Session: Symposium--Estimating Current and Future Biomass Feedstocks

9:55 AM

10:00 AM

Integrative Framework for Estimating Available Cellulosic Feedstocks: National Field Trials, Remote Sensing, and Economic Projections.
Tristram West, Oak Ridge National Lab.; Craig C. Brandt, Oak Ridge National Lab.; Chad Hellwinckel, Univ. of Tennessee; Robert Perlack, Oak Ridge National Lab.; Mark Downing, Environmental Sciences Division

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10:20 AM

An Integrative Modeling Framework to Evaluate Productivity and Sustainability of Bioenergy Production Systems in the US Great Lakes Region.
R. César Izaurralde, Joint Global Change Res. Inst. (PNNL and Univ. of Maryland); Tristram O. West, Oak Ridge National Lab.; Allison M. Thomson, Joint Global Change Res. Inst. (PNNL and Univ. of Maryland); Wilfred M. Post, Oak Ridge National Lab.; G. Phillip Robertson, Michigan State Univ.

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10:40 AM

Integration of Biophysical and Economic Models to Study the Cost of Producing Bioenergy Crops in the United States.
Atul Jain, Univ. of Illinois

11:00 AM

Discussion

11:10 AM

Switchgrass Management as a Biomass and Biofuels Crop.
Donald D. Tyler, Univ. of Tennessee; Burton C. English, Univ. of Tennessee; James A. Larson, Univ. of Tennessee; Daniel F. Mooney, Univ. of Tennessee; Roland K. Roberts, Univ. of Tennessee; Marie Walsh, Univ. of Tennessee

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11:30 AM

Corn Stover Feedstock Field Trials and Future Integrative Visioning.
Douglas L. Karlen, Natl. Soil Tilth Lab.

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11:50 AM

Mapping Crop Residue Cover at Field to Regional Scales.
C. S. T. Daughtry, USDA-ARS, Hydrology & Remote Sensing Lab.; P. C. Doraiswamy, USDA-ARS, Hydrology & Remote Sensing Lab.; E. R. Hunt, Jr., USDA-ARS, Hydrology & Remote Sensing Lab.; Guy Serbin, ASRC Management Services; J. L. Hatfield, USDA-ARS, Natl. Soil Tilth Lab.; M. M Crawford, Purdue Univ.; T. J. Vyn, Purdue Univ.

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12:10 PM

Discussion

12:20 PM

Break

1:30 PM

Factors Affecting Biomass Yield of Poplar Plantations In Minnesota: Past Experience and Research Needs.
Bill Berguson, Univ. of Minnesota, Duluth

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1:50 PM

Harwoods for Woody Energy Crops In the Southeast United States: Two Centuries of Practitioner Experience.
Mark Coleman, Univ. of Idaho; Keith L. Kline, Oak Ridge National Lab.

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2:10 PM

Multi-Scale Integrated Modeling of Sustainable Herbaceous Biomass Feedstock Production Potential in the Northeastern USA.
Peter Woodbury, Cornell Univ.; Christian Peters, Cornell Univ.; Zia Ahmed, Cornell Univ.; Jenifer Wightman, Cornell Univ.; Sharon Waltman, USDA-NRCS; Thomas Richard, Pennsylvania State Univ.

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2:30 PM

Discussion

2:40 PM

Estimating Changes in Land Use Under EISA.
Chad Hellwinckel, Univ. of Tennessee; Robert Perlack, Oak Ridge National Lab.; Daniel G. De La Torre Ugarte, Univ. of Tennessee; Tristram West, Oak Ridge National Lab.

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3:00 PM

Key Uncertainties Affecting Land Use Change From Expansion of Biofuels.
Scott Malcolm, U.S. Dep. of Agriculture

3:20 PM

General Discussion

3:50 PM

Adjourn