Short Rotation Crops International Collaboration
This conference material and resourses came from the international research conference held August 18-22, 2008 at the Holiday Inn International Airport Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota, USA.
The goal of this conference was to initiate and provide opportunities for scientific exchange and full integration of the science and application of producing BOTH agricultural AND forest crops for biofuels, bioenergy, and bioproducts; thus resulting in greater integration and faster advancement of common underlying science and application. There is a substantial global need for development of such systems and technologies for the sustainability of short rotation crops across multiple temporal and spatial scales. This conference offered an international forum for discussion and scientific exchange about methods for overcoming barriers to economically and sustainably producing large quantities of biofuels, bioenergy, and bioproducts.
Conference Materials
This webpage includes documents distributed during the conference. Please feel free to use these documents as reference for your personal use.
Documents posted online are in Acrobat Reader pdf version. Please be advised, some files are quite large, which may take a while to download.
Conference Powerpoint Presentations:
WelcomePlenary Session I – Putting Energy in Perspective
- IEA Bioenergy Task 30 Short Rotation Crops: Welcome to Conference
- Ian Nicholas, IEA
- U.S. Department of Energy: Putting Energy in Perspective
- John Ferrell, DOE- Short Rotation Woody Crops: Enhancing U.S. Energy Security, Environmental Quality and Economic Opportunity
- Ann Bartuska, USFSPlenary Session II – Putting Energy in Perspective
Plenary Session III – A Global Perspective on Bioenergy
- Moving to a Bioeconomy: is it wise?
- Gale Buchanan, USDA
- Socially Responsible Expansion of Brazilian Ethanol
-Gerd Sparovek- Water Perspectives on Large Scale Bioenergy
-Göran Berndes- Regional Feedstock Partnership
-Tim RialsConcurrent Session I: Implications of Sustainable Biofuels
A. Breeding and Genetics
B. Woody Production Systems
C. Production System Logistics
D. Ecosystem Services
E. Bioenergy Production Systems IConcurrent Session II: Implications of Sustainable Biofuels
Special Session I: Herbaceous Biomass: State of the Art
A. Social Factors and Policy Issues
B. Costs and Operational Feasibility
C. Phytotechnologies
D. Bionergy Production Systems II
- Herbaceous Biomass: State of the Art
-Ken Moore- Development of Switchgrass into a Biomass Energy Crop
-Ken Vogel- Sugar/Energy Canes as Feedstocks for the Biofuels Industry
-Ed Richard
Special Session II: Woody Biomass: State of the ArtSpecial Session III – Panel Discussion – Sustainable Bioenergy Production Systems: Feast, Famine, or Folly for the Producer
- Commercializing Willow Biomass Crops in the Northeastern and Midwestern United States
-Tim Volk- Genetic Improvement of Hybrid Poplar for the Renewable Fuels Industry: A Pacific Northwest Perspective
- Brian Stanton- Agroforestry and Cellulosic Ethanol from Sustainable Poplar Tree Farms
-Jake Eaton- Woody Biomass Crops in the Midwestern United States
-Bill Berguson- Purpose-grown Trees as a Sustainable Renewable Energy Source
-Michael Cunningham- Poplar and Willow Short Rotation Intensive Culture in Western Canada
- Cees van Oosten- Production of Biomass for Energy from Sustainable Forestry Systems: Canada and Europe
-Jim Richardson
- Impacts of Biofuel Production on Grassland Birds in Wisconsin
-David Sample- Herbaceous Crops
-Rob Mitchell- Woody Bioenergy Systems in Canada
-Ken van Rees- Woody Bioenergy Systems in the U.S.
-Rick Hall- Economic and Social Aspects of Bioenergy Systems
-Mark Downing- Putting it all Together
-Ron Zalesny & Rob MitchellClosing Remarks – Bryce Stokes
Resources
This webpage is created to continue communication among conference participants and to serve as a resource for people interested in the conference material.
Organization name: Alasia Franco Vivai
Contact Person: Fabrizio Nardin info@alasiafranco.it
Title of webpage:
Weblink: www.alasiafranco.it
Organization name: Bioenergy Australia
Contact Person: Steve Schuck sschuck@bigpond.net.au
Title of webpage: Bioenergy Australia
Weblink: http://bioenergyaustralia.org/
Organization name: Centre for Northern Agroforestry and Afforestation
Contact Person: Ken Van Rees ken.vanrees@usask.ca
Title of webpage: Centre for Northern Agroforestry and Afforestation
Weblink: www.saskagroforestry.ca
Organization name: Council on Sustainable Biomass Production
Contact Person: John Heissenbuttel hnrc@volcano.net
Title of webpage: Council on Sustinable Biomass Production
Weblink: www.csbp.org
Organization name: DOE's Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Contact Person: Mark Downing downingme@ornl.gov
Title of webpage: BFIN (Biofuels Information Network)
Weblink: http://bioenergy.ornl.gov
Organization name: Federal Interagency Woody Biomass Utilization Group
Contact Person: Marcia Patton-Mallory mpattonmallory@fs.fed.us
Title of webpage: Woody Biomass Utilization Group
Weblink: www.forestsandrangelands.gov/Woody_Biomass
Organization name: IEA Bioenergy Task 30 Short Rotation Crops for Bioenergy Systems
Contact Person: Goran Berndes goran.berndes@chalmers.se
Title of webpage: Short Rotation Crops Welcome
Weblink: www.shortrotationcrops.org/
Organization name: Short Rotation Woody Crops Operations Working Group
Contact Person: Lynn Wright wrightlld@gmail.com
Title of webpage: Index page of website
Weblink: www.woodycrops.org
Organization name: Saskatchewan Forest Centre
Contact Person: Joanne Kowalski jkowalski@saskforestcentre.ca
Title of webpage: Saskatechewan Forest Centre Agroforestry webpages
Weblink: http://www.saskforestcentre.ca/index.php?f=content&c=175 and http://www.saskforestcentre.ca/index.php?f=content&c=167
Organization name: State University of New York- College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Contact Person: Larry Abrahamson labrahamson@esf.edu, Larry Smart lbsmart@esf.edu, Timothy Volk tavolk@esf.edu
Title of webpage: Willow for Bioenergy and Environmental Applications
Weblink: www.esf.edu/willow/
Organization name: Sun Grant Association
Contact Person: James Doolittle, South Dakota State University james.doolittle@sdstate.edu
Title of webpage: Sun Grant/DOE Regional Feedstock Partnerships
Weblink: http://www.sungrant.org/Feedstock+Partnerships/
Organization name: Sustainable Futures Institute, Michigan Technological University
Contact Person: John Sutherland, David Shonnard drshonna@mtu.edu, and Jane Zhang
Title of webpage: Sustainable Futures Institute
Weblink: www.sfi.mtu.edu
Organization name: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Contact Person: Tom Voigt tvoigt@uiuc.edu
Title of webpage: Miscanthus at the University of Illinois
Weblink: http://www.miscanthus.uiuc.edu
Organization name: USDA Forest Service & Natural Resources Conservation
Service
Contact Person: currently empty
Title of webpage: USDA National Agroforestry Center
Weblink: http://www.unl.edu/nac
Organization name: US Forest Service
Contact Person: Marcia Patton-Mallory mpattonmallory@fs.fed.us
Title of webpage: Wood Biomass Utilization
Weblink: www.fs.fed.us/woodybiomass
