March 2020 Session – Sustainable Production of Fuels and Chemicals from Biomass in the Southeast

Agenda

Tuesday, March 3, 2020
Time	Event
Welcome and Introductory Remarks
10:00-10:20	Carson Meredith, Executive Director of the Renewable Bioproducts Institute, Georgia Tech Valerie Thomas, Georgia Tech
Sustainable Sourcing of Biomass
10:20-11:00	Rolf Hogan, Executive Director, Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials Discussants: Marilyn Brown and Alice Favero, Georgia Tech Sustainability Certification Presentation
BETO Overview
11:00-11:30	Mark Shmorhun, Technology Manager, Advanced Development and Operations Team, Bioenergy Technologies Office, US Department of Energy
Southeast Bioeconomy Initiatives Update
11:30-12:00	Michael Shoemaker, Regional Expert/Partner, Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative
Working Lunch
Chemical Production from Biomass – Status and Prospects
12:45-1:15	Bastian Vogeli, Northwestern University and James Clomberg, University of South Florida
Commercialization of biomass-derived molecules
1:15-1:55	Shivani Garg – Senior Scientist, LanzaTech – Carbon Recycling: Innovating for a New Carbon Economy Discussant: Tim Rials, University of Tennessee Knoxville Commercialization of biomass-derived molecules Presentation
Regulatory Compliance
1:55-2:15	Brent Zern, Dekalb County Development Authority
Community and Economic Development: Georgia Biomass.
2:15-2:45	Costas Simoglou, Dawn Price, Loren Heyns, Georgia Department of Economic Development, with Freedom Energy Tech CEO, Nat Mundy Community and Economic Development: Georgia Biomass Presentation https://georgiadata.github.io/smartdata/handout/idea-challenge/idea-challenge.pdf
Next Steps
2:45-3:00	What did we miss? What steps can we take moving forward?
Adjourn