Organized by:
Paul Bryan, Independent Consultant; Jennifer Sinclair Curtis, University of Florida;
Luis Martinez, Rollins College on behalf of the Chemical Sciences Roundtable
NAS Keck Center, Room 100, 500 5th St. NW, Washington, DC 20001
MAY 31, 2012
8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Welcome & Introduction to Workshop
Paul Bryan, Planning Committee Member
FEEDSTOCKS & CONVERSION TECHNOLOGIES
Chair, Rich Greene, US Department of Energy
8:40 a.m. Bryce Stokes, CNJV/Department of Energy
General Feedstocks & Raw Materials Talk
9:40 a.m. Brian Duff, Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy
General Conversion Technologies Talk
10:40 a.m. Break
VALUE CHAINS
Chair, Jennifer Sinclair Curtis, University of Florida
11:00 a.m. Chris Somerville, University of California, Berkeley & Energy Biosciences Institute
Fuels and Chemicals [from Biomass] via Biological Routes
11:30 a.m. Robert Brown, Iowa State University
Fuels and Chemicals [from Biomass] via Thermochemical Routes
12:00 p.m. Jeffrey J. Steiner, USDA Agricultural Research Service
Heat and Power Production [from Biomass] 2
12:30 p.m. Lunch (on your own)
BREAKOUT DISCUSSIONS
1:30 p.m. Three Parallel Discussions based on Value Chains:
Group 1: Fuels and Chemicals [from Biomass] via Biological Routes
Room 202
Breakout Session Leader: Leonard Katz, Lygos & University of California, Berkeley
Group 2: Fuels and Chemicals [from Biomass] via Thermochemical Routes
Room 206
Breakout Session Leader: Douglas C. Elliott, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Group 3: Heat and Power Production [from Biomass]
Room 208
Breakout Session Leader: Jeffrey J. Steiner, USDA Agricultural Research Service
3:40 p.m. Break
PLENARY REPORT BACK & WRAP-UP
Chair, Paul Bryan, Independent Consultant
4:00 p.m. Reports from Breakout Discussions
4:30 p.m. Wrap-up Panel Discussion
William Hitz, Dupont
Emily Carter, Princeton University
Rina Singh, Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO)
5:30 p.m. Adjourn