Monday, October 19, 2009

PLENARY SESSION

Monday October 19, 2009 — 9:00 AM — 10:15 AM

Making Projects Happen

Legislative Strategies To Advance Organics Recycling
Paul Gardener, Minnesota House of Representatives

Investment Opportunities In The BioCycle Industry
Amol Deshpande, Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers

Accelerating Adoption Of Anaerobic Digestion
Chris Voell, USEPA AgSTAR

U.S. Climate & Energy Policy: Opportunities Or Obstacles For Organics Recycling?
Carol Werner, Environmental and Energy Study Institute

CONCURRENT
SESSION A
CONCURRENT
SESSION B
Monday October 19, 2009 — 11:00 AM — 12:15 PM
Community Digesters, Compostable Resins

Dry Anaerobic System For Food Waste, Yard Trimmings
Thomas Sonnleitner, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh

Food Waste, Manure Digester In Central Vermont
Joan Richmond-Hall, Vermont Technical College

Assessing Behavior Of Ingeo Compostable Resins In AD Systems
Brian Glasbrenner, NatureWorks, LLC

Wood, Agricultural Residues
To Biomass Power

Sizing Woody Biomass Boilers To Fuel Source, Energy Demand
David Atkins, Fuels For Schools, U.S. Forest Service

Power From Energy Crops, Industry By-Products
Paul Kramer, Rahr Malting

Small-Scale Bioenergy Projects
Dan Lemke and Al Doering, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute

Monday October 19, 2009 — 1:45 PM — 6:00 PM
Digester Feasibility, Economics

Tools To Calculate Digester Economics
William Lazarus, University of Minnesota

Building AD, Biogas Infrastructure
In Great Plains States

Amanda Bilek, Great Plains Institute

Roadmap To Project Implementation
Alison McKechie, Dairy Management, Inc.

Anaerobic Digester System Management
Dennis Totzke, Applied Technologies, Inc.

Digestate Markets, Coproducts

Product Assessment, Marketing For Digester Outputs
Ron Alexander, R. Alexander Associates, Inc.

AD, Digestate Composting In Europe
Bjoern de Haan, BACKHUS North America, Inc.

Fertilizer Production Via Waste Transformation Initiative
John Katers, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay

High Strength Wastewater Treatment

Brewery, Medical Center Form Renewable Energy Partnership
Corey Zarecki, Gundersen Lutheran Health System

Laboratory-Developed Cultures Improve AD Performance
Anne Schauer-Gimenez, Marquette University

Processing Corn Stillage In Municipal Digester
Patrick Rein, Rein and Associates

The AnMBR For Digestion Of High Solid Wastes
Shannon Grant, ADI Systems, Inc.

Landfill And Digester Gas Utilization

New Developments In Landfill Gas Energy
Lori Hamburg, SCS Engineers

Making Sense Of Siloxanes
Kevin Jankowski, Applied Technologies, Inc.

Landfill Gas To Greenhouse Heat
Terry Johnson, Waste Management, Inc.


SPECIAL EVENING SESSION
Monday October 19, 2009 — 7:00 PM — 8:30 PM
Creating A Biogas Industry Coalition — Is Now The Time?

Cosponsors


EPA – AgSTAR


Focus On Energy


Hennepin County, Minnesota


Harvest Power


AURI Ag Innovations