Presentations

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August 19, 2008:

Opening Session:

• Under Sec. Gale Buchanan, US Department of Agriculture
• Mr. Tim Lust, National Sorghum Producers
• Dr. Anna Palmisano, US Department of Energy

Plenary Session I:

• Dr. Joe Outlaw, Texas A&M University
• Dr. Bruce McCarl, Texas A&M University
• Dr. Lynn Wendt, US Department of Energy

Keynote Speaker:

• Sec. David Fleischaker, State of Oklahoma

Plenary Session II:

• Dr. John Ashworth, US Department of Energy
• Dr. Neal Gutterson, Mendel Biotech
• Dr. Jeff Pederson, US Department of Agriculture
• Dr. Bill Rooney, Texas A&M University
• Dr. Belum Reddy, ICRISAT
• Dr. Robert Eugene Schaffert, EMPRAPA
• Dr. Du Ruiheng, Hebei Academy of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences

Plenary III:

• Dr. Shi-Zhong Li, Tsinghua University
• Dr. Donghai Wang, Kansas State University
• Dr. Robert Meyer, ICM
• Dr. Bill Orts, US Department of Agriculture
• Dr. John Regalbuto, National Science Foundation
• Dr. Danielle Bellmer, Oklahoma State University

August 20, 2008:

Lunch Presentation

• Dr. Lixin Zhao, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Breakout Session Instructions

Breakout Session Reports

• Feedstock Development
• Conversion
• Sustainability and Agronomic Issues
• Economic Analysis