heat Management Coatings Optimizing Biomass Facilities - Markku Roppo, Chief Process Engineer, Metso
Renewable Energy Production with CO2 Neutral Biomass Fuels - Bradley Ginger, Engineering Product Manager, Renewable Technologies, EISENMANN Corporation
Biomass to Steam: The Environmental Challenge
Track 4: Biogas & Landfill GasRooms 102/104/106, Level 2Policies, Deal Structures and Technology Pairings that Facilitate Rapid Biogas Deployment- Moderator: Tim Portz, Program Director, BBI International
- John Pierce, Attorney, DLA Piper
Successfully Structuring and Financing Wastewater Methane Projects - Gary Radloff, Director, Midwest Energy Policy, Wisconsin Bioenergy Initiative
The Biogas Opportunity: Lessons from Germany - Jordan Hemaidan, Lead, Energy and Sustainability Industry Group, & Partner, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Combined Heat and Power Opportunities for Biogas: Regulatory Constraints and Possible Solutions - Stuart Russell, Vice President, Services Operations, Aether dbs
Enhancing Biogas Project Economics Utilizing Blending and Storage Technologies
Track 5: Advanced Biofuels & Biobased Chemicals Rooms 201/203, Level 2Money, Regulatory Approval and Pathways: Getting Off the Ground and Onto the Market- Moderator: Adam Kobos, Partner, Benefits, Tax and Wealth Management Group, Stoel Rives LLP
- Jeff Passmore, President, Passmore Group
Biomass for Fuels and Chemicals: Unlocking the Necessary Capital for Commercialization - Rakesh Radhakrishnan, Director of Advisory Services, Commodities and Energy, Thomson Reuters
Framework for Evaluating Investment Risks for Advanced Biofuel Facilities - Cole Gustafson, Chair, Agribusiness & Applied Economics, North Dakota State University
What does it take to obtain a New EPA Biofuel Pathway? - Kristi Moriarty, Senior Analyst Center for Transportation Technologies and Systems, National Renewable Energy Laboratories
Steps to Introducing New Fuels
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| 5:00 pm | Sessions Conclude
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| 7:00 pm | Wednesday Evening Event
Food, Beverage & Baseball at Coors Field
20th and Blake Streets
Take16th Street Mall Shuttle Bus west to Blake Street; walk 3 blocks to Coors Field
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