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Thanks for attending the Forum! We hope to see you again next year.

An impressive line-up of national leaders in ethanol production, marketing, co-products, transportation, engineering, financing and environmental issues will be on hand to provide relevant and useful information on today's fastchanging ethanol industry. The forum is designed to promote interaction between speakers and attendees. Topics will address emerging issues that are facing those involved in the ethanol industry at every level. Special guest speakers and agenda TBA.

The Emerging Issues Forum is an annual regional conference for ethanol producers, marketers and related industries. Special topics this year will include ethanol policy under the new administration, innovations in corn fractionation, financial and legal issues, the blend wall, and the dynamics of RINs.

Thursday, April 2, 2009
1:00 p.m. Welcome: Todd Sneller, Nebraska Ethanol Board

1:05 p.m. Washington Update: Federal Policy Impacts on Ethanol
Production and Marketing:
Douglas Durante, Clean Fuels Development Coalition

1:45 p.m. Ethanol Marketing Challenges – 2009 and Beyond:
Panel Moderator: Rick Landenberger, Bosselman Energy, Inc
“The Blend Wall”: Market Access via Higher Blends –
Ron Lamberty, American Coalition for Ethanol
Ethanol Market Economics –
Mike Barwig, Tenaska BioFuels, LLC

3:00 p.m. Refreshment Break


3:15 p.m. Ethanol Marketing Opportunities and Barriers:
Panel Moderator: Steve Sorum, Nebraska Ethanol Board
RINs & Market Impacts – David Weber, Abengoa Bioenergy
E-85 Issues and UL Update – Phil Lampert, National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition

4:30 p.m. Communicating Ethanol’s Value - The Underdog Advantage:
David Morey, The Zyman Group

5:30 p.m. Reception


Friday, April 3, 2009
7:30 a.m. Breakfast

8:00 a.m. Options for Modifying Biofuel Tax Incentives and Other Policy Initiatives:
Panel Moderator: Doug Durante, Clean Fuels Development Coalition
Dr. Wallace Tyner, Purdue University
Joe Jobe, National Biodiesel Board
Jonathan Coppess, Legislative Assistant to US Senator Ben Nelson

9:30 a.m. Strategic Planning in Difficult Market Conditions:
Panel Moderator: David Hallberg, PRIME BioSolutions
Financial Strategies – Mark Baratta, First National Bank of Omaha
Legal Strategies – Michelle Mapes, Husch Blackwell Sanders, LLP

10:15 a.m. Refreshment Break

10:30 a.m. Technology Options - Profitability, Compliance,
and Product Diversity:
Panel Moderator: Brian Wilcox, Nebraska Public Power District
Partnership Opportunities in the 2008 Farm Bill –
Roger Conway, Office of Energy Policy and New Uses, USDA
Gasification – Ryan Heuer, ICM, Inc.
Fractionation – Neal Jakel, Delta T

12:00 p.m. Adjourn