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Next Year's Conference:
October 21-23, 2013 • Columbus, Ohio

BioCycle Renewable Energy from Organics Recycling Conference

Program: Monday, October 29, 2012

Updated 10.12

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Presentation previews:   Monday: Plenary | Track 1 | Track 2 | Track 3   Tuesday: Track 1 | Track 2 | Track 3


Opening Plenary Session

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Monday, October 29, 2012 | | 9:00 AM — 10:15 AM

Accelerating The Pace

Renewable Energy And Organics Recycling — Making The Connections
Mark Hague, Acting Deputy Regional Administrator, U.S. EPA Region 7

Biodigester Market Development —Next Steps
Allison Costa, U.S. EPA AgSTAR

The Missing Piece in America's Clean, Local Energy Transformation
John Farrell, Institute For Local Self-Reliance

Track 1

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Track 2

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Track 3

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Monday, October 29, 2012 | | 11:00 AM — 12:15 PM

Emerging AD Industry

Bright Future: Overview of U.S. Anaerobic Digestion Market
Paul Greene, O'Brien & Gere

Building An Anaerobic Digestion Industry
Mel Kurtz, quasar energy group

Organics Technology Investments
Susan Robinson, Waste Management

 

Building Markets
For Digester Products

Market Potential: Products,
Coproducts From Anaerobic Digestion

Jerry Bingold, Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy

Current AD Fiber Usage and Values
Ron Alexander, R. Alexander Associates, Inc.

Recovering Nutrients From High Solids Digestate
Young Eum, BKT Co., Ltd.

 

Biorefineries, Sustainable Energy Crops

Integrated Biorefineries For Western U.S.: Tapping Under Utilized Biomass
William J. Orts, USDA ARS-WRRC

Integrated Farm-Based Biorefining Converts Agricultural Wastes
Into Value-Added Products

Wei Liao, Michigan State University

Flood Mitigation Via Growth
Of Perennial Energy Crops

Nathan Young, University of Iowa/Iowa Flood Center

Monday, October 29, 2012 | | 1:45 PM — 3:30 PM

Biogas To Fleet Fuel

Organic Residuals To Renewable Fuels — Building The Infrastructure
Joanna Underwood, Energy Vision

Small-Scale Biogas To CNG Opportunities
Chris Voell, BioCNG

Fueling Dairy Fleet
With Renewable Natural Gas

Bernie Sheff, UTS Residuals Processing, LLC

Migrating From CNG To Compressed Biomethane

 

Farm Digester Projects, Economics

Farm Digesters In Minnesota
Kevin Hennessy, Minnesota Department of Agriculture

Modular Digester On Dairy Farm
Amber Blythe, BIOFerm Energy Systems

Evaluating Economics Of Swine Waste Digestion
Joel Burken, Missouri University of Science & Technology

Analysis Of Wet Versus Dry Fermentation
Alessandro Chiumenti, University of Udine, Italy

 

Cogeneration Systems And Heat Exchange

Fundamentals Of Heat Exchange With IC Engine
David McCallum, GE Energy

External Heat Exchangers In AD Systems
Susan Hammock, Alfa-Laval

Internal Heat Exchangers In AD Systems
Meik Schubert, BRUGG Rohrsysteme GmbH

Heat Exchange Systems — Case History
Kevin Jankowski, Applied Technologies, Inc.

Monday, October 29, 2012 | | 4:15 PM — 6:00 PM

Financing and Revenue Opportunities

What Deals Are Getting Done?
Mary Bacon, Ewing Bemis & Co.

Biogas Financial Incentives
Post Section 1603

Audrey Louison, Mintz, Levin

Raising Capital for Biogas Projects
Douglas Ross, Cleantech Law Partners

Market Drivers, Opportunities
For Commercial Anaerobic Digesters

Kelly Sarber, Strategic Management

 

 

 

 

Food Waste Management

Connecting The Dots In A Food Generator's Sustainability Program
Robin Sweere, Sweere Consulting

Highest And Best Use Of Residential, Commercial Organics — AD Feasibility Study
Bryan Ukena, Eureka Recycling
Aaron Burman, Resource Recycling Systems

Curbside Organics And AD Feasibility Study
George Dreckmann, City of Madison (WI) Streets

Schools As Laboratories
Of Organics Recycling Innovation

John Jaimez, Hennepin County Department of Environmental Services

 

Codigestion At Wastewater Treatment Plants

Lessons Learned: Suitable Substrates In WWTP Digester
David Henderson, West Lafayette (IN) WWTU
Luke Werner, Kennedy/Jenks Consultants

Compatibility of Organic Waste Streams With Digester Operations
David Parry, CDM Smith

Biosolids Management Evolution — Composting To Green Energy
Annette Berger, KB Compost Services

Operational Challenges and Solutions to Managing Digesters Receiving Substrates
Timothy Shea and Todd Williams, CH2M Hill