2008 Joint Annual Meeting (5-9 Oct. 2008): Symposium --Sustainability of Bioenergy Feedstock Production Systems/Div. A10 Business Meeting
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545 Symposium --Sustainability of Bioenergy Feedstock Production Systems/Div. A10 Business Meeting



Monday, 6 October 2008: 10:25 AM
George R. Brown Convention Center, 382C
Presiding:
Steven Fales
10:25 AM
Introductory Remarks
10:30 AM
545-1
Biomass Conversion Processes in a Sustainable Agriculture Future.
Jeffrey J. Steiner, USDA Agricultural Research Service; Robert L. Fireovid, USDA Agricultural Research Service
10:55 AM
545-2
Environmental Consequences of Biofuel Feedstock Production: Soil, Water, and Air Quality.
Sylvie Brouder, Purdue University; Ronald Turco, Purdue University; Jeffrey Volenec, Purdue University
11:20 AM
545-3
Economic Considerations Influencing the Competitiveness of Cellulosic Ethanol.
Madhu Khanna, University of Illinois
11:45 AM
Break
11:55 AM
545-4
Assessing the Ecological Impacts of Bioenergy Projects.
Les G. Firbank, North Wyke Research
12:20 PM
545-5
Will Biofuels Increase Hunger?.
David J. Morris, Institute for Local Self-Reliance
12:45 PM
545-6
The Sun Grant Initiative Role in Creating a Sustainable Biofuel Industry.
Kevin D. Kephart, South Dakota State University
1:00 PM
Intermission
2:00 PM
Panel: Incentives for Feedstock Production. Terry Nipp, Exec. Dir., Sun Grant Assoc., Presiding
3:00 PM
Concluding Remarks
3:10 PM
Div. A10 Business Meeting
4:10 PM
Adjourn
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