Speakers & Agenda
Forest Biorefinery

Presentations

• Amidon (PDF)
• Amidon & Lui (PDF)
• Benson (PDF)
• Cowie (PDF)
• Fox (PDF)
• Huttner (PDF)
• King & Kngsley (PDF)
• Liu (PDF)
• Lynd (PDF)
• South (PDF)
• Tashijan (PDF)
• Volk (PDF)
• Wood (PDF)

Agenda

Monday, October 8, 2007

5:00 - 6:30 pm—Welcoming Reception (optional attendance)

Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Why a hardwood biorefinery in Central New York? Who are the people to make it happen?

Time	Activity and Speaker	Location
8:00 - 12:00 pm	Registration Desk open	Convention Center Foyer
8:00 - 8:30 am	Continental Breakfast	Convention Center Foyer
8:30 - 9:00 am Why?	Welcome and introductions, Thomas Amidon, SUNY-ESF Conference Chair Opening statement providing the academic context for sustainability and the production of cellulosic ethanol, SUNY-ESF President Cornelius B. Murphy, Jr.	Convention Center
9:00 - 9:40 am Why?	Political context and current climate for sustainability and renewable energy efforts in NYS, Pat Hooker, Commissioner, NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets	Convention Center
9:40-10:00 am	Break and Visit our exhibitors in the Cotillion Room and visit Poster display in Foyer	Convention Center Foyer and Cotillion Room
10:00 - 10:40 am Why?	Integrated Forest Products Biorefineries, John G. Cowie, AF & PA Agenda 2020 Technology Alliance	Convention Center
10:40 - 11:20 am Why?	Wood availability and supply chain issues, Kevin S. King, President and CEO, Empire State Forest Products Association	Convention Center
11:20 - 12:00 pm Why?	Eric Kingsly, Innovative Natural Resource Solutions	Convention Center
12:00 - 1:30 pm	Luncheon	Convention Center C/D
1:30 - 2:10 pm Who?	Mascoma's Process and Plans, Colin South, President	Convention Center
2:10 - 2:50 pm Who?	Willow Biomass, Tim Volk, SUNY-ESF	Convention Center
2:50 - 3:10 pm	Break and Visit our exhibitors in the Cotillion Room and visit Poster display in Foyer	Convention Center Foyer and Cotillion Room
3:10 - 3:50 pm Who?	Biorefinery business Development, Jack Huttner, VP of Biorefinery Business Development Genencor	Convention Center
3:50 - 4:30 pm Who?	Why would a private company get into this?, Catalyst Renewables, Eric Spomer	Convention Center
4:30 - 6:00 pm	Reception and Visit our exhibitors in the Cotillion Room and visit Poster display in Foyer	Convention Center Foyer and Cotillion Room
6:00 - 7:30 pm	Banquet Dinner	Convention Center C/D

Wednesday, October 10, 2007  

What process, technology and science will turn renewable energy know-how into production?

Time	Activity and Speaker	Location
8:00 - 12:00 pm	Registration Desk open	Convention Center Foyer
8:00 - 8:30 am	Continental Breakfast	Convention Center Foyer
8:30 - 9:10 am How?	What is the biomass process?  Lee Rybeck Lynd, Darmouth College	Convention Center
9:10 - 9:50 am How?	Co-gen - Lyonsdale project - burning your leftovers, Derek Benson, Catalyst Renewables	Convention Center
9:50 - 10:10 am	Break and Visit our exhibitors in the Cotillion Room and visit Poster display in Foyer	Convention Center Foyer and Cotillion Room
10:10 - 10:50 am How?	Extraction, Mittal, Scott and Amidon, SUNY-ESF	Convention Center
10:50-11:30 am How?	Wood Extract Hydrolysis and Membrane Separation, Wood, Amidon and Liu, SUNY-ESF	Convention Center
11:30 - 12:10 pm How?	Ethanol Fermentation, Xu and Liu, SUNY-ESF	Convention Center
12:10 - 1:40 pm	Luncheon	Convention Center C/D
1:40- 2:20 pm Why?	Opportunities for products, Amidon and Liu, SUNY-ESF	Convention Center
2:20 - 2:40 pm	Break and Visit exhibitors in the Cotillion Room and Poster display in Foyer	Convention Center Foyer and Cotillion Room
2:40 - 3:20 pm Why?	Economic Outlook, Wood, Amidon, OBG	Convention Center
3:20 - 4:00 pm How?	Engineering bio-refineries into reality,  Jim Fox, O'Brien & Gere	Convention Center
4:00 - 4:45 pm How?	Financing Biorefinery Projects, Craig Tashjian, Societe Generale	Convention Center
4:45 pm	Concluding comments and Dinner on your own	Restaurant of your choice