Schedule
Tuesday, June 3
12:00 noon Lunch: NABC 20 and Ohio Polymer Summit combined
Keynote Speaker: Governor Ted Strickland
1:15 pm Welcome
Ralph W.F. Hardy, President, NABC
Steven A. Slack, Program Chair, NABC 20; Associate Vice President for Agricultural Administration and Driector, OARDC, The Ohio State University
Module I: Megatrends Reshaping American Agriculture
Moderator: Stephen Myers, Director, Ohio BioProducts Innovation Center,
The Ohio State University
Renewable Fuels and Materials
John Pierce, Vice President of Technology, DuPont Applied BioSciences, DuPont
Megatrends Reshaping Agriculture and Agricultural Universities
Steven Pueppke, Director, Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station; Director, Office of Bio-Based Technologies, Michigan State University
Energy Independence: On-Site Fuel Cell Systems Operating on Biofuels
Benson P. Lee, President and CEO, Technology Management, Inc.
3:00 pm Break
3:15 pm What Role for Biofuels in our Energy Future?
Peter Ashcroft, Climate Policy Analyst, Environmental Defense
3:45 pm Question & Answer
6:00 pm Dinner
Agriculture: The Foundation of the Bioeconomy
Ganesh M. Kishore, Managing Director, Burrill & Company
Wednesday, June 4
7:15 am Continental breakfast
8:15 am Module II: Optimizing the Value of Co-Products/By-Products
Moderator: Alex Kawczak, Vice President, Nanotechnology and BioProducts, Battelle
Renewable Polymers and Advanced Materials
Stephen C. Myers, Director, Ohio BioProducts Innovation Center, The Ohio State University
ARS Research in Bioenergy Co-Products
Robert L. Fireovid, National Program Leader, Bioenergy, USDA, Agricultural Research Service
Biomass as a Source of Carbon: The Conversion of Renewable Feedstocks into Chemicals and Materials
Joseph J. Bozell, Associate Professor, Biomass Chemistry, Forest Products Center, University of Tennessee
Response Panelists:
John Lumpe, Executive Director, Ohio Soybean Council
Charlie Carr, Manager Business/Product Development, The Andersons
David K. Jones, Director, Bioproducts, Ashland Inc.
10:30 am Break
10:45 am Breakout Sessions
12:00 noon Lunch
Supporting Cross-Cutting Research: The Agricultural Bioproducts Innovation Program
Christiane Deslauriers, Science Director, Bio-Based Products and Processes, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Energy Transformations in a Land Grant College: The Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center
Irwin L. Goldman, Vice Dean and Associate Dean for Research; Professor of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1:30 pm Module III: Enhancing Productivity of Biofeedstocks
Moderator: F. William Ravlin,Associate Director, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University
Opportunities for Enhancing the Productivity of Biofeedstocks and Minimizing
Inputs – Theory and Practice
Stephen P. Long, Deputy Director, Energy Biosciences Institute; Robert Emerson Professor of Plant Biology and Crop Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
High-Tonnage Dedicated Energy Crops: The Potential of Sorghum and Energy Cane
Bill F. McCutchen, Associate Director, Texas AgriLife Research, Texas A&M University
Synchronization of Biofeedstocks and Conversion Technologies: Current Status and Future Prospects
David I. Bransby, Professor, Department of Agronomy & Soils, Auburn University
Response Panelists:
Frederick C. Michel, Jr., Associate Professor, Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, The Ohio State University
Tom L. Richard, Director, Bioconversion Research Group; Associate Professor, Penn State University
Dwayne Siekman, Executive Director, Ohio Corn Growers Association, Ohio Corn Marketing Program
3:45 pm Break
4:00 pm Breakout Sessions
5:30 pm Wine and Cheese Reception
Thursday, June 5
7:15 am Continental breakfast
8:15 am Module IV: Policy Issues Impacting Agriculture and Bioenergy
Moderator: David Benfield, Associate Director, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University
Biofuels: Two Key Ethical Issues
Paul B. Thompson, W.K. Kellogg Professor of Food, Community and Agricultural Ethics, Michigan State University
The Social Costs and Benefits of U.S. Biofuel Policies
Harry de Gorter, Associate Professor, Department of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University
Scientific Challenges Underpinning the Food Versus Fuel Debate
Kenneth G. Cassman, Director, Nebraska Center for Energy Science Research; Heuermann Professor of Agronomy, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Response Panelists:
Doug O'Brien, Assistant Director, Ohio Department of Agriculture
Matthew C. Roberts, Assistant Professor, Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, The Ohio State University
Chris Schmid, Chairman, JumpStart Inc.
10:30 am Break
10:45 am Breakout sessions
12:00 noon Lunch
Keynote Speaker: E. Gordon Gee, President, The Ohio State University | 
