Presentations: Monday, Oct. 31 Tuesday, Nov. 1


Monday, October 31, 2011

Opening Plenary Session
Monday, October 31, 2011 | | 9:00 AM — 10:15 AM

Energy Independence In The 21st Century

Welcome To Wisconsin
Ben Brancel, Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection

Sustainable Energy In Sustainable County
Joe Parisi, County Executive, Dane County, Wisconsin

Smart Engine "Drives" Ultra Efficient And Clean Use Of Renewable Fuels
Carol and Eddie Sturman, Sturman Industries

Concurrent Session A   Concurrent Session B   Concurrent Session C
Monday, October 31, 2011 | | 11:00 AM — 12:15 PM

Digester Trends: National, State, Regional

Things Are Looking Up!
Allison Costa, USEPA/AgSTAR

The Biogas Opportunity In Wisconsin: 2011 Strategic Plan
Gary Radloff, Wisconsin Bioenergy Initiative

Anaerobic Digestion Systems In the Midwest
Dennis Totzke, Applied Technologies, Inc.

 

Biogas Market Development

Hidden Opportunities For RNG Within Shale Gas Bounty
Peter Taglia, Environmental Geologist and Consultant

Letting The Market Make Your Biogas Use Decision: Development And Evaluation Of RFPs
Scott Olson, Black & Veatch

Got Gas? Analysis of Wisconsin's Biogas Opportunity
Steve Plachinski, Short Elliott Hendrickson

 

International Research, Projects

Biogas From 100% Chicken Manure
Björn Blankespoor, BTS ITALIA srl/GmbH

Processing Butchery Sludges And Meat Processing Residuals
Roberto Fiume, Austep

Bringing Simplicity To Digestate Treatment
Alessandro Chiumenti, University of Udine, Italy

Monday, October 31, 2011 | | 1:45 PM — 3:30 PM

Project Development And Financing

Evaluating Digester Project Opportunities By Sector
Kelly Sarber, Strategic Management Group

Overview of Biogenic Waste To Energy Investments
In Wisconsin

David Jenkins, Wisconsin State Energy Office

Getting Your Digester Project Financed
John Eustermann, Harvest Power, Inc.

 

RNG To CNG Vehicle Fuels

Key Factors Needed To Promote Renewable Natural Gas As A Vehicle Fuel
Marianne Mintz, Argonne National Laboratory

The "Jersey 55" Action Strategy to Launch RNG Fuel Projects
Gail Richardson, Energy Vision

Small Landfill Gas to Compressed Natural Gas Vehicle Fuel Project
Mark Torresani, Cornerstone Environmental Group, LLC

Retailer's Perspective On RNG-CNG Automobile Marketplace
Chris Schneider, Hybrid Guru/Honda Motorwërks

 

Source Separated Commercial, Residential Organics Feedstocks

Interactive Maps Identify Feedstock Generators
Chris Newman, USEPA Region 5

Diverting Grocery Store Organics To Digesters — Year One Perspectives
Robin Sweere, Quest Recycling

Residential Organics Pilot Collection Program
George Dreckmann, City of Madison (WI) Streets Division

Steps To Increase Curbside Collection Of Residential Organics
Peter Anderson, RecycleWorlds Consulting

Monday, October 31, 2011 | | 4:15 PM — 6:00 PM

Biogas Policies

2011 Federal Biogas Legislative And Policy Initiatives, Progress
Patrick Serfass, American Biogas Council

Farm Bill Clean Energy Programs
Andy Olsen, Environmental Law & Policy Center

Biomass Policies To Grow The Bioeconomy
Mark Jenner, Biomass Rules, LLC

2012 Outlook
Panel Discussion

 

RNG To CNG — Closing The Loop
In Indiana


Vision Becomes Reality For Large-Scale Dairy
Mark Stoermann, Fair Oaks Farms

Technical Issues In Design-Build for CNG At Dairy Digester
Bernard Sheff, UTS Residual Processing, LLC

Fueling Station Infrastructure, Technology
Greg Roche, Clean Energy

Milk Delivery In Dairy RNG-CNG-Fueled Fleet
Ben McLean, Ruan Transport Corporation

 

Digester, Digestate Management
And Biogas Optimization


Influence Of Digester Process Parameters On Biogas Production
Kevin Jankowski, Applied Technologies, Inc.

Top 10 Reasons Why Biogas Plants Fail And How To Avoid Them
Tom Ferencevic, Yield Energy

Increasing Digestate Value By "Going Organic"
Ron Alexander, R. Alexander Associates

Maximizing Biogas Production From Farm And Food Processing By-Products
Mike Casper, Homeland Biogas Energy LLC

Reception