545 Symposium --Sustainability of Bioenergy Feedstock Production Systems/Div. A10 Business Meeting

Oral Session
A10 Bioenergy and Agroindustrial Systems (Provisional)
Symposium with all invited presentations. Presentation of the more global issues associated with biofuels and the challenges for producing feedstocks.
Monday, 6 October 2008: 10:25 AM-4:10 PM
George R. Brown Convention Center, 382C

Presiding:
Steven Fales
10:25 AM
Introductory Remarks
10:30 AM
Biomass Conversion Processes in a Sustainable Agriculture Future.
Jeffrey Steiner, USDA Agricultural Research Service; Robert Fireovid, USDA Agricultural Research Service
10:55 AM
Environmental Consequences of Biofuel Feedstock Production: Soil, Water, and Air Quality.
Sylvie Brouder, Purdue University; Ronald Turco, Purdue University; Jeffrey Volenec, Purdue University
11:45 AM
Break
11:55 AM
Assessing the Ecological Impacts of Bioenergy Projects.
Les G. Firbank, North Wyke Research
12:20 PM
Will Biofuels Increase Hunger?.
David J. Morris, Institute for Local Self-Reliance
12:45 PM
1:00 PM
Intermission
2:00 PM
Panel: Incentives for Feedstock Production. Terry Nipp, Exec. Dir., Sun Grant Assoc., Presiding
3:00 PM
Concluding Remarks
3:10 PM
Div. A10 Business Meeting
4:10 PM
Adjourn