• Moderator: Ralph Davison, Vice President, TMR Stainless
• How Ethanol Manufacturers Can Improve Profitability
• Marc Moreau, Industry Specialist, STICORP
• Plant-Wide Optimization at Quad County Corn Processors
  Srinivas Budaraju, Lead Engineer, Pavilion Technologies
• Benefits of System-Wide Analysis in Ethanol Processes
  Mike Mendez, Business Consultant, Aspen Technology Inc.
• An Innovative Approach to Expand DDGS Drying Efficiency by 50%
  Walter Smith, CEO, ITWC Inc.; Chairman of the Board, Tri-Phase Drying Technology LLC

Track 2: Energy & Environment
Shifting to Biomass Power

• Moderator: Mike Schuster, Vice President-Sales, Laidig Systems Inc.
• Biomass & MSW Power - Gasification
  Ryan Heuer, Business Development, ICM Inc.
• Analysis of Breakeven Costs for Utilizing Biomass Feedstocks as a Natural Gas Replacement in Ethanol Production Facilities
  Joel Laubenstein, Senior Consultant-Energy & Utilities, Virchow, Krause & Company LLP
• Closing the Green Loop Using Biomass Gasification Alternative Energy to Power the Industrial Process
  Mark Crorey, President, Crorey Biomass Gasification Systems
• Biomass for Steam and Power
  Arnie Iwanick, Process Specialist, Harris Group Inc.

Track 3: Cellulosic Ethanol
Tomorrow's Biomass Supply Chain

• Moderator: Larry Johnson, North American Business Development, Gteam
• Commercial-Scale Energy Crop Production: Establishing Switchgrass in Tennessee
  Sam Jackson, Research Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee
• The Role of a Formal Exchange in Biomass Supply and Demand
  Stephen Dinehart, President, Heartland Business Consultants Inc.
• Alternative Feedstocks and Co-Location Arrangements
  John Eustermann, Partner, Stoel Rives LLP
• Standard Analytical Methods for Biomass
  Jerome King, QA/QC Director, Midwest Laboratories Inc.

Track 4: Biorefining
The Economics of Fractionation - Part 1

• Moderator: Troy Lohrmann, Vice President, Quality Technology International Inc.
• A Coproduct of Fractionation: High Protein Meal
  Reg Ankrom, Director of Market Development, Cereal Process Technologies
• Extracting Value with Corn Oil for Biodiesel
  Dave Elsenbast, Vice President of Supply Chain Management, Renewable Energy Group
• Challenges of Corn Oil Recovery and Corn Oil-to-Biodiesel
  James Schreck, Director, BEST Energies
• Corn Germ Fractionation
  Gregg Haider, Sales Manager, Crown Iron Works Company

Track 5: Business & Management
Understanding True Risk Management

• Moderator: Hunt Stookey, Managing Director, HighQuest Partners LLC
• Hedging During Market Extremes
  Will Babler, Manager, First Capital Risk Management
• Better Risk Management by Understanding the Ethanol Market
  Logan Caldwell, Managing Director, Houston Biofuels Consultants LLC
• Current Risk Management Issues (PPt title TBA)
  Mike Blackford, Senior Risk Management Consultant, FCStone
• Ethanol Hedging in an Evolving Market
  Craig Sielaff, Senior Vice President, R.J. O'Brien Financial

• Moderator: Neil Havran, Maintenance Coordinator, ICM Inc.
• The Quest for Maximizing Ethanol Plant Yield
  Mitchell Marine, Customer Solutions Scientist, Novozymes
• PDX Technology Significantly Increases Conventional Ethanol Yields
  Jens Thorup, Technical Director, Pursuit Dynamics Plc.
• Yeast and Proprietary Milling Device to Stem Yield Loss
  Larry Peckous, Vice President of Sales, EdeniQ
• Fermentation Batch Yield Improvements with MPC
  Maina Macharia, Manager-Project Engineering, Pavilion Technologies

Track 2: Energy & Environment
Biogas & Landfill Gas Opportunities

• Moderator: Ryan Heuer, Business Development, ICM Inc.
• Impact of Utilizing Biogas in a Carbon-Constrained Market
  Beau Griffey, Account Executive, US Energy Services Inc.
• Don't Forget About Landfill Gas!
  Matt Haakenstad, Commercial Services Manager, US Energy Services Inc.
• Generation 1.9 Biofuels: Efficiency Through Integration
  Trevor Nickel, Assistant General Manager, Growing Power Hairy Hill
• Additional speaking opportunity still available. E-mail tbryan@bbiinternational.com for more information.

• Moderator: Angela Ronayne, Senior Analyst, Merjent Inc.
• Unique Legal Issues, Challenges and Opportunities for Cellulosic Ethanol
  Joe Thompson, Partner, Stoel Rives LLP
• Environmental Review for Cellulosic Projects
  Troy Enright, Environmental Scientist, Natural Resource Group LLC
• The Economics of Converting Switchgrass and Corn Stover to Ethanol
  Jake Ferris, Professor Emeritus, Michigan State University

Track 4: Biorefining
The Economics of Fractionation - Part 2

• Moderator: John Caupert, Director, National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center 
• Fractionation: The True Biorefinery Enabler
  Neal Jakel, DST Program Manager, Delta-T Corporation
• Opportunities in Fractionation: Corn & Beyond
  Travis Pape, Vice President of Marketing & Technical Milling, Applied Milling Systems Inc.
• Optimizing Fractionation: A Look at Key Variables
  Brad Ulrich, Director of Technology, MOR Technology LLC
• Fractionation Business Plan: The Questions You Need to Ask
  Jeff Kazin, President, Renessen LLC

Track 5: Business & Management
Capitalizing on Carbon - Part 1

• Moderator: Adrien DiFulvio-Kogut, Environmental Affairs & Emissions Specialist, ICM Inc.
• Environmental Credits and Alternative Fuels
  Marcus Krembs, Associate-Client Services, Element Markets LLC
• LCA Carbon Credits: Not Business As Usual
  Jeffrey Frost, Executive Director, AgRefresh
• Climate Change Legislation and Cap and Trade
  Dave Crass, Partner, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
• Ethanol Plants: Capitalizing on Renewable Energy Credits
  Lee Tharp, Senior Project Manager, Aquaterra Environmental Solutions Inc.

Track 1: Operations
Optimizing for Profit

• Moderator: John Caupert, Director, National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center
• Optimizing Energy Consumption in an Ethanol Plant
  Rich Chmielewski, Biofuels Marketing Manager, Siemens Energy & Automation Inc.
• Plate Heat Exchanger Optimization
  John Robertson, Regional Sales Manager, Alfa Laval Inc.
• Cooling Tower Water Conservation
  Henry Becker, Vice President & Technical Director, H-O-H Water Technology Inc.
• Optimizing Plant Availability: Basic, Intermediate and Advanced Maintenance
  Neil Havran, Maintenance Coordinator, ICM Inc.

• Moderator: Wes Bolsen, Chief Marketing Officer & Government Affairs, Coskata Inc.  
• Next-Generation Technologies: Biochemical Production of Ethanol
  Mike Rushton, Chief Operating Officer, Lignol Energy Corporation  
• Poet's Integrated Corn Cellulose Biorefinery
  Mark Stowers, Vice President of Research and Development, Poet LLC
• A Case Study of One Year of Operation in UK's First Lignocellulosic Demonstration Facility
  Jason Robinson, Associate Director of Engineering, TMO Renewables
• Path To Commercial Cellulosic Ethanol
  Vonnie Estes, Vice President-Business Development, DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol

Track 4: Biorefining
Optimizing the Value of Thin Stillage

• Moderator: Brian Wrenn, Research Director, National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center
• Energy Optimization through Digestion of Thin Stillage to Biogas and Effluent Recycling
  Eberhard Veit, R&D Manager, Eisenmann Corporation
• Improving the Efficiency and Carbon Footprint of Bioethanol Distilling
  Allen Scobie, Greenfields Director, Helius Energy Plc.
• Improving Margin and Decreasing Carbon Footprint: Thin Stillage Anaerobic Digestion
  Patrick Hirl, Project Principal-Industrial Market Leader, Stanley Consultants Inc.
• Operating Ethanol Plants on the Digestion of Both Thin and Whole Stillage
  Michael Gratz, President, NewBio E Systems Inc.

Track 5: Business & Management
Capitalizing on Carbon - Part 2

• Moderator: Helena Chum, Research Fellow, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• Optimizing Environmental Value of Operational Efficiencies
  Beau Griffey, Account Executive, US Energy Services Inc.
• Potential Climate Change Legislation and its Affect on SEC Disclosure Requirements
  Geoff Morgan, Attorney, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
• Use of the ICM/Econergy Carbon Model for Preliminary Lifecycle Assessments
  Bill Roddy, Corporate Manager, Environmental Affairs, ICM Inc.
• Standard for Sequestering Carbon in Soil
  Gary DeLong, Project Director, Novecta LLC

• Moderator: Eric Sumner, Market Development Manager, DuPont Chemical Solutions Enterprises
• Improving Production Efficiencies & Maximizing Yield with Biodispersants
  Dennis Bayrock, Director-R&D, PhibroChem Ethanol Performance Group
• Know Your Enemy! Early Detection of Contamination to Maximize Yield and Throughout
  Richard DeScenzo, Microbiologist, ETS Laboratories
• Determining Loss of Ethanol Production as a Result of Bacterial Infections
  Jill Moline, Senior Quality Manager, Valero Renewables 
• Next Generation Bacteria Control for Maximizing Ethanol Yield
  Eric Sumner, Market Development Manager, DuPont Chemical Solutions Enterprises

Track 2: Energy & Environment
Environmental Permitting, Audits & Systems Integration

• Moderator: Mike Koester, Senior Project Manager & EHS Compliance Manager, Natural Resource Group LLC
• A Systematic Approach to Managing Environmental Compliance
  Billy VonSee, Senior Analyst, Merjent
• Environmental Audits at Operating Ethanol Facilities: Lessons Learned
  Howard Gebhart, Environmental Compliance Section Manager, Air Resource Specialists Inc.
• Current Environmental Compliance Enforcement Focus Areas
  Chandler Taylor, Senior Air Quality Engineer, Barr Engineering; and Jon Bloomberg, Environmental Attorney, Bloomberg & Podpeskar LLP
• Environmental and Emergency Response Considerations for Operational Facilities
  Britta Bergland, Senior Analyst, Merjent

• Moderator: Stephanie Regagnon, Director of Commercialization, National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center
• Improved Biomass Feedstocks through Plant Expression of Hydrolytic Enzymes
  Michael Blaylock, Vice President, Edenspace Systems Corporation
• Paradigm Changes in the Economics of Enzymatic Biomass Conversion through Plant Biotechnology
  Greg Crabb, Manager of Application Development for Bioprocessing, Syngenta Biotechnology Inc.  
• PPFMs: A Bacterial Inoculant that Quadruples Biomass
  Karel Schubert, President & CEO, Biosynetics
• Plant Genomics and the Upstream Energy Crop Supply Chain
  James Zhang, Vice President of Technology Alliances, Mendel Biotechnology Inc.

• Moderator: Tom Hipkins, Fredrikson & Byron P.A.  
• Enhanced Separations Technologies for Improved Ethanol and Coproduct Recoveries from Biomass
  Todd Menkhaus, Assistant Professor, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
• Total Kernel Optimization
  Jeff Scharping, Senior Marketing Communications Coordinator, ICM Inc.
• Scaling Up Biomass Fractionation Technology
  Ed Lehrburger, President & CEO, Pure Vision Technology
• Biobutanol: The Next-Generation Advanced Biofuel
  William Provine, Ventures Development Manager, DuPont Biofuels

Track 5: Business & Management
Options for Distressed Biofuels Businesses

• Moderator: Rob Carringer, Consultant, CRG Partners
• Forbearance Agreements, Workouts and Restructures
  Stan Duran, Attorney, Lindquist & Vennum
• Challenged or Distressed: Legal Options and Strategies
  Thomas Jensen and Matthew Swanson, Attorneys, Leonard, Street & Deinard
• Strategic Planning for Profit
  Jesse McCurry, Development Specialist, Kennedy & Coe LLC
• Hybrid Financing Distressed Biofuels Businesses
  Sandip Lalli, President & CFO, Aspen BioEnergy

Track 1: Operations
A Diagnostic Approach to Plant Safety

• Moderator: Tim Wiemer, EH&S Coordinator, Abengoa Bioenergy
• Plant Safety: 100 Years of Ethanol Plant Operating Experience
  Ryan Ralston, Chief Operating Officer, ERI Solutions Inc.
• Researching Predictive Analytics and Safety: Key Findings
  Barry Nelson, CEO, DBO2 - an Industrial Scientific Company
• 2E Training: How to Effectively and Efficiently Train the Workforce
  Jane Besch, President, Aspen Environmental Consulting LLC
• Workplace Injuries: Let's Evaluate
  Tim Wiemer, Abengoa Bioenergy

Track 2: Energy & Environment
Emissions Abatement Optimization

• Moderator: Monty McCoy, Technical Manager, US Water Services
• New Ethanol Scrubber Reduces Plant Capital and Operating Costs
  Andrew Bartocci, National Sales Director, Envitech Inc.
• Fail-Safe Scrubber Emissions Compliance for Ethanol Biorefineries
  Monty McCoy, Technical Manager, US Water Services; and Bob Elliott, Environmental Field Manager, American Engineering Testing Inc
• VOC, CO, and NOx Abatement and Optimization with RTO's
  Andy Rodger, Engineer, Pro-Environmental Inc.
• Air Emissions Permit Compliance and Pollution Control Device Optimization Using Advanced Measurement Techniques
  Thomas Dunder, GE Energy

Track 3: Cellulosic Ethanol
Bioconversion Pathways 1

• Moderator: Mark Yancey, Managing Partner, NEAtech LLC
• Fast Fermentation of C5 and C6 Sugars in Lignocellulosic Hydrolysates with Cell Recycling
  Mads Torry-Smith, PHD, Senior Manager in R&D, Novozymes
• Enzyme Characterization for Hydrolysis of Lignocellulosic Biomass
  Mian Li, Senior Applications Scientist, Genencor - a Danisco Division
• An Evaluation of the HPLC Process Monitoring Methods for Cellulosic Ethanol
  Michael McGinley, Product Manager, Phenomenex
• Determination of Monosaccharides in Acid Hydrolyzed Biocrop Feedstock
  Linda Lopez, Marketing Manager, Dionex Corporation

Track 4: not continued (see FEW Express Technical Presentations)

Track 5: Business & Management
Changing Structures for Changing Times

• Moderator: Ian Horowitz, Managing Director, Soleil Securities Corp.
• Getting Out from Under Securities and Exchange Commission Reporting
  Donna Funk, Member-Biofuels Group, Kennedy & Coe LLC
• Eliminating the Burden of Securities and Exchange Commission Reporting
  Gregory Lynch, Partner, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
• Lessons Learned on How Consolidation can Create or Destroy Shareholder Value
  Scott McDermott, Partner, Ascendant Partners Inc.
• Ethanol Cooperatives: Is a Cooperative the Right Structure for an Ethanol Producer Today?
  Porter Martin, Partner, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

FEW Express Technical Presentations

• Moderator: Jeff Coombe, Manager of Technical Studies, BBI International
• Improving Plant Operating Efficiencies and Reducing Carbon Footprint by Converting Low-Grade Heat to Energy
  Bradley Ginger, Engineering Product Manager, Eisenmann Corporation
• Evolutions in Combined Heat & Power
  Sandra Broekema, Manager-Business Development, Great River Energy
• Saving Energy Through Improved RTO Heat Distribution
  Paul Sims, Global Market Manager, Koch Knight LLC
• Using Biomass for CHP and Electricity Sales to the Grid at Ethanol Plants 
• Doug Tiffany, Assistant Professor of Extension, University of Minnesota

• Moderator: Brian Duff, Managing Partner, NEAtech LLC 
• Direct Contact Steam Heating for Cellulosic Ethanol
  Lee Van Dixhorn, Business Development Engineer, Hydro-Thermal Corporation
• Presentation title TBD
  Jeffrey Robert, Business Development, Gteam
• Pretreatment Strategies for Biofuel Production
  Kasiviswanathan Muthukumarappan, Professor, South Dakota State University

Track 4: not continued

Track 5: Business & Management
The Global Picture:
Technology, Projects, Production

• Moderator: Rafael Nieves, Managing Partner, NEAtech LLC
• Cellulosic Ethanol: Closing in on Commercial-Scale Production
  Christian Morgen, Senior Manager-Business Development & Marketing, Inbicon
• Risks and Challenges for Ethanol Projects Overseas
  Richard Weiner, Attorney, Fredrikson & Byron P.A.
• Sustainability Criteria in Latest EU Legislation: A Model for the United States?
  Peter Reimers, President & CEO, Arisdyne Systems
• Breakthroughs in the Conversion and Integration of Biomass Technologies
  Cynthia Bryant, Marketing Manager-Global Fuels, Novozymes North America Inc.

FEW Express Technical Presentations