Mississippi
Biomass Council

Preliminary Program

Monday – April 14, 2008
8:30 a.m.	Registration - Prefunction Lobby Exhibitor and Poster Set-up - Ballroom
10:00 a.m.	Opening Session - Meeting Room 1-5 Conference Overview – Brent Bailey Welcome – Mayor John Robert Smith, City of Meridian
10:30 a.m.	Opening Keynote Message Dr. Mark Jenner, Biomass Rules
11:00 a.m.	Policymaker Forum Moderator – Brent Bailey Marie Thomas, Office of Governor Haley Barbour Commissioner Lester Spell, Mississippi Dept. of Agriculture and Commerce Commissioner Brandon Presley, Mississippi Public Service Commission Senator Perry Lee, Mississippi Legislature Representative David Norquist, Mississippi Legislature
12:00 a.m.	Luncheon/Keynote - Ballroom Introduction - Dr. Vance Watson Gale Buchanan, USDA Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics
1:30 p.m.	Biomass Feedstocks Forum - Meeting Room 1-5 Moderator – Liam Leightley Wayne Tucker, Mississippi Institute of Forest Inventory Joe Bouton, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation Eugene Columbus, Mississippi State University
3:00 p.m.	Break with Exhibitors - Ballroom
3:30 p.m.	Biomass Harvest and Collection Forum - Meeting Room 1-5 Moderator – Sumesh Arora Christopher Wright, Idaho National Laboratory Dana Mitchell, U.S. Forest Service Dr. James Rawlins, USM Polymer Science
5:30 p.m.	Networking Reception/Student Poster Voting - Ballroom
Tuesday – April 15, 2008
7:15 a.m.	Group Breakfast Buffet - Ballroom
8:00 a.m.	From Conception to Construction: Assessing Bio-Based Opportunities Moderator – Les Goff Sam Shepard, Missing Link Technologies, LLC Stan Parton, The Parton Group Kenneth “Pete” Moss, Frazier, Barnes & Associates LLC
9:00 a.m.	Opportunities for Bio-Based Energy and Industries: Where do we go now? - Meeting Room 1-5 Marvin Burchfield, Decker Energy International
9:30 a.m.	Student Recognition Session - Ballroom Student Poster Winners Student Scholarship Winner
9:40 a.m.	Break with Exhibitors - Ballroom
10:00 a.m.	Morning Keynote - Meeting Room 1-5 Moderator – Andy Whittington Dr. Eric Clark, MS State Board of Community and Junior Colleges
10:30 a.m.	Woody Biomass Utilization in Mississippi: Opportunities for Bioenergy and Bio-Based Products Moderator – Dr. Glen Hughes Dr. Donald Grebner, MSU Dept. of Forestry Dr. Philip Steele, MSU Dept. of Forest Products Dr. Randy Rousseu, MSU Dept. of Forestry
11:45 a.m.	Wrap up and Closing Remarks Brent Bailey
12:00 a.m.	Mississippi Biomass Council Annual Meeting - Ballroom Working Lunch for Mississippi Biomass Council Members Guest Speaker – Motice Bruce, MDA-Energy Division