Tuesday, April 28, 2009: 8:30 AM-11:30 AM
Room 17 (Tampa Convention Center)
#54 - Establishing and Ensuring Sustainable Biofuels Development: A Department of Energy/Industry Perspective (T9000)
This session will highlight the broad range of U.S. Department of Energy research focused on the environmental sustainability of biofuel production including land use and soil health, water use, biodiversity, and impacts on greenhouse gas emissions. Projects profiled with focus on large cross-cutting efforts that are developing the resources, technologies and systems needed for the biofuels industry to grow in a way that protects our environment.
Chair:Alison M. Goss Eng
CoChair:David N. Thompson
8:30 AM54aSustainable Bioenergy: a Novozymes Perspective
Cynthia Bryant
8:55 AM54bOptimizing the Sustainability of Ethanol Conversion at the Biorefinery
Garvin Heath, David Hsu, Daniel Inman, Margaret Mann, Andy Aden, Thomas Foust
9:20 AM54cSustainable Biomass Supply Systems
Jacob J. Jacobson, Erin Searcy, Dave Muth, Erin Wilkerson, Shahabaddine Sokhansanj, Bryan Jenkins, Peter Tittman, Quinn Hart, Richard Nelson
9:45 AM54dWater Use and GHG Emissions for Sustainable Biofuel Development
May Wu, Gayathri Gopalakrishnan, Michael Wang, Hong Huo, M. Cristina Negri, Marianne Mintz, Salil Arora
10:10 AM54eTowards Sustainable Bioenergy: Architecture for a Shared Environment for Collaboration
Budhendra Bhaduri, Daniel J. Getman
10:35 AM54fA National Resource Availability Assessment for Microalgae Biofuel Production
Richard Skaggs, Mark Wigmosta, Andre Coleman
11:00 AM54gSustainable Bioenergy: An Abengoa Perspective (Webcast Not Available)
Kevin Adams

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