SunGrant / DOE Regional Partnership Annual Meeting
February 15-17, 2011
Crowne Plaza Holiday Inn
Knoxville, TN
Distributed Documents:
Regional Biomass Feedstock Partnership Executive Summary — March 2011
Regional Biomass Feedstock Partnership Status Report — Feb. 2011
Tuesday, February 15
| 8:30 – 9:00 | Welcome and Introductions – Jim Doolittle |
| 9:00 – 9:30 | DOE-EERE-OBP – John Ferrell/Laura McCann |
| 9:30 – 10:00 | Sun Grant Association – Kevin Kephart/Terry Nipp |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Break |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | DOE-GO Office – Steve Thomas/Chris Lindeman |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Data Status and KDF Update – Chris Abernathy/Aaron Myers |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Feedstock Composition Analysis/Archive |
| 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch & Inidividual Species Group Discussion Time |
| 1:30 – 2:10 | Feedstock Sustainability – Doug Karlen/Dave Muth |
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| INDIVIDUAL SPECIES REPORTS – PROGRESS, CY 2011 PLANS | |
| Woody Team: | |
| 2:10 – 2:50 | Poplar – Berguson |
| 2:50 – 3:30 | Willow – Volk |
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| 3:30 – 3:50 | Break |
| Crop Residue Team: | |
| 3:50 – 4:30 | Corn – Karlen |
| 4:30 – 5:10 | Cereals – Karrow |
| 5:10 – 5:40 | DAM Corn Project – Pradip Das |
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| 6:30 | Reception |
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| Wednesday, February 15 | |
| 7:00 – 7:45 | Breakfast |
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| Feedstock Assessment Team – Abernathy | |
| 8:00 – 8:40 | Northeast – Woodbury |
| 8:40 – 9:20 | Southeast – Jackson |
| 9:20 – 10:00 | South Central – Dicks |
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| 10_00 – 10:20 | Break |
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| 10:20 – 11:00 | North Central – Wimberly/Chintala |
| 11:00 – 11:40 | Western – Daly |
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| 11:40 – 12:00 | Education and Outreach – Jackson/Cassel |
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| 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch and Partnership Discussion 2-year plan through crop year 2012 |
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| Herbaceous Team – Owens | |
| 1:30 – 2:10 | Switchgrass – Owens |
| 2:10 – 2:50 | Energycane – Baldwin |
| 2:50 – 3:30 | Sorghum – Rooney |
| 3:30 – 4:10 | Miscanthus – Voigt |
| 4:10 – 4:50 | CRP – Lee |
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| 4:50 | Wrap -up and Adjourn |
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| Thursday, February 17 | |
| Field Tour of Switchgrass Production Fields and Demonstration Biorefinery. |