Meeting Program
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| Saturday, April 4 | ||
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| 3:00 - 7:30 PM | Registration | Ballroom Lobby |
| 6:30 - 7:30 PM | Refreshments | Ballroom Lobby |
| 7:30 - 9:30 PM |
Keynote Address: NGO Perspective on Biofuels Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 03/04/2009 |
Ballroom 2-3 |
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William D. Provine,
DuPont Company, USA
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Melinda L. Kimble,
United Nations Foundation, USA
Biofuels and Bioenergy: Can They Change Energy Access in the Developing World? |
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Jason Clay,
World Wildlife Fund, USA
Title to be Determined |
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| Sunday, April 5 | ||
| 7:00 - 8:00 AM | Breakfast | Golden Cliff / Eagles |
| 8:00 - 11:00 AM |
Biofuels Value Chain - Needs vs. Wants Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 03/04/2009 |
Ballroom 2-3 |
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William D. Provine,
DuPont Company, USA
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Coleman Jones,
General Motors, USA
Views from the Auto Industry |
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Steven E. Koonin,
BP, UK
Building the Biofuels Value Chain |
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John Pierce,
DuPont Applied BioSciences - Technology, USA
Views from Ag Sector and Biofuel Technology Producer |
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Jose Goldemberg,
University of São Paulo, Brazil
Views from Government and Academia |
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| 9:20 - 9:40 AM | Coffee Break | Ballroom Lobby |
| 11:00 AM- 1:00 PM | Poster Setup | Superior / Superior Lobby / Wasatch / Maybird |
| 11:00 AM- | On Own for Lunch | |
| 1:00 - 10:00 PM | Poster Viewing | Superior / Superior Lobby / Wasatch / Maybird |
| 2:00 - 4:30 PM |
Workshop 1: Current Technology Trends Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 03/04/2009 |
Ballroom 2-3 |
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Chris R. Somerville,
Energy Biosciences Institute, USA
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Short Talks to be Chosen from Abstracts,
, USA
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| 4:30 - 5:00 PM | Coffee Available | Ballroom Lobby |
| 5:00 - 7:00 PM |
Next Generation Advanced Biofuels Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 03/04/2009 |
Ballroom 2-3 |
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Doug Cameron,
Piper Jaffray & Co, USA
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Jay D. Keasling,
University of California, Berkeley, USA
Next Generation Products from a Sugar Platform |
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James A. Dumesic,
University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Next Generation Products from Thermochemical Approaches |
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Mark Huntley,
University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA
Renewable Fuel Production from Photosynthetic Microbes |
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| 7:00 - 8:00 PM | Social Hour w/ Lite Bites | Superior / Superior Lobby / Wasatch / Maybird |
| 7:30 - 10:00 PM |
Poster Session 1 Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 03/04/2009 |
Superior / Superior Lobby / Wasatch / Maybird |
| Monday, April 6 | ||
| 7:00 - 8:00 AM | Breakfast | Golden Cliff / Eagles |
| 8:00 - 11:00 AM |
Biofuel Feedstock Choices and Modifications Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 03/04/2009 |
Ballroom 2-3 |
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Jay D. Keasling,
University of California, Berkeley, USA
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Chris R. Somerville,
Energy Biosciences Institute, USA
Overview of Feedstock Challenges |
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Richard B. Flavell,
Ceres, Inc., USA
Dedicated Energy Crops |
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Stephen P. Long,
University of Illinois, USA
Thinking Outside the Lunch Box: Perennial Bioenergy Feedstocks that will Viable on Land Unsuited to Food Crops |
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John Manners,
CSIRO Plant Industry, Australia
From Sugarcane to Energycane |
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| 9:20 - 9:40 AM | Coffee Break | Ballroom Lobby |
| 11:00 AM- 1:00 PM | Poster Setup | Superior / Superior Lobby / Wasatch / Maybird |
| 11:00 AM- | On Own for Lunch | |
| 1:00 - 10:00 PM | Poster Viewing | Superior / Superior Lobby / Wasatch / Maybird |
| 4:30 - 5:00 PM | Coffee Available | Ballroom Lobby |
| 5:00 - 7:00 PM |
Enablement of Cellulosic Fuels Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 03/04/2009 |
Ballroom 2-3 |
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Doug Cameron,
Piper Jaffray & Co, USA
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Bruce E. Dale,
Michigan State University, USA
Achieving Economic and Environmental Benefits from Biofuels: The Role of Innovation and Invention |
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Thomas Richard,
Pennsylvania State University, USA
Feedstock Infrastructure: Another Gathering Storm |
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Scott Power,
Genencor International Inc., USA
Conversion of Cellulose to Sugar |
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| 7:00 - 8:00 PM | Social Hour w/ Lite Bites | Superior / Superior Lobby / Wasatch / Maybird |
| 7:30 - 10:00 PM |
Poster Session 2 Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 03/04/2009 |
Superior / Superior Lobby / Wasatch / Maybird |
| Tuesday, April 7 | ||
| 7:00 - 8:00 AM | Breakfast | Golden Cliff / Eagles |
| 8:00 - 11:00 AM |
Novel Fermentation Based Process Strategies Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 03/04/2009 |
Ballroom 2-3 |
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Chris R. Somerville,
Energy Biosciences Institute, USA
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Lee Rybeck Lynd,
Dartmouth College, USA
Overview of Fermentation Process Options |
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Lonnie O. Ingram,
University of Florida, USA
Overview of Novel Organisms/Production Hosts |
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Frances H. Arnold,
California Institute of Technology, USA
Enzyme Performance and Evolution Challenges in Support of Biofuels |
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Speaker to be Announced,
Late-Breaking Science |
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| 9:20 - 9:40 AM | Coffee Break | Ballroom Lobby |
| 11:00 AM- | On Own for Lunch | |
| 2:30 - 4:30 PM |
Workshop 2: Regional Challenges for Biofuels Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 03/04/2009 |
Ballroom 2-3 |
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Doug Cameron,
Piper Jaffray & Co, USA
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Short Talks to be Chosen from Abstracts,
, USA
Latin America, A/P, EU and North America |
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| 4:30 - 5:00 PM | Coffee Available | Ballroom Lobby |
| 5:00 - 7:00 PM |
Visions for Future of Biofuels Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 03/04/2009 |
Ballroom 2-3 |
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William D. Provine,
DuPont Company, USA
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Amory B. Lovins,
Rocky Mountain Institute, USA
Talk Title to be Determined |
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Speaker to be Announced,
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Steven Chu,
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
Vision for Future of Biofuels |
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| 7:00 - 8:00 PM | Social Hour w/ Lite Bites | Superior / Superior Lobby / Wasatch / Maybird |
| 8:00 - 11:00 PM | Entertainment | Ballroom 2-3 |
| Wednesday, April 8 | ||
| Departure | ||
| *=Session Chair †=Speaker invited, not yet responded. | ||
We gratefully acknowledge support for this conference from:
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Gevo, Inc. |
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BP p.l.c. |
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Ceres, Inc. |
DuPont Company |
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InterTechPira |
KWS SAAT AG |
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