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Speakers

Dr. John H. Ashworth
Team Leader, Partnership Development
National Bioenergy Center
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Golden, CO USA

Dr. Danielle Bellmer
Associate Professor
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK USA

Mr. David Fleischaker
Secretary of Energy - Oklahoma
Oklahoma City, OK USA

Dr. Neal Gutterson
Chief Operating Officer and Sr. VP R&D
Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.
Hayward, CA USA

Dr. Shi-Zhong Li
Professor of Bioenergy Engineering
Tsinghua University
Beijing
PR CHINA

Mr. Tim Lust, CEO
National Sorghum Producers
Lubbock, TX USA

Dr. Bruce A. McCarl
Regents Professor
Climate Change, Climate Change Mitigation, Water economics,
Policy, and Mathematical Programming
Department of Agricultural Economics
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX USA

Dr. Robert Meyer
Principal Scientist
ICM, Inc.
Colwich, KS USA

Dr. William (Bill) Orts
Research Leader
Bioproduct Chemistry and Engineering
USDA-ARS
Western Regional Research Center
Albany, CA USA

Dr. Joe Outlaw
Professor and Extension Economist-Management
Department of Agricultural Economics
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX USA

Dr. Anna Palmisano
Associate Director
Department of Energy
Office of Science, Biological and Environmental Research
Washington, DC USA

Dr. Jeff Pedersen
Research Geneticist (Plants)
USDA - Agricultural Research Services
Lincoln, NE USA

Dr. Belum Reddy
Principal Scientist (Breeding)
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
ICRISAT
Andhra Pradesh
INDIA

Dr. John Regalbuto
Program Director for Catalysis and Biocatalysis
National Science Foundation
Arlington, VA USA

Dr. William (Bill) L. Rooney
Associate Professor
Institute for Plant Genomics and Biotechnology
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX USA

Dr. Robert Eugene Schaffert
Senior Sorghum Researcher
EMBRAPA
Sete Lagoas - MG
BRAZIL

Dr. Donghai Wang
Associate Professor
Kansas State University
Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department
Manhattan, KS USA

Dr. Lynn Wendt
Idaho National Laboratory
Boise, ID USA

Dr. Lixin Zhao
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Beijing
PR CHINA

Break Out Session Discussion Leaders

Feed stock development:

Dr. Jeff Pedersen

Conversion:

Dr. William (Bill) Orts

Sustainability and Agronomic Issues:

Dr. Mari Vaugh-Johnson
Grassland, Soil, and Water Management Laboratory
USDA-ARS
Temple, TX USA

Economics:

Greg Pompelli
Chief, Animal Products, Grains and Oilseeds Branch
USDA-ERS
Washington, DC USA