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Preliminary Agenda
Wednesday, April 11
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8:00 - 8:30
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Registration
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8:30 - 9:00
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Opening comments - Hank Gardner and Bill Farland, Vice President of Research: Overview - Daniel Bush
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1) Developing New Energy Crops: Challenges and Opportunities
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9:00 - 9:30
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Daniel Bush, Desirable traits in new energy crops
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9:30 - 10:00
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ASN Reddy, Cells walls
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10:00 - 10:30
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Coffee
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10:30 - 11:00
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June Medford, Gene circuits/ synthetic biology in engineered crops
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11:00 - 11:30
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Jan Leach, Rice as a grass model for discovery and testing
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11:30 - 12:00
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Pat Byrne, Breeding and delivery to the farmer
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Noon - 1:15
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Lunch
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2) Engineering Biomass Conversion, Biorefining, and Utilization: Challenges and Opportunities
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1:15 - 1:45
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Xianghong Qian, Improving sugar yield from cell walls
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1:45 - 2:15
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James Linden, Enzymes and hydrolysis/ fermentation
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2:15 - 2:45
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Ranil Wickramasinghe, Separation of hydrolysis products
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2:45 - 3:15
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Coffee
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3:15 - 3:45
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Ken Reardon, Metabolic engineering (bk-down to new products)
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3:45 - 4:15
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Bryan Willson, Utilization of biofuels (EtOH to biodiesel)
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4:15 - 6:00
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Poster Viewing and Networking Event
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Thursday, April 12
3) Sustainability: Economics & Environmental Impacts of Biofuels: Challenges and Opportunities.
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8:30 - 9:00
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Keith Paustian, Environmental impact, sequestration, etc.
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9:00 - 9:30
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Stephen Koontz, Marketing impact
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9:30 - 10:00
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James Pritchett, Impact on regional ag economies
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10:00 - 10:20
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Coffee
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10:20 - 10:50
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Michael Carolan, Environ sociology, sustainability issues
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10:50 - 11:20
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Bob Duffy, Political Opportunities and Obstacles for Biofuels Adoption
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11:20 - 12:15
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Dr. Ron Sega (Under Secretary of the Air Force), Air Force Energy Strategy for the 21st Century & Biofuels
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12:15
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Lunch, awards and closing comments
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