Optional Tours - departing from, and returning to Raleigh Convention Center Plaza

• Novozymes in Franklinton, NC
• Torrefied Wood Biomass as a Fuel: Tour at NC State University in Raleigh, and Progress Energy Cape Fear Facility in Chatham County, NC.

Registration Desk Open with Continental Breakfast
Sponsored by

7:00 am to 10:00 am

State policy guidebook results Federal Level Legislation Update
Jetta Wong, Environmental & Energy Studies Institute (EESI)

Refresment Break 9:45 am to 10:00 am

Panel Discussion: Balancing Woody Biomass Resources
Organizer: John Bonitz, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy
Facilitator: Dr. Al Sample, Pinchot Institute for Conservation
Panelists:

• Bill Burkman, USFS, Forest Inventory and Analysis, Southern Research Station, Knoxville, TN
• Jeff Deyette, Energy Analyst, Union of Concerned Scientists
• Charlie Pringle, Business Development Leader, Eastern Forest Resources, Rayonier, Inc.

Luncheon Guest Speaker
Biomass to Energy: Inventing the New Oil.
Ron Barmore, Director of Project Development for Range Fuels, Inc.

Panel Discussion: How will the Southeast Contribute to the Renewable Fuels Standard?
Organizer: John Bonitz, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy
Panelists:

• Dr. Tim Rials, Professor and Director, Forest Products Center and Southeastern Sun Grant Center, University of Tennessee
• Suzanne Hunt, Consultant, Hunt Green, LLC
• Dr. John Cundiff, Professor of Biological Systems at the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and College of Engineering at Virginia Tech

Today's Exhibitor Gallery Sponsored by

Biofuels
Organizer: Anne Tazewell, NC Solar Center

Moderator: Glenn Sappie, Economist, NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Division of Air Quality

Dr. Cory Christensen, Ceres, Inc.

Dr. Sandra Eksioglu, Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering at Mississippi State University

Dr. Harbans Bhardwaj, Virginia State University

Kurt Creamer, Connectivity and Grant Manager, Novozymes North America

Biopower
Organizer: Dr. Alex Hobbs, NC Solar Center

Moderator: Laurie Mettam, Natural Resources Leadership Institute

Bob Niekum, Director of Renewable and Wholesale Power

Garald Cottrell, CEO, Enerphase Industrial Solutions, LLC

Bioproducts

Organizer: Steve Peretti, NC State University

Moderator: Annette Dunlap, Agribusiness Development, NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

Dr. Brian Davison, Chief Scientist for Systems Biology and Biotechnology at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Southern Bioenergy Roadmap Stakeholder Meeting

2:30 pm to 5 pm.

Organizer: Charity Pennock, Southern Growth Policies Board

Biomass-South 2008 Sponsors Reception
at Raleigh Convention Center
4:30 pm to 6:30 pm

Landowner Breakfast, sponsored by The Union of Concerned Scientists, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, and held in cooperation with NC Woodlands. Sheraton Hotel, Capital Room.
Speakers:

• Special guest, Congressman Bob Etheridge.
• Dr. Dennis Hazel, NC State University Extension Forestry

Wood Biomass Session - Issues and Opportunities
Moderator: Dr. Bob Bardon, Department Extension Leader, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, College of Natural Resources, North Carolina State University

Panelists:

• Dr. Phil Steele, Professor in the Department of Forest Products, College of Forest Resources, Mississippi State University
• Tom Johnson, Southern Company Services
• Will McDow, Southern Forests Projects Manager with the Center for Conservation Incentives with the Environmental Defense Fund

Exhibitor Gallery Open with Refreshments Sponsored by

10:00 am to 10:15 am

Panelists:

• Dr. Alex Hobbs, Associate director for Renewable Technologies at the Solar Center, an outreach component of NC State University's College of Engineering
• Dr. Kelly Zering, Associate Professor and Extension Specialist in the Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics at NC State University
• Dr. Rich Vetter, PAS, ACAN President of Agri-BioSystems, Inc.

Southern States Energy Board Stakeholder Meeting

Moderator: Kathy Baskin, Managing Director, Southern States Energy Board

Biofuels

Moderator: Anne Tazewell, Alternative Fuels Program Manager, NC Solar Center

Lyle Estill, Piedmont Biofuels

Todd French, Mississippi State University

Mr. John Clark, South Carolina Energy Office

Steven Burke, Acting President, Biofuels Center of NC, and Sr. Vice President of Corporate Affairs, NC Biotechnology Center

Biopower/Bioproducts

Moderator: Annette Dunlap, Agribusiness Development, NC Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services

Tom Johnson, Southern Company Services

Ivan Urlaub, Executive Director, NC Sustainable Energy Association

Rich Abrams, Vice President, Babcock Power, Inc.

Dr. Kevin Edgar, Professor of Biomaterials and Bioprocessing at Virginia Tech

Southern Bioenergy Working Groups (open to any interested participants)

Germplasma Development Working Group

Bioenergy Pilot Plants Working Group

Biomass Transportation and Logistics Working Group

Charting a Course for Biomass Resource Use
Moderator and Panelist: Phil Badger, Bioenergy Technical Director for the Southern States Energy Board.

Panelists:

• Dr. Ernie Shea, 25 x 25 Alliance
• Dr. Tom Ballard (ORNL), Director of Partnerships
• Dr. Steven Rhines, Vice President, General Counsel and Director of Public Affairs Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
• Larry Shirley, Director, State Energy Office, NC Department of Administration