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August 15, 2011

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(US Department of Energy) ...More than 600 speakers, moderators, sponsors, exhibitors, and attendees were able to listen to discussions about the ongoing challenges and achievements in the bioenergy industry. Biomass 2011 addressed key issues in important areas, such as feedstock supply, conversion pathways, algal biofuels, investment risk and innovation, regulation and policy, and the international perspective.

This year's conference was centered around the theme of replacing the whole barrel of petroleum and featured a three-part debate on the "best use of biomass." Biomass 2011 also featured a series of interactive exhibits, which highlighted the contributions of our national laboratories along the entire bioenergy supply chain.

Several distinguished keynote speakers participated at the event, including Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Jackalyne Pfannenstiel, and U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar.

It is the policy of the Department of Energy to provide full access to all content from its public meetings to ensure that the general public has access and can benefit from the information and dialogue provided by the meeting participants.

Available speaker presentations are now posted and can be viewed using the links below. Please note that not all presentations from the conference are available on this site at the request of certain speakers. Presenters retain full copyrights to the information contained in their presentations.

Biomass 2011, Day 1, July 26, 2011 (and see below)
Biomass 2011, Day 2, July 27, 2011 (and see below)

Watch Video Highlights from the Biomass Program's Biomass 2011 Conference on the Biomass 2011 Multimedia Web Page

Watch video highlights from Biomass 2011 on the Biomass Program website. The video clips include key remarks from the conference's featured speakers, including Energy Secretary Steven Chu, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Navy Assistant Secretary (Energy, Installations and Environment) Jackalyne Pfannenstiel, U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and musician, author, and environmental activist Chuck Leavell. The available videos also include footage of Biomass Program Manager Paul Bryan's tour through Biomass 2011's Interactive Exhibit Hall.

*Denotes presentations that were not posted at the request of the speaker.

Opening Plenary Session: "Broadening the Bioenergy Horizon"

A discussion on the bioenergy technologies of the future, and the role of industry, government, and financiers in realizing that vision.

Michael McAdams (Moderator), President, Advanced Biofuels Association
David Berry, Partner, Flagship Ventures
Eric Toone, Deputy Director, ARPA-e
Harrison Dillon*, President and Chief Technology Officer, Solazyme, Inc.
Mark Iden, Deputy Director of Operations, Defense Logistics Agency Energy

Platinum Sponsor Presentation: Novozymes

Adam Monroe, President, Novozymes North America

Guest Speaker

Chuck Leavell, Musician/Author/Environmental Activist, Co-Founder of the Mother Nature Network

Technical Breakout Session 1

Track 1: Conversion Pathways for Bioenergy: Cellulosic Bioproducts

This session highlighted discussions on emerging biomass conversion technologies that target value-added chemicals and how these "bioproducts" help diversify the biorefining value chain and enable market-readiness.

Joyce Yang (Moderator), Technology Manager, Biomass Program, U.S. Department of Energy
Gary Diamond, Vice President of Product Development, Rennovia, Inc.
David Anton*, Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of Process Development and Manufacturing, Codexis, Inc.
Oliver Peoples*, Chief Scientific Officer and Vice President of Research, Metabolix, Inc.
Andrew Held, Director of Feedstock Development, Virent Energy Systems, Inc.

Track 2: Competing Uses for a Constrained Feedstock Supply: Risks and Opportunities

This session addressed ways in which the development of seemingly competing uses of feedstock resources can promote partnerships and novel strategies. The impacts of existing and potential future policy drivers were also considered.

John Ferrell (Moderator), Feedstock Platform Manager, Biomass Program, U.S. Department of Energy
William "Butch" Johnson, Chief Executive Officer, Flambeau River BioFuels, Inc.
Doug Freeman*, Investment and Information Technology Manager, NewPage Corporation
Mike Edgerton, Ethanol and Quality Traits Technical Lead, Monsanto
Greg Letarte, Director of Engineering, Louisiana-Pacific Corporation
Mike Cecava, Director of Feed Technology, Research Division, Archer Daniels Midland Company

Track 3: Applications of Efficient Use of Biomass for Heat and Power

This session explored the opportunities for biomass in heat and power applications. The speakers spanned the industrial spectrum of this topic area; presentations ranged from technology and applications to the consideration of industry impacts through Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS).

Elliott Levine (Moderator), Technology Manager, Biomass Program, U.S. Department of Energy
Dave O'Conner, Biomass Projects Manager, Electric Power Research Institute
Benjamin Thorp, Chairman, Biorefinery Deployment Consortium
Phil McKenzie, Business Development Manager, Babcock & Wilcox Generation Group
John Saintcross, Program Manager, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority

Track 4: Beyond EISA: Policy and Regulatory Mechanisms to Expand the Bioeconomy

The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 addresses the need to replace fossil fuels with clean and renewable sources and achieve a sustainable bioeconomy. This discussion focused on regulations and incentives for biomass-derived energy and products.

Peter Whitman (Moderator), Office of Policy and International Affairs, U.S. Department of Energy
Kate Lewis, Deputy Program Manager, BioPreferred Program, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Greg Dierkers, Senior Energy Policy Analyst, National Governors Association
Harrison Pittman, Research Assistant Professor of Law, Center Director, National Agricultural Law Center, University of Arkansas
Jeremy I. Martin, Senior Scientist, Union of Concerned Scientists

Track 5: Strategic Approaches to an International Bioenergy Industry

This session explored the unique benefits and drawbacks of implementing international biomass and bioenergy business strategies, as well as the potential impacts of an expanded bioenergy industry on economic development and environmental sustainability.

Sheila Moynihan (Moderator), Presidential Management Fellow, Biomass Program, U.S. Department of Energy
Richard Simmons, Energy and Biofuels Officer, U.S. Department of State
Chris Dragisic, Director, Agriculture, Biofuels, and Forestry, The Center for Environmental Leadership in Business, Conservation International
Mark Fraser*, Chief Technolgy Officer – North America, EADS North America
Steve Bobzin*, Director of Technology Planning, Ceres
Craig Evans, Executive Director, American Biomass Trade Cooperative

Opening Plenary – "Industry Perspectives on Bioenergy"

The future of bioenergy—from the perspective of the existing biofuels industry and from companies with an emerging interest in bioenergy.

Matt Carr (Moderator), Managing Director, Biotechnology Industry Organization
Jim Sturdevant, Director of Project Liberty, POET
Richard Wynne, Director of Environment and Aviation Policy, Boeing Company
Henry Bryndza*, Director of Biochemical Science and Engineering – Biomaterials, Dupont
Mark Maher, Executive Director for Powertrain and Vehicle Integration, General Motors

Technical Breakout Session 2

Track 1: Conversion Pathways for Bioenergy: Upgrading of Intermediates

This session focused on a breadth of biomass-derived processing intermediates and how they can be utilized and upgraded to produce fuels and chemicals.

Paul Grabowski (Moderator), Technology Manager, Biomass Program, U.S. Department of Energy
Dan Burciaga, President and Chief Executive Officer, ThermoChem Recovery International, Inc.
Doug Galloway*, Manager for Renewable Energy and Chemicals Research, Honeywell's UOP, LLC
Glenn Johnston, Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, Gevo, Inc.
Laurel Harmon, Vice President of Government Relations, LanzaTech

Track 2: Moving Algae Biofuels from "Potential" to "Practice"

This session focused on approaches being undertaken by industry to enable the affordable, scalable, and sustainable production of algae biofuels. The speakers provided their industry perspectives on current progress and next steps needed to move algae biofuels from "potential" to "practice."

Ron Pate (Moderator), Principal Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories
David Hazleback, Biofuels Program Manager, General Atomics
Joel Butler*, Chief Executive Officer, Solix BioSystems
Gregory Schwartz, Director of Systems Engineering, Kent Bioenergy
Brian Goodall, Vice President for Business Development, SRS Energy
Hoyt H. Thomas, President and Chief Executive Officer, OpenAlgae

Track 3: Industry Perspective on Products and Commercial Pathways and the Impact on Supplying the Whole Barrel

This session explored industry efforts to create commercial pathways for biofuels and bioproducts, increased capabilities for their production and use, and it discussed the reasons and impacts associated with these efforts.

Neil Rossmeissl (Moderator), Technology Manager, Biomass Program, U.S. Department of Energy
Todd Werpy, Vice President of Biofuels and Biochemical Research, Archer Daniels Midland Company
Linda Beltz, Director of Technology Partnerships, Weyerhaeuser
Mark Jones, Technology Strategy Development Fellow, The Dow Chemical Company
Robert Schuetzle, Chief Executive Officer, Synterra Energy

Track 4: Investment Risks of New Technology Innovation – The Views of Venture Capitalists, DOE, and IPA

(Note: Only one PowerPoint was used during Track 4. The secured PDF will be available at a later date.)

This session featured a discussion with venture capitalists, government agents, and industry representatives regarding their approaches to the risks of new technology development and how those perspectives impact investments in biorefineries.

Brian Duff (Moderator), Chief Engineer, Biomass Program, U.S. Department of Energy
Andras Marton, Senior Project Analyst, Independent Project Analysis
Doug Cameron, Founder and Managing Director, Alberti Advisors
Todd Pray, Director of Project Management, Amyris
Carol Babb, Vice President, SAIC Energy, Environment & Infrastructure, LLC
Brian Baynes, Partner, Flagship Ventures
Ajit Nazre, Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

Track 5: Assessing Critical Needs and Roles in Developing the Bioenergy Workforce of the Future

This session discussed recently conducted and ongoing studies of bioenergy workforce needs and gaps, and it asked what role the federal government and other key entities should play in the advanced bioenergy arena.

Amy Schwab (Moderator), Systems Integration Lead, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
David Swenson, Associate Scientist, Iowa State University
Daniel Cassidy, National Program Leader, Forest-Based Bioenergy, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S Department of Agriculture
Jill Stuckey, Director, Georgia Center of Innovation for Energy
Sarah Thornton, Director, Biofuels and Biomass Policy, Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO)
Troy Runge, Associate Professor, Biological Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin
Kristen Johnson, Presidential Management Fellow, Biomass Program, U.S. Department of Energy

Technical Breakout Session 3

Track 1: Conversion Pathways for Bioenergy – Thinking Beyond Gasoline and Gasoline Additives

This session addressed the need to replace the whole barrel of oil by focusing on biomass conversion technologies that aim to commercialize fuel and chemical products that go beyond displacing only gasoline consumption.

Leslie Pezzullo (Moderator), Biochemical Conversion Platform Technology Manager, Biomass Program, U.S. Department of Energy
Steve Hutcheson*, Founder, AE Zymetis
Paul Spindler, Vice President of Technology, Catchlight Energy, LLC
Harold A. Wright, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Rentech, Inc.
Jostein Gabrielsen, Research Engineer, Haldor Topsøe A/S

Track 2: Balancing Economics and Ecosystems to Reach a Billion Tons

This session focused on the environmental implications of meeting competing needs for biomass, and it examined the assumptions inherent to the updated Billion-Ton Study. In particular, the session speakers addressed land-use change and crop productivity.

Allison Welde (Moderator), Director, Conservation Partnerships and Communications, Sustainable Forestry Initiative, Inc.
Richard Nelson, Program Coordinator, Center for Sustainable Energy, Kansas State University
Laurence Eaton, Environmental and Natural Resource Economist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Timothy Volk, Research Associate, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, State University of New York
Will McDow, Southeast Regional Manager, Center for Conservation Incentives, Environmental Defense Fund

Track 3: Consumer Choice – End Uses of Biofuel

This session explored various end-use considerations for expanding our nation's use of biofuels, the infrastructure considerations, and the use of biofuels in personal, fleet, and specialty vehicles.

Dennis Smith (Moderator), Technology Deployment Manager and National Clean Cities Director, Vehicle Technologies Program, U.S. Department of Energy
Lee Slezak, Vehicle Systems Manager, Vehicle Technologies Program, U.S. Department of Energy
Forrest Jehlik, Research Engineer, Argonne National Laboratory
Claude Masters, Manager, Vehicle Acquisition and Fuel, Florida Power & Light
Kellie Walsh, Executive Director, Greater Indiana Clean Cities Coalition

Track 4: Strategies to Build the Next Generation Biorefineries – What is the endgame?

Presentations by biorefinery developers and financial organizations discussed the intricacies of identifying and mitigating the risks and barriers that are associated with creating financeable projects, which will move the biorefinery industry forward.

Neil Rossmeissl (Moderator), Technology Manager, Biomass Program, U.S. Department of Energy
Gerson Santos, Corporate Director, Abengoa
John McKenna, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Hamilton Clark & Co.
Theodora Retsina, Chief Executive Officer, American Process, Inc.
Dan Tobin, Program Manager, Loan Guarantee Program, U.S. Department of Energy

Track 5: Biofuels in Flight – The Path for Aviation Biofuels

This session provided an update on the progress being made to piece together the unique supply chain for greener and more sustainable biobased aviation fuels.

Joanne Morello (Moderator), AAAS Fellow, Biomass Program, U.S. Department of Energy
Steven Barker, Director, Technical Fuel Services and Standards, Air Transport Association
Rich Altman, Executive Director, Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative
Tim Edwards, Chemical Engineer, Air Force Research Laboratory
Patrick Mazza, Research Director, Climate Solution

Plenary Session: "Moving Toward the Horizon"

A discussion of near term actions needed to create the bioenergy economy of the future.

Jim Nussle (Moderator), President and Chief Operating Officer, Growth Energy
Sharlene Weatherwax, Associate Director of Science in Biological and Environmental Research, Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy
John McKenna, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Hamilton Clark & Co.
Barbara Bramble, Senior Advisor, National Wildlife Federation

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