Sun Grant/DOE Regional Feedstock Partnership Report and Planning Meeting

February 23 - 24, 2010

Holiday Inn – Riverwalk

San Antonio, Texas 

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Tuesday, February 23

7:00 – 8:30        Welcome and Update on Regional Feedstock Partnership – Jim Doolittle

8:30 – 9:00        DOE-EERE-OBP– Laura McCann

9:00 – 9:30        SGA – Terry Nipp/Kevin Kephart

9:30 – 9:45        Break

9:45 - 10:30       DOE-GO Update- James Cash/Steve Thomas/Bryce Stokes                                  

10:30 – 11:15    Data SharePoint and KDF– Aaron Myers and Phil Nugent

11:15 – 11:45    Feedstock Composition Analysis/Archives

                        Feedstock Composition Analysis/Archives(continued))– Richard Hess

11:45 – 12:00    Sustainability Anaylsis– Alison Goss-Eng or Laura McCann

12:00 – 1:30      Lunch & Individual Species Discussion Time

1:30 - 5:45         Individual species reports (progress, CY2010 plans, future plans)

1:30 – 2:00        Herbaceous Team

2:00 – 2:30                    Switchgrass

2:30 – 3:00                    Energycane

3:00 – 3:30                    Sorghum

3:30 – 3:45        Break

3:45 - 4:15                     Miscanthus

4:15 - 4:45                     CRP

4:45 – 5:15         Woody Team -- Poplar

5:15 – 5:45         Woody Team -- Willow

 

Wednesday, February 24

7:00 – 8:30        Breakfast - Regroup and address questions from previous day

8:30 - 12:45       Individual species reports (progress, CY2010 plans, future plans)

8:30 – 9:00                    Crop Residue Team -- Corn

9:00 – 9:30                    Crop Residue Team -- Cereal

9:30 - 12:15                  Regional Feedstock Assessment Teams

9:30 – 10:00                  Northeast Region

10:00 – 10:30                Southeast Region

10:30 – 10:45    Break

10:45 – 11:15                Southcentral Region

11:15 – 11:45                Northcentral Region (1)  Northcentral Region (2)

11:45 – 12:15               Western Region

12:15 – 12:45               Education & Outreach Team

12:45 – 2:30      Lunch and Individual Team Discussions with SGA/ARS Advisors

2:30 – 3:30        Opportunities to collaborate and leverage Partnership

                                    ►NIFA Energy Programs

                             ►Common Site Yield Studies– Bryce Stokes

                                    ►Testing Sustainability – Laura McCann

                                    ►Others?

3:30 – 5:00        Whole Partnership Discussion

                                    ►Questions and Issues

                                    ►Discussion Questions

                                    ►Modifications to Crop-Year 2010 Plans?

                                    ►Mid-Project Changes/Corrections  for 2011 and beyond?