Ethanol 2008 – Emerging Issues Forum

March 13th and 14th, 2008
Magnolia Hotel, 1615 Howard St., Omaha, NE

Thursday, March 13, 2008

1:00 p.m. Welcome

Todd Sneller, Administrator, Nebraska Ethanol Board

1:05 p.m. Washington Update: The 2007 Energy Bill, the 2008 Farm Bill, and the Move to Low Carbon Fuels

Douglas Durante, Executive Director, Clean Fuels Development Coalition

1:30 p.m. Ethanol Marketing – New Opportunities, New Challenges: Consumer Attitudes and Acceptance

Robert White, Director of Operations, Ethanol Promotion and Information Council

U.S. Markets: Overview and Forecast

Steve Seabrook, Director of Business Development, Poet Ethanol Products

The Outlook for E-85, Higher Blends and Blender Pumps

Phil Lampert, Executive Director, National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition

3:00 p.m. Break

3:15 p.m. The Challenge of Managing the Renewable Fuel Standard

David Korotney, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, EPA

3:45 p.m. Growing Concerns Over Water Resources and Ethanol Production

Moderator: Burl Haigwood, Director of Program Development,
Clean Fuels Development Coalition

Water Use in Crop Production

Ron Yoder, Chair of Biological Systems Engineering, University of Nebraska Water Center

Putting Water Use in Context

Greg Krissek, Director of Government Affairs, ICM

4:45 p.m. Special Presentation: Financing New Technologies and the Move Toward a Market Based Incentive System

Dave Vander Griend, President and Chief Executive Officer, ICM

5:30 p.m. Reception

 

Friday, March 14, 2008

8:00 a.m. Moving Ethanol to the Market Place

Moderator: Brian K. Wight, P.E., Senior Civil Engineer, URS Corporation

Rail Issues – Aggregating, Bottlenecks, Rising Rates and Rail Car Access

Katie Hadenfeldt, Director – Strategic Sales, GATX Corporation

Natural Gas and Ethanol Pipeline Initiatives

Dan Frey, Vice-President of Business Development, Seminole Energy Services, LLC

9:00 a.m. The Evolution of Process Energy Sources:

Moderator: Brian Wilcox, Senior Engineer – Biofuels, NPPD

Natural Gas – Availability, Price and Distribution Challenges

Jo Williams, Vice-President of Business Development, Northern Natural Gas

Energy from Landfills: A Case Study

Doug Garwood, Director, Siouxland Ethanol

10:00 a.m. Break

10:15 a.m. Emerging Feedstocks and Technologies in Ethanol Production

Moderator: Steve Sorum, Project Manager, Nebraska Ethanol Board

Beyond Corn: Looking at a Range of Feedstocks

Philip Madson, President, KATZEN International, Inc.

Wood Waste to Ethanol

Randy Kramer, President, KL Process Design Group

11:15 a.m. Strategic Financial Planning in a Maturing Industry

Moderator: Brian Jennings, Executive Vice-President, American Coalition for Ethanol

Emerging Trends in Project Finance

Tom Houser, Vice-President, Agribusiness Banking Group, CoBank

Project Development Challenges

Tom Randazzo, CEO, Wolverine Ethanol

Ethanomics: Evaluating Strategic Alternatives for Ethanol Producers

Christian Dobrauc, Associate, First National Investment Banking

12:30 p.m. Adjourn