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Southwestern Biofuels Policy Summit
April 13 & 14, 2010
Embassy Suites Hotel & Spa
Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Tuesday,
April 13 Plenary Session |
| 7:00 - 9:00 am |
Registration
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8:00 am
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Welcome & Introduction of Keynote
Dr. I.
Miley Gonzalez, New Mexico Secretary of Agriculture
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| 8:15 am |
Next Steps to Market
The Honorable Tom
Vilsack, U.S. Secretary of
Agriculture, Invited
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| 8:45 am |
New Mexico's State Plan
for Biofuels Leadership
Moderator: Sarah Cottrell, Energy & Environmental Policy Advisor to Governor Bill Richardson
Dr. Jose Olivares, Deputy
Division Leader, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National
Laboratory
Dr. Margaret McCormick, General
Manager of Bio-based Materials Group, Targeted Growth
- Economic Sustainability and Feedstock Transformation
Dr. Steve Loring, Associate Director,
Agricultural Experimental Station, NMSU
- Production and Distribution
Jeff Trucksess, Advisor
& Founder, Green Earth Fuels
Dr. Van Romero, Vice
President of Research & Economic Development, NM Tech
Brendan Miller, Green
Economy Manager, NM Economic Development Department
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| 10:30 am |
Break
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| 10:45 am |
Native
American Approach and Advances in Biofuels
Moderator: H. Chico Gallegos, Chief
Executive Officer, Spear Energy
- Advances in Research & Development
- Practices in Sustainability
- A Survey of Native American Biofuels Incentives
- Partnership Opportunities with Native American
Enterprises and Tribes
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| 12:00 pm |
Luncheon -
Keynote Address
The Honorable
Tom Udall
U.S. Senate (D-NM)
video address
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Policy
Track
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Technical
Track
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| 1:00 pm |
New Crops / New Challenges: Agriculture & Biofuels
Moderator: Julie
Maitland, Agricultural Programs and Resources, NMDA
- Dr. C. Meghan Starbuck, Assistant
Professor of Economics & International Business, NMSU
- Terry A. Coffelt, Research Geneticist & Lead
Scientist, New Crops, USDA-ARS-USALARC
- Dr. Steve Loring, Associate Director, Agricultural
Experimental Station, NMSU
- Chris Cassidy, Renewable & Rural Economic Development
Advisor USDA
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Algal Biofuels
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| 3:00 pm |
Break
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Break |
| 3:15 pm |
Future Markets /
Present Challenges
Moderator: David Hadley, Business
Development Executive, Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Brian Knapp, American Petroleum
Institute: Necessary Infrastructure Considerations
During a Fuel Transition
- Wayne Simmons, CEO, Sundrop Fuels: Solar
Conversion of Biomass to Biofuels: Unique Challenges of
Breakthrough Technology
- Len Malry, NM Higher Education Department:
Educating the Biofuels Workforce
- Pat Frerkes, Sperry Van Ness/Pat Frerkes
Investments: Funding A New Industry
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Session
Topic: Algal Biofuels
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| 5:00 pm |
Adjourn & Reception
(Poster
Session)
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Adjourn & Reception
(Poster
Session)
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Wednesday,
April 14 |
| 8:00 am |
Federal Biofuel
Status & Prospects for Advancement
Moderator: Tim Zenk, Vice President of
Corporate Affairs, Sapphire Energy,
- Curt Rich, Van Ness Feldman: Congressional
Action on Biofuels invited
- Terry Brunner, USDA NM State Director: Administration Policies & Forecast
invited
- David Bradley, ASTM: Biofuels Standards invited
- Richard Wynne, The Boeing Company: The
National Aviation Market
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Session
Topic: Biofuel Oil Seed Crops
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| 10:00 am |
Break
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10:30 am Break
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| 10:15 am |
Environmental
Regulations & Approaches
Moderator: Maria Zannes, Outreach
Director, SWBA
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Doug Lynn, Executive
Director, CEHMM: Cutting the Regulatory Red Tape
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John
D'Antionio, NM State Engineer: Water Rights &
Biofuels In New Mexico, invited
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Claudia
Hertzog, Waste Management: Making Use of Solid
Waste as a Feedstock
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10:45 am
Session Topic: Lignocellulosic Biofuels
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| 12:00 pm |
LUNCHEON -Keynote Address
The Honorable Jeff Bingaman
U.S. Senate (D-NM)
invited
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| 1:00 pm |
Investing
in New Mexico: A Focus on Stimulus Awards and their State
Impact
Moderator: The Honorable
Fred Mondragon,
Secretary of New Mexico Department of Exonomic Development
ARRA Recipient Organizations Describe Their
Award-Winning Projects
- Tim Zenk, Vice President of Corporate Affairs,
Sapphire Energy
- Dr. Jose Olivares, Deputy Division Leader,
Bioscience Division, LANL
- Dr. Richard T. Sayre, Director, Donald
Danforth Plant Science Center
- Dr. Vimal Chaitanya, Vice President of Research,
New Mexico State University
- Doug Lynn, Executive Director, CEHMM
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| 3:30 pm |
Adjourn
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**First authors only are listed. To view
all authors and paper abstracts, see www.swbiofuels.org
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