27 September 2007
Biofuels Seminar - November 6, 2007 Madison WI
Keynote Speaker: T. Randall Fortenbery, Ph.D.
RENK Chair in Agribusiness, Agricultural and Applied Economics, Director,
Renk Agribusiness Institute, University of Wisconsin Madison
Please Contact - Jim Koch jim.koch@emersonprocess.com 319.899.1350
Jacek Chmielewski jchmielewski@novaspect.com 847.226.5409
Register online: http://www.novaspect.com/Registration-BiofuelsSeminar.htm
Randy Fortenbery is the Renk Professor of Agribusiness and Director of the Renk
Agribusiness Institute in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at the
University of Wisconsin – Madison, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison School
of Business. From 1998 through 1999, he served as the Director of Research at
Frontier Risk Management in Chicago. Frontier Risk Management is a commodity
futures trading company whose customer base includes some of the largest
agribusiness firms in the world. Prior to 1998, he was Associate Professor in the
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Wisconsin-
Madison, and Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at North Carolina
State University.
Agenda:
- 8:00 - 9:00 Breakfast - intro
- 9:00-10:30 Keynote Speaker: Future of Biodiesel/Biofuels industry.
Feedstock and Project Execution Considerations - 10:30-11:00 Break
- 11:00-12:00 Breakout Session 1
Biodiesel Plant Automation Opportunities for profit improvement through automation and information flow - 12:00-1:30 Lunch
- 1:30 -2:30 Breakout Session 2
Biodiesel Project and Commission Considerations
Speaker: Jeff Pieterick President, Wisconsin Biodiesel Association
Vice President, North Prairie Productions, LLC
“Harvesting Renewable Energy for a Sustainable Future” - 2:30 - 4:00 Exhibit
- 4:00 - late Drinks and Dinner in Madison
