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Monday, October 10 2011

4:00pm - 7:00pm		Conference Registration Open -- Allegheny Foyer - Third Level

Tuesday, October 11 2011

7:00am - 7:00pm		Conference Registration Open -- Allegheny Foyer - Third Level
7:30am - 4:00pm		Industry Tours
7:30am - 7:00pm		Bioheat Northeast -- Westmorland Central - Second Level
10:00am - 3:00pm		Exhibitor Move-In -- Allegheny Grand Ballroom - Third Level
5:00pm - 7:00pm		Trade Show Grand Opening & Welcome Reception -- Allegheny Grand Ballroom - Third Level

Wednesday, October 12 2011

7:00am - 8:00am		Continental Breakfast
7:00am - 7:00pm		Conference Registration Open -- Allegheny Foyer - Third Level
8:00am - 8:30am		Welcome and Keynote Address -- Westmorland - Second Level
8:30am - 10:00am		General Session: Examining the National Wood-to-Energy Road Map - A Northeast Perspective Tom Bryan, John Ferrell, R. Bruce Arnold, Charlie Niebling, Dave Tenny -- Westmorland - Second Level
10:00am - 10:30am		Refreshment Break in the Trade Show -- Allegheny Grand Ballroom - Third Level
10:00am - 7:00pm		Trade Show Open -- Allegheny Grand Ballroom - Third Level
10:30am - 12:00pm		Conversion Approaches for Problematic Waste Streams Holly Flesh, Landon Miller, Jim Taylor, Mathew Soberg -- Pennsylvania - Second Level
		Creating Value from Waste Plastics: Utilization, Potential and Barriers for Converting Waste Polymers into Value-added Bioproducts Louis Barreto, Sean Arnold, Dr. Rory Jara -- Somerset - Second Level
		Put to the Test: Technical Support for Determining the Viability of Biomass Projects in the Northeast Tim Portz, Lew McCreery, Michael Palko, William Strauss, Keith Henn -- Cambria - Second Level
		Utilization of, Potential for and Barriers to Wood Heat in the Northeast David DeVallance, John Ackerly, Charlie Niebling, Leo Dwyer -- Westmorland - Second Level
12:00pm - 1:30pm		Lunch in the Trade Show -- Allegheny Grand Ballroom - Third Level
1:30pm - 3:00pm		Biorefining Momentum: Examining the Northeast’s Role in the Development of Next Generation Biofuels Kaushlendra Singh, Steve Rideout, Dr. Moshe Ben-Reuven, Nicholas Schulz -- Somerset - Second Level
		Diligence in District Heating: An Exploration of Existing District Heating Facilities and Growth Potential in the Northeast Daniel Wilson, Kamalesh Doshi, Edward Johnstonbaugh, Timothy Pierson -- Westmorland - Second Level
		First things First: Biomass Fuel Supply Contracting Kate Bechen, JD Lindeberg, Terry Godwin, Kolby Hoagland -- Cambria - Second Level
		Leveraging Wastewater and Manure Streams for Energy Production Fred Gould, Tom Kavookjian, Charlie Goff, Bill Jorgensen -- Pennsylvania - Second Level
3:00pm - 3:30pm		Refreshment Break in the Trade Show -- Allegheny Grand Ballroom - Third Level
3:30pm - 5:00pm		Algae Infatuation: Exploring Algae’s Potential as a Viable Biomass Feedstock for Fuels and Chemicals in the Northeast Bryan Sims, Brent Riffel, Lawrence Walmsley -- Somerset - Second Level
		Exploring the Technical and Economic Viability of Co-Firing Biomass with Coal for Power Production Phil Hirsch, Thomas Corle, John Saucier, Edward Harris -- Pennsylvania - Second Level
		Export Opportunities: How can the Northeast US Expand its Wood Pellet Export Capacity Pete Stewart, Seth Ginther -- Westmorland - Second Level
		The New Normal: Why Project Finance Alternatives May be Your Only Option Luke Geiver, Adam Stern, Gary Kleiman, Stephen Flaherty, Daniel Simon -- Cambria - Second Level
5:00pm - 7:00pm		Networking Reception in the Trade Show -- Allegheny Grand Ballroom - Third Level

Thursday, October 13 2011

7:00am - 12:00pm		Conference Registration Open -- Allegheny Foyer - Third Level
7:30am - 8:30am		Continental Breakfast in the Trade Show -- Allegheny Grand Ballroom - Third Level
7:30am - 10:30am		Trade Show Open -- Allegheny Grand Ballroom - Third Level
8:30am - 10:00am		General Session Roundtable: Biomass Utilization Research in the Northeast Tom Richard, Jingxin Wang, Edwin White -- Westmorland - Second Level
10:00am - 10:30am		Refreshment Break in the Trade Show -- Allegheny Grand Ballroom - Third Level
10:30am - 12:00pm		Exhibitor Move Out -- Allegheny Grand Ballroom - Third Level
		General Session TBA -- Westmorland - Second Level
12:00pm - 1:00pm		Conference Adjourns