Ethanol Producers' Technical Workshop:

April 26, 2001
8:30 am to 4:00 pm

Comfort Inn Airport
Bloomington, Minnesota

The workshop will review upcoming cellulosic hydrolysis technologies, current and innovative ethanol production technologies, and new co-products. The workshop will map out transitional strategies with the goal of discovering effective, profitable ways to merge grain and cellulosic ethanol production. Advantages and opportunities will be explored, barriers and obstacles identified, and necessary "next steps" laid out and critiqued. Workshop attendees will be encouraged to contribute and participate.

	Agenda
	8:30 AM		Welcome and Introductions Jeff Graef, Program Administrator, Western Regional Biomass Energy Program
	8:45 AM		The Perspective of US DOE and USDA Ann Hegnauer, US Department of Energy, Office of Fuels Development Don Erbach, USDA, Agricultural Research Service
	9:00 AM		The Needs of the Ethanol Industry and the Vision of Meeting Them Mike Bryan, President, BBI International
	9:15 AM		Review of Cellulose-Ethanol Activities at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory Robert Wooley and Rafael Nieves,National Renewable Energy Laboratory -Review of the "Bridge-to-Corn-Ethanol" Projects -Near-Term Enzyme-Ethanol Project and Two-Stage Dilute Acid Technology Opportunities -Purdue-Williams Fiber Conversion -CRADAs (Cooperative Research and Development Agreements) -Past Efforts - AMOCO/New Energy CRADA and Overview of New Efforts
	10:45 AM		Break
	11:00 AM		Appropriate Cellulosic Feedstocks Marie Walsh, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
	11:20 AM		Harvesting and Delivery of Feedstocks Iowa harvesting firm representative
	11:40 AM		A Look at Lignin and other Coproducts Mark Yancey, BBI International
	12:00 PM		Lunch
	1:00 PM		Producer Forum Breakouts Breakout I Practical Application – Robert Wooley, National Renewable Energy Laboratory -What technology is applicable to my plant? -Can they run simultaneously? Breakout II Costs – Rafael Nieves, National Renewable Energy Laboratory -What about the cost of installation? -Production costs?
	2:30 PM - 4:00 PM		Wrap-up – What’s Still Missing and What Needs to be Done? As a group, attendees will list the outcomes of the breakouts and identify questions that still need to be answered. A plant-transition task force will also be established.