The following individuals represent the keynote and plenary speakers who will be giving a talk at the Congress, and their provisional lecture titles:
Dr. Antonio Bonomi
Director of Technology Assessment, CTBE, Campinas, SP
“The Virtual Sugarcane Biorefinery Program – A Systems Approach to Sustainability”
Dr. Tom Brutnell
Enterprise Institute for Renewable Fuels, Danforth Center MO
“Improving Photosynthetic Efficiencies in C4 Bioenergy Feedstocks”
Prof. Marcos Buckeridge
Scientific Director, CTBE Brazilian Bioethanol Science and Technology Laboratory, Campinos/USP, SP
“Building on Success – The Basic Science for Advancing Biofuels in Brazil”
Dr. Jonathan J. Burbaum
PETRO Program Director, Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy, DC
“Plant Engineered to Replace Oil Program Creating Better Bio-oil Crops – An Overview”
Dr. Ed Cahoon
Director, Plant Science Innovation Center, UNL, NE
“Camelina - An Emerging Biofuel Oil Feedstock. Progress and Prospects for Biotechnological Improvement”
Dr. Nick Carpita
Botany & Plant Pathology and Bindley Bioscience Center, Purdue University, IN
“Envisioning the transition to a next-generation biofuels industry in the Midwest”
Dr. Michael Gray
Program Leader, EBI Feedstocks Pests and Diseases, UIUC, IL
“Potential Pests of Perennial Grasses Used as Biofuel Feedstocks: Cause for Concern?”
Dr. Emily Heaton
Assistant Professor of Agronomy, Iowa State University, IA
“Switchgrass and Pyrolysis”
Kef Kasdin
CEO, Proterro
“Development of a Fermentation Ready Feedstock for Biofuel Production”
Prof. Paulo Sérgio Graziano Magalhães
University of Campinas and CTBE, SP
“Engineering Improved Efficiencies into the Sugarcane Management”
Dr. Maureen McCann
Director, Energy Center, Purdue University, IN
“Tailoring Biomass to Fit the Next Generation Biofuels Pipeline”
Dr. Ken Moore
Director, USDA-NIFA-CAP CenUSA, ISU, Ames, IA
“Sustainable Production and Distribution of Bioenergy for the Central USA”
Dr. Steve Moose
Program Leader, EBI Feedstock Genomics, UIUC, IL
“Structural and Functional Genomics of Miscanthus – Knowledge for Improving the Bioenergy Feedstocks of the Andropogoneae”
Dr. John Pierce
Chief Biotechnologist, BP plc, London, UK
“Breaking the Barriers to Cellulosic Fuels – 5 years on, an Industry Perspective”
Dr. James Rekoske
Vice President and General Manager of Renewable Energy & Chemicals, UOP
“Unlocking Bioenergy Potential: Recent Advances in Renewable Energy and Fuels Process Technology”
Dr. Rowan Sage
University of Toronto
“C4 Bioenergy Crops for Cold Climates”
Dr. Richard Sayre
Director New Mexico Biofuels Consortium, LANL, NM
“Micro-algal Biofuels – Opportunities, Breakthroughs and Barriers”
Dr. Steven R. Thomas
DOE Office of the Biomass Program
“Feedstock Supply and Logistics”
Prof. Arnaldo Walter
Universidade de Campinas and CTBE, SP
“Toward Environmental Sustainability of the Sugarcane Ethanol System in Brazil”
Dr. Sharlene Weatherwax
Associate Director, BER, US Department of Energy, DC
“Breaking the Barriers to Cellulosic Fuels – 5 years on, a Federal Perspective”
Dr. Jeremy Woods
Imperial College, London, UK
"Can energy policy drive sustainable land use? Lessons from Biofuels Policy Development Over the Last Decade"
Dr. David Zilberman
Professor, Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, CA
"Food vs. Fuel: Five Years On"
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