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Day 2

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Congressional Keynote

Opening Plenary – "Industry Perspectives on Bioenergy"

The future of bioenergy—from the perspective of the existing biofuels industry and from companies with an emerging interest in bioenergy.

Technical Breakout Session 2

Track 1: Conversion Pathways for Bioenergy: Upgrading of Intermediates

This session focused on a breadth of biomass-derived processing intermediates and how they can be utilized and upgraded to produce fuels and chemicals.

Track 2: Moving Algae Biofuels from "Potential" to "Practice"

This session focused on approaches being undertaken by industry to enable the affordable, scalable, and sustainable production of algae biofuels. The speakers provided their industry perspectives on current progress and next steps needed to move algae biofuels from "potential" to "practice."

Track 3: Industry Perspective on Products and Commercial Pathways and the Impact on Supplying the Whole Barrel

This session explored industry efforts to create commercial pathways for biofuels and bioproducts, increased capabilities for their production and use, and it discussed the reasons and impacts associated with these efforts.

Track 4: Investment Risks of New Technology Innovation – The Views of Venture Capitalists, DOE, and IPA

(Note: Only one PowerPoint was used during Track 4. The secured PDF will be available at a later date.)

This session featured a discussion with venture capitalists, government agents, and industry representatives regarding their approaches to the risks of new technology development and how those perspectives impact investments in biorefineries.

Track 5: Assessing Critical Needs and Roles in Developing the Bioenergy Workforce of the Future

This session discussed recently conducted and ongoing studies of bioenergy workforce needs and gaps, and it asked what role the federal government and other key entities should play in the advanced bioenergy arena.

Technical Breakout Session 3

Track 1: Conversion Pathways for Bioenergy – Thinking Beyond Gasoline and Gasoline Additives

This session addressed the need to replace the whole barrel of oil by focusing on biomass conversion technologies that aim to commercialize fuel and chemical products that go beyond displacing only gasoline consumption.

Track 2: Balancing Economics and Ecosystems to Reach a Billion Tons

This session focused on the environmental implications of meeting competing needs for biomass, and it examined the assumptions inherent to the updated Billion-Ton Study. In particular, the session speakers addressed land-use change and crop productivity.

Track 3: Consumer Choice – End Uses of Biofuel

This session explored various end-use considerations for expanding our nation's use of biofuels, the infrastructure considerations, and the use of biofuels in personal, fleet, and specialty vehicles.

Track 4: Strategies to Build the Next Generation Biorefineries – What is the endgame?

Presentations by biorefinery developers and financial organizations discussed the intricacies of identifying and mitigating the risks and barriers that are associated with creating financeable projects, which will move the biorefinery industry forward.

Track 5: Biofuels in Flight – The Path for Aviation Biofuels

This session provided an update on the progress being made to piece together the unique supply chain for greener and more sustainable biobased aviation fuels.

Plenary Session: "Moving Toward the Horizon"

A discussion of near term actions needed to create the bioenergy economy of the future.

Closing Remarks

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