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Sunday, April 27, 2008
Pre-Conferences (separate registration required) (AM)
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The Terrible 2.0's?? Web 2.0 and Its Impact on Agriculture and Information Professionals [description]
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Mapping Data 'Till the Cows Come Home! :
Geographic Information Systems Applications in Agriculture [description]
Welcome Reception (Evening)
Monday, April 28, 2008
Plenary Session : Adding Value to Agriculture: Biofuels
Corn-based Ethanol: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Dennis Keeney: senior fellow at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
Why Cellulosic Ethanol Is Nearer Than You Think: Creating the Biofuels Future
Bruce Dale: editor of Biofuels, Bioproducts, and Biorefining and head of the Biomass Conversion Research Laboratory at Michigan State University
Plenary Session : Adding Value to Agriculture: Bioenergy/Bioproducts
Bioenergy from Agricultural Waste
Ann Christy: professor, Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Ohio State University (OSU)
Transforming Agriculture to Meet Advanced Energy and Material Needs
Stephen Myers: Director of the Ohio Bioproducts Innovation Center
Contributed Papers/Interest Groups/Posters/Vendor Exhibits (abstracts)
Barbeque (Shisler Courtyard)
Plenary Session : Farming Sustainably: Lessons from the Soil
The Importance of Soil Ecology in Sustainable Agriculture
Clive Edwards: OSU Professor of Entomology and director of the soil ecology program
Plenary Session : Farming Sustainably: Lessons from the Amish (Panel)
Deborah Stinner: coordinator of OSU's Organic Food and Farming Education and Research program
Randy James: Geauga County Extension Educator and author of "Why Cows Learn Dutch"
David Kline: Amish farmer, author of several books, and editor of Farming Magazine
Contributed Papers/Interest Groups/Posters/Vendor Exhibits (abstracts)
20th Anniversary and Awards Banquet (Shisler Ballroom)
Contributed Papers/Interest Group Sessions (abstracts)
Closing Session
Recent Developments in the Control of Information: Can Traditional Access & Use of Protected Content Survive the Transition?
Tomas Lipinski: Associate Professor, Center for Information Policy Research, School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
