2006 Agenda -- Check Out Last Year's Sessions Below!!

Monday, August 28 and Tuesday, August 29

To learn more about these sessions and speakers, please click on the session title (as available).

Monday, August 28, 2006


8:30 a.m.	Opening Remarks
8:45 a.m.	Keynote Address Jason Grumet, Executive Director of the National Commission on Energy Policy
9:15 a.m.	Keynote Address Jim Breson, EBI General Project Manager at British Petroleum
9:45 a.m.	Keynote Address Lee Lynd, professor of engineering, Dartmouth College
10:30 a.m.	Break
11:00 a.m.	Technical Overview of Biorefineries
12:15 p.m.	Working Lunch Sun Grant Regional Centers of Excellence
1:30 p.m.	Breakout Session I
	Research	Innovations and New Directions in Carbohydrate Processing and Production
	Biobased Products	Business Solutions for Small "Bio" Companies
	Emerging Trends	Transportation Needs for Biofuels, Bioproducts, and the Bioeconomy
	Emerging Trends	Economic Interactions of Biofuels and Agricultural Markets
	Emerging Trends	Human Resources Issues for Sustaining and Growing the Bioeconomy
3:00 p.m.	Break
3:30 p.m.	Breakout Session II
	Research	Innovations and New Directions in Oleochemical and Processing
	Research	Thermochemical Technologies in Support of Biorefineries
	Biobased Products	Biobased Business Development 101
	Emerging Trends	Feedstock Production, Nutrient Recycling, and Soil and Water Quality Issues for the Bioeconomy
	Emerging Trends	Ethanol and Livestock: Synergies or Competition?
5:00 p.m.	Extended Networking and Exhibitor Break
6:00 p.m.	Dinner, BIOWA Award Ceremony and 25 X 25 Rally Governor Tom Vilsack, Iowa Congressional Delegation Iowa Gubernatorial Candidates Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Candidates Iowa Legislator Iowa Commodity Groups (invited)

Tuesday, August 29, 2006

8:00 a.m.	Networking and Exhibitor Break
8:30 a.m.	Breakout Session III
	Tour	Lincolnway Energy Ethanol Plant, Iowa Energy Center/Biomass Energy Conversion Facility (BECON), Bill Couser Farm
	Tour	Site Visits to ISU Agronomy Farms
	Workshop	I-FARM (Internet-Based, Farm Level Decision Making Tool) Demonstration and Tutorial
	Workshop	Biodiesel Tutorial and Demonstration
	Biobased Products	Federal Biobased Products Preferred Procurement Program (FB4P) Update (8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.)
	Biobased Products	Critical Steps for Entrepreneurs Commercializing Biobased Products (9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.)
	Emerging Trends	Policy for the Growing Bioeconomy: Advanced Technology Commercialization (8:30 a.m. - 10 a.m.)
	Emerging Trends	Policy for the Growing Bioeconomy: Feedstock Supply (10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.)
11:30 a.m.	Lunch
12:30 p.m.	Keynote Address Vinod Khosla, founding CEO, Sun Microsystems
1:30 p.m.	Capitalization Strategies for the Bioeconomy
3:00 p.m.	Closing Remarks