2018 Technical Advisory Committee Meetings

• 2018 Biomass R&D Initiative Recommendations

Meeting Presentations from the November 15-16, 2018 Technical Advisory Committee Meeting

• 2018 Q4 Final Committee Recommendations

Meeting Agenda

• U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Bioenergy Energy Technologies Office Update
  • Jonathan Male, U.S. Department of Energy
• U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Activities Update
  • David Babson, USDA
• 2016 Billion-Ton Report
  • Matthew Langholtz, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Unlocking Billions of Gallons of Installed Capacity for the Production of Cellulosic Fuels: Co-processing Bio-Feedstocks in Petroleum Refineries
  • Jeffrey Jacobs, Ensyn
• Update from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
  • Mandy Gunasekara, EPA
• Public Comment
  • Ben Thorp, Biorenewable Deployment Consortium
  • Jim Lemon, Biogas Researchers
• Ready, Willing and Able: Advanced Biofuels
  • Paul Argyroppulos, Policy Nexus Advisors

Meeting Presentations from the August 22-23, 2018 Technical Advisory Committee Meeting

• Meeting Summary
• Final Committee Recommendations

Meeting Agenda

• Biomass Research and Development Technical Advisory Committee 2018 New Member Introduction
  • Kelly Tiller, Technical Advisory Committee Co-Chair, Genera Energy Inc.
• Committee Business and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Updates
  • Mark Elless, Designated Federal Officer, DOE
• U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Activities Update
  • Daniel Cassidy, National Institute of Food & Agriculture, USDA
• Biomass R&D Interagency Working Group Updates
  • Algae Presentation, Devinn Lambert, DOE
  • Feedstocks: Genetic Improvement Presentation, Jose Costa, USDA
  • Feedstocks: Production & Management Presentation, Rob Mitchell, USDA
  • Feedstocks: Logistics Presentation, Alison Goss Eng, DOE
  • Conversion Presentation, David Babson, USDA
  • Analysis Presentation, Kristen Johnson, DOE
  • Sustainability Presentation, Kristen Johnson, DOE
• Realizing the Circular Carbon Economy: Charting a Course for Innovations in Agriculture and Energy
  • David Babson, USDA, on detail from DOE
• Public Comment
  • Clay Crosby, Chief Executive Officer, Twin Rivers Land & Timber, Inc.
  • Hassan Loutfi, Roselein Alternative Energy
• Opportunities and Challenges for Bio-Based Plastics R&D
  • Mary Biddy, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
  • Patrick Krieger, Plastics Industry Association