2009 National Working Meeting

March 9-10, 2009

Washington, DC

For more information and registration, visit the meeting site

Draft Agenda – subject to change

Day 1 – Monday, March 9, 2009
10:00 – 11:00 am	Regional Feedstock Partnership Effort Overview – Terry Nipp & DOE HQ
11:00 – 11:30 am	High Level Overview of Progress to Date & Housekeeping – Jim Doolittle
11:30 – 12:30	Working Lunch
12:30 – 2:00 pm	Team Break-Out Sessions • Face-to-face working time for individual task teams   o Herbaceous Energy Crops   o Ag Residues (Corn Stover and Cereal Stover)   o Woody Crops   o Resource Assessment (GIS) • GFO/SGI staff floating to answer contractual or logistics questions • Discuss team business/resolve team issues • Prepare for team presentation
2:00 – 2:30 pm	Break
2:30 – 5:00 pm	Team Report-Outs • Teams report on progress to date (includes detailed trial results, industry interest/involvement, problems/concerns, etc.)   o Herbaceous Energy Crops – Vance Owens (45 mins)   o Corn Stover Removal Trials & Tool – Doug Karlen (45 mins)   o Cereal Stover Removal – Russ Karow (15 mins)   o Woody Crops – Tim Rials (15 mins)   o Resource Assessment (GIS) – TBD (30 mins)
5:00 pm	Adjourn
Day 2 – Tuesday, March 10, 2009
8:30 – 8:45 am	Welcome & Review of First Day – Laura Neal
8:45 – 12:00	Overarching & Additional Tasks Overview • Sustainability Field Trial Sites – TBD (30 mins) • Compositional Analysis – TBD (30 mins) • KDF Overview – ORNL (2 hrs 15 mins)
12:00 – 1:00 pm	Working Lunch
1:00 – 2:00 pm	Detailed Discussion on Resource Assessment Task and Field Trial Data Management – Facilitated by ORNL
2:00 – 2:15 pm	Break
2:15 – 3:45 pm	Continued Detailed Discussion on Resource Assessment Task and Field Trial Data Management – Facilitated by ORNL
3:45 – 4:00 pm	Wrap Up & Next Steps – Laura Neal
4:00 pm	Adjourn