Wednesday, 9 June 2008

Location: Ban Righ Hall, Queen's University

8:00

Registration and Breakfast

8:00

Opening Remarks

8:30

Session 1: Forest Biomass

David Layzell, Queen's University and ISEEE -"The Future of Biofuels"

Warren Mabee, Queen's University -"Processing and Transport Options and Issues"

Ed White, Suny -"Short Rotation Woody Biomass"

10:00

Break

10:30

Session 2: Agriculture Biomass

Nathan Rudgers, Farm Dredit, Western NY -"Barriers to Development"

Jake Debruyn, OMAFRA -"Distributed Elecretiity from Agricultural and Food Resources in Ontario"

Roger Samson, REAP Canada -"Opportunity for Thermal Energy from Densified Energy Grasses"

12:00

Lunch

Lunch Speaker:

Jens Bo Holm -Nielson, University of Southern Denmark and Aalborg University -"Europe's Progress Toward Energy Security and Greenhouse Gas Reductions Through and Intelligent Renewable Energy Strategy"

13:30

Session 3: Bio-Energy Systems

Jim Twomey, Ontario Power Generation -"Electricity from Biomass"

Brant Peppley, Fuel Cell Research Centre, Queen's University -"Distributed Energy/Energy From Waste"

Geoffrey Whitefield -"Incorporation of Bio-Energy Systems into the Great Lakes Economy"

15:15

Break

15:45

Session 4: Research and Policy

Shabnam Fardanesh, US Department of Energy -"Biomass and Energy Options: U.S. Policy"

Susan Wood, Queen's University -"Advancing the Great Lakes Bioeconomy Through Strategic Research and Policy"

Frank Dottori, GreenField Ethanol -"Leading the Cellulosic Revolution: A Sustainable Market Policy for Canada"