• Ethanol 101: Ethanol Production Process and Common Operational Issues
  
  A review of the basics of ethanol production, dry vs. wet milling, the full product line, product yields, common operation and maintenance issues, rules-of-thumb and more.
  Boyd Ruppelt, One Light Group
  
  
• Options for Financing an Ethanol Plant: S Corp, C Corp, LLC, Co-ops
  
  Many projects begin with one intention and end up something completely different - a look at the pros and cons of various financing structures.
  David Swanson, Dorsey & Whitney LLP
  Bill Hanigan, Brown, Winick, Graves, Gross, et. al.
  
• Points to Consider When Building an Ethanol Plant: Ethanol Plant Development Handbook
  As you prepare to develop an ethanol plant, some of the elements to consider are location, feedstock type and availability, water, utilities, infrastructure, freight, emissions, future planning and more.
  Mark Yancey, BBI International
  

• Start-up Requirements: Concept to Construction
  
  What is the reasoning behind your decision? Are you caught in a wave of enthusiasm or is it valid project? Steps needed to reach groundbreaking and what are common errors to avoid.
  Richard Hanson, Badger State Ethanol
  
• Product Marketing: Ethanol, Distiller Dried Grains, Carbon Dioxide
  
  As more ethanol is produced, it is necessary to develop new markets for all products. What are the challenges that must be addressed?
  Jack Huggins, TJ3, Inc.

• Mayor Karen Hasara, Springfield, Illinois
  
• Joe Hampton, Director, IL Department of Agriculture
  
• Garry Neimeier, President, IL Corn Growers Association

• Rick Tolman, CEO, National Corn Growers Association
  
• Bob Dinneen, President, U.S. Renewable Fuels Association
  
• Bliss Baker, President, Canadian Renewable Fuels Association
  

• Larry Peckous, Manager, Starch and Ethanol Industry Technical Services, Novozymes
  

• Presented by Kathy Bryan, Vice President, BBI International

• Rodney Bothast, Director, National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Pilot Plant

• Continuous Fermentation – John Freidig, Central Minnesota Ethanol
  
• Small Batch Fermentation – Steve Burnett, Northeast Missouri Grain Processors
  
• Retrofitting an Ethanol Plant from Continuous to Batch – Keith Kor, Corn Plus

PLANT MANAGEMENT 1: Ethanol Plant Expansions

• Rationale for Expanding Ethanol Production Capacity - Bill Lee, General Manager Chippewa Valley Ethanol Corporation
  
• Tools and Points to Consider for Expanding an Ethanol Plant – Danny Allison, High Plains Corporation

RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY 1

• Alternative Absorbents for Ethanol Dehydration – Tracey Benson, Mississippi State University
  
• Cold Hydrolysis for Energy Efficiency – George Robertson, U.S. Department of Agriculture

EMERGING USES FOR BIOFUELS

• E-Diesel Test Results in Heavy Duty Engines – William Mitchell, John Deere Company (retired)
  
• Biodiesel Use in the Transportation Industry – Representative, National Biodiesel Board
  
• Biodiesel Production in California – Representative, Lurgi PSI

• Continuous Fermentation and What it Means to the Ethanol Industry – Mike Ingledew, University of Saskatchewan and Dennis Bayrock, Phibro Inc.

PLANT MANAGEMENT 2: Risk Management

• Insurance: What's going on in the Property Insurance market and what you
  can do to reduce your risk – Daniel K Brakke, Midwest Power & Utilities Practice - Property Marsh Inc.
  
• OSHA Compliance and Process Safety Management - Gil Wilkins, Wilkins & Associates

RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY 2: Cellulose Ethanol: Technological Developments and Refining

Details forthcoming


DISTILLERS GRAINS

It is important to understand the feed that is being sold and what the customer wants.

Cattle Feed:

• Research results – Terry Klopfenstien, University of Nebraska
  
• Customer’s Perspective – Bob Gottsch, Gottsch Feeders

Hog Feed:

• Research Results – Jerry Sherson, University of Minnesota
  
• Customer’s Perspective - John Goihl, AOG

• Use of Infra-Red Technology for Control & Management of Solids – Don Livermore, Hiram Walker/Allied Domecq
  
• Water and Material Balance – Representative, New Energy Corporation
  
• Control of Scaling and Fouling in Process Evaporators – Clovis Sarmento, BetzDearborn

PLANT MANAGEMENT 3: Managing Plant Emissions
Moderator: Todd Potas, ERG

• Air Permitting Issues – Jim Mennell, Environmental Law Group
  
• Thermal Oxidizer - John Viskup, Victory Energy and Robert Laska, MMT Environmental
  
• Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer – Howard Hohl, Eisenmann Engineering

RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY 3: Emerging Technologies for Dry Grind Ethanol Processes

• Enzymatic Processes for Dry Grind Ethanol - David Johnston, U.S. Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Research Service
  
• Coproduct Characterization for Dry Grind Ethanol - Kent Rausch, U.S. Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Research Service
  
• Corn Fiber Utilization for High Valued Coproducts - Kevin Hicks, U.S. Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Research Service
  
• Conversion of Quick Fiber to Ethanol - Vijay Singh, U.S. Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Research Service