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Sun Grant/DOE Regional Feedstock Partnership Report and Planning Meeting

February 23-24, 2010
Holiday Inn - Riverwalk
San Antonio, Texas

 

 

Tuesday, February 23

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​7:00 - 8:30 a.m. ​Welcome and Update on Regional Feedstock Partnership - Jim Doolittle
​8:30 - 9:00 ​DOE-EERE-OBP - Laura McCann
​9:00 - 9:30 ​SGA - Terry Nipp/Kevin Kephart
​9:00 - 9:45 ​Break
​9:45-10:30 ​DOE-GO Update - James Cash/Steve Thomas/Bryce Stokes
​10:30 -11:15 ​Data SharePoint and KDE - Aaron Myers and Phil Nugent
​11:15 - 11:45 ​Feedstock Composition Analysis/Archives
Feedstock Composition Analysis/Archives (cont'd) - Richard Hess
​11:45 - 12:00 ​Sustainability Analysis - Alison Goss-Eng or Laura McCann
​12:00 - 1:30 p.m. ​Lunch and Individual Species Discussion Time
​1:30 - 5:45 ​Individual Species Reports (progress, CY2010 plans, future plans
​ ​1:30 -2:00 ​Herbaceous Team
​ ​2:00 - 2:30 ​-- Switchgrass
​ ​2:30 - 3:00 ​-- Energycane
​ ​3:00 - 3:30 -- ​Sorghum
​ ​3:30 - 3:45 ​Break
​ ​3:45 - 4:15 -- ​Miscanthus
​ ​4:15 - 4:45 -- ​CRP
​ ​4:45 - 5:15 ​-- Woody Team - Poplar
​ ​5:15 - 5:45 ​-- Woody Team - Willow
   

Wednesday, February 24

​7:00 - 8:30 a.m. ​Breakfast - Regroup and address questions from previous day
​8:30 -12:45 p.m. Individual Species Reports (progress, CY2010 plans, future plans)
​ ​8:30 - 9:00 ​Crop Residue Team - Corn
​ ​9:00 - 9:30 ​Crop Residue Team - Cereal
​ ​9:30 - 12:15 ​Regional Feedstock Assessment Teams
​ ​ ​9:30 - 10:00 ​Northeast Region
​ ​ ​10:00 - 10:30 ​Southeast Region
​ ​ ​10:30 - 10:45 ​Break
​ ​ ​10:45 -11:15 ​Southcentral Region
​ ​ ​11:15 - 11:45 ​Northcentral Region (1)    Northcentral Region (2)
​ ​ ​11:45 - 12:15 ​Western Region
​ ​ ​12:15 - 12:45 ​Education & Outreach Team
​12:45 - 2:30 ​Lunch and Individual Team Discussions with SGA/ARS Advisors
​2:30 - 3:30 ​Opportunities to collaborate and leverage Partnership
​ ​  - NIFA Energy Programs
​ ​  - Common Site Yield Studies - Bryce Stokes
​ ​  - Testing Sustainability - Laura McCann
​ ​  - Others
​3:30 - 5:00 ​Whole Partnership Discussion
​ ​  - Questions and Issues
​ ​  - Discussion Questions
​ ​  - Modifications to Crop-Year 2010 Plans?
​ ​  - Mid-Project Changes/Corrections for 2011 and beyond
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