The Chicago Council on Global Affairs Presents:
Harnessing the Power of Biomass Energy in the Midwest
The report, “Harnessing the Power of Biomass Residuals: Opportunities and Challenges for Midwestern Renewable Energy,” examines opportunities and the key challenges limiting the current capacity of alternative biomass energy technologies, including financial constraints, market penetration barriers, and behavioral routines. It concludes with a series of recommendations that offer a framework for making better use of residuals in the region.
This half-day symposium will bring together business, civic, and government leaders from around the Midwest to discuss with Steve Brick, the report’s author, his research and findings.
The symposium will also feature panels of experts who will explore the relationship between renewable biomass energy and economic development, environmental conservation, waste management, energy security, and soil productivity, and examine the future of biomass energy policy at the state, regional, and national levels.
Topics include:
-What is the inventory of waste biomass resources that can be used to produce bioenergy and bioproducts without adversely affecting the environments in which these resources arise?
-What technologies are available for converting biomass into bioproducts and bioenergy?
-What relationship exists between renewable biomass energy and economic development, environmental protection, and energy security?
-What state, regional and national policies are needed to encourage better use of these resources?
Date:Tuesday November 29th, 2011
Time:8:30am to 2pm
Venue:The Chicago Club, 81 E Van Buren Street, Chicago, IL 60605
Speakers and Panelists Include:
-Rachel Bronson, Vice President, Studies, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs
-Todd Campbell, Confidential Assistant, Business and Cooperative Programs, United States Department of Agriculture
-Steve Brick, Senior Fellow on Energy and Climate, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, and report author
-Karen Chapman, Great Lakes Regional Director, Environmental Defense Fund
-Fred Iutzi, Program Manager, Value-Added Sustainable Development Center, Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs, and Chair, Illinois Biomass Working Group
-Doug Karlen, Supervisory Research Soil Scientist, National Laboratory for Agriculture & the Environment, Agricultural Research Service-United States Department of Agriculture
-Colleen Callahan, Illinois State Director of Rural Development, United States Department of Agriculture
-Jerry Bingold, Director of Renewable Energy, Dairy Management, Inc.
-Jody Endres, Senior Regulatory Associate, The University of Illinois Energy Biosciences Institute, and Incoming Chair, U.S. Council for Sustainable Biomass Production
-Chris Pierce, President, Solution Management, LLC
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