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2009 Louisiana Natural Resources Symposium Agenda
This is an ideal opportunity to showcase your company, association or organization with a display booth at the symposium. Contact Todd Shupe at (225) 578-6432 for more information. All sponsors will be recognized in the proceedings and on the program flier.
July 16, 2009
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| Session 1 – Markets and economics |
| Moderator – Dr. Charles E. Clément, Extension Specialist, Louisiana Forest Products Development Center, School of Renewable Natural Resources, LSU AgCenter, Baton Rouge, La. |
| 8:00 a.m. |
Registration and continental breakfast |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Welcome (Dr. Bill Richardson, Chancellor and Chalkley Family Chair, LSU AgCenter, Baton Rouge, La.; Dr. Theodor D. Leininger, Project Leader, USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station, Stoneville, Miss.; Mr. Bill Hubbard, Southern Region Extension Forester, Athens, Ga.) |
| 8:45 a.m. |
U.S. Biofuel Industry: Current Market Situation and Outlook (Dr. Michael Salassi, Louisiana State University AgCenter, Baton Rouge, La.) |
| 9:30 a.m. |
Louisiana’s Bioenergy Future (Dr. Michael McDaniel, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, La.) |
| 10:15 a.m. |
Coffee Break |
| Moderator – Dr. D. Allen Rutherford, Director, School of Renewable Natural Resources, LSU AgCenter, Baton Rouge, La. |
| 10:45 a.m. |
Economic Aspects of Biofuels Production (Dr. Shannon Ferrell, Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Okla.) |
| 11:30 a.m. |
An Overview of Wood-Based Energy in the United States (Dr. Richard Vlosky, Director and Professor, Louisiana Forest Products Development Center, School of Renewable Natural Resources, LSU AgCenter, Baton Rouge, La.) |
| 12:00 p.m. |
Lunch (provided) |
| Session 2 – Conversion technologies |
| Moderator – Mr. Bill Hubbard, Southern Regional Extension Forester, University of Georgia, Athens, Ga. |
| 1:00 p.m. |
Bio-Based Vehicular Fuels: An Assessment of a Promising, Yet Dynamic Industry (Dr. Mark Zappi, Dean, College of Engineering and Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, La.) |
| 1:45 p.m. |
Gasification of Woody Biomass (Dr. Les Groom, Project Leader, Southern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Pineville, La.) |
| 2:30 p.m. |
Coffee Break |
| Moderator – Dr. Richard Vlosky, Director and Professor, Louisiana Forest Products Development Center, School of Renewable Natural Resources, LSU AgCenter, Baton Rouge, La. |
| 3:00 p.m. |
Biodiesel from Vegetable Oil (Dr. Bill Carney, Coordinator, W.A. Callegari Environmental Center, LSU AgCenter, Baton Rouge, La.) |
| 3:30 p.m. |
Ethanol and Bio-Oil from Bagasse and Other Louisiana Natural Resources, an Integrated Approach (Dr. Don Day, Professor, Audubon Sugar Institute, LSU AgCenter, St. Gabriel, La.) |
| 4:00 p.m. |
The Conversion of Algal Feedstocks into Renewable Fuels (Dr. Rakesh Bajpai, Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, La.) |
| 4:30 p.m. |
Adjourn
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| July 17, 2009 |
| Session 3 – Feedstocks |
| Moderator – Dr. Ronnie J. Haynes, Regional Coordinator, Partners and Coastal Programs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Southeast Region, Atlanta, Ga. |
| 8:00 a.m. |
Registration and continental breakfast |
8:30 A.M.
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Biodiesel: past, present and future. An industrial perspective (Hal Wrigley, Pres., Ecogy Biofuels, Tulsa, Okla. |
| 9:15 a.m. |
Tallow Trees and other Alternative Biodiesel Crops. (Dr. Gary Breitenbeck, Professor, School of Plant, Environmental, and Soil Sciences, LSU AgCenter, Baton Rouge, La.) |
| 9:45 a.m. |
Microalgal Lipids: A Sustainable Biodiesel Feedstock (Dr. Chandra Theegala, Associate Professor, LSU AgCenter, Baton Rouge, La.) |
| 10:15 a.m. |
Coffee Break |
| 10:45 a.m. |
Dedicated Energy Crops (Dr. Emily Heaton, Assistant Professor, Department of Agronomy Iowa State University, Ames, IA) |
| 11:15 a.m. |
Hydrothermal Treatment of Noxious Plant Vegetation and Lignocellulosics into Petrochemicals (Dr. W. James Catallo, Associate Professor, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, La.) |
| 11:45 a.m. |
Adjourn |
Continuing Education
This program qualifies for 9 hours of Continuing Logger Education from the Louisiana Logging Council and for 6.5 hours of category 1 and 1.5 hours of category continuing forestry education from the Society of American Foresters.
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| Last Updated: 6/15/2009 9:00:57 AM |
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