| 7:00 am - 5:00 pm | Conference Registration Open
Auditorium Lobby |  |
| 7:00 am - 5:00 pm | Speaker/Moderator Resource Center Open
101 A |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast in the Expo
Exhibit Hall B-C |  |
| 7:30 am - 1:30 pm | Expo Open
Exhibit Hall B-C |
| 8:30 am - 10:00 am | Concurrent Track
  Track 1: Production and Operations
Room 200 DEFG
Wonderful Widgets: Technologies Available for Plants Looking to Drive Out Process Expenses and Increase ProfitsModerator: Christopher Richards, SVP Sales & Business Development, Lallemand Biofuels & Distilled Spirits - Gary Bymers, International Sales Manager, Hydro-Thermal Corporation
200 Proof Depressurization System Benefits - Alain Castro, CEO, Ener-Core Inc.
Reusing Process Waste Gases as a Source of Energy to Reduce Costs, Improve Profitability and Establish a New Environmental Standard for Ethanol Production - Stephan Blum, Chief Technology Officer, Whitefox Technologies Limited
Cooling Water Limitations: The 92ºF Problem - Hank Brittain, Director of Optimization and Advanced Control, OPX Control
Tutorial on PID Control and Tuning
 Track 2: Leadership and Financial Management
Room 200 BCHI
Big Data I: How Plant Managers Can Use Production Information to Gain Financial InsightModerator: Holly Jessen, Managing Editor, Ethanol Producer Magazine - Carson Merkwan, Business Development Manager, Direct Automation LLC
Pi in the Sky, Data Management for You - Bobby Anderson, CEO, NCAT Inc.
Plant Data Transformation: Convert Disorganized, Poorly Utilized Data into a Key Financial Asset - Chris Kirchberg, JMP Technical Enablement Engineer, SAS Institute Inc.
Speeding Up Analysis and Discovery of Ethanol Data - Nick LeFebvre, Technical Services Manager, Lallemand Biofuels & Distilled Spirits
Utilizing Simple Statistical Analysis Programs in an Ethanol Plant
  Track 3: Coproducts and Product Diversification
Room 101 BCHI
A Boom of Our Own: Best Practices in Corn Oil Capture and Characterization- James Bleyer, R&D Program Manager, Valicor Inc.
V-FRAC: Complete Back End Processing Technology - Neal Jakel, Strategy & Technology, Fluid Quip Process Technologies LLC
Theory and Practical Solutions for Enhanced Distillers Corn Oil Recovery - Michael Regier, Vice President, Cereal Process Technologies
Reducing Fractionation CapEx: A Major Shift in Technology - Gina Clapper, Technical Specialist, AOCS
Characterize Corn Distillers Oil with AOCS Methods
  Track 4: Cellulosic and Advanced Ethanol
Room 101 DEFG
Starch Ethanol’s Cellulosic Sequel Also Begins with BiologyModerator: Eric Sumner, Technical Business Development Manager, Anitox - Nicklas Bonander, Principal Scientist, Taurus Energy AB
Taurus XyloFerm® Yeast Technology Offers More Efficient Cellulosic Ethanol Production - Thomas Jeffries, President, Xylome.com
Novel Yeasts for Cellulosic Ethanol Production - James Croonenberghs, Cellulosic Business Development Manager, Novozymes
Novozymes’ C5 Yeast: An Integrated Biological Solution for Biomass Conversion - Allan Froehlich, Senior Research Scientist, Mascoma LLC
Advanced Yeast Biocatalysts for 2nd Generation Ethanol Production
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| 10:00 am - 10:30 am | Refreshment Break in the Expo
Exhibit Hall B-C |  |
| 10:30 am - Noon | Concurrent Track
Track 1: Production and Operations
Room 200 DEFG
Exploring Opportunities for Producers within the EPA’s Efficient Producer Pathway Process
Moderator: Timothy Baye, Professor, Business Development & State Energy Specialist, University of Wisconsin-Extension - Jim Ramm, Managing Partner & Senior Engineer, EcoEngineers
Ethanol Expansion through Life Cycle Analysis, Efficient Producer and Advanced Biofuels - LaMarr Barnes, Vice President, Marketing & Business Development, U.S. Water
Efficient Energy Producer Process - Nathan Vander Griend, President, ERI Solutions Inc.
Reducing Cost while Ensuring Compliance and Asset Integrity - Andrea Foglesong, Director, Environmental Affairs, ERI Solutions Inc.
How to get RINs for Ethanol using the Efficient Producer Pathway Process
Room 200 BCHI
Sharpening Your Staff Saw: Training and Tools to Get the Very Best Performance from Your TeamModerator: Tim Portz, Executive Editor, Ethanol Producer Magazine- RM Burton, Industry Technology Specialist, Novozymes North America
Next Generation Training for Ethanol Plants - Anne Chronic, Fermentation Specialist, Phibro Ethanol Performance Group
Finding Your Rock Star Operator - Kristi Plack, Director, Technical Operations, Bion Analytical
How to Generate Results in Your Lab that Your Operations Team can Trust - Wes Hazlett, Safety Consultant, Rail Safe Training Incorporated
Upgrade Your Rail Operational Standards
Room 101 BCHI
Diversifying Product Streams and Determining their Impact to Plant Bottom Lines
Moderator: Jeremiah Frueauf, Director, Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox- Dave Sams, Vice President, Business Development, xF Technologies
Upgrade of Ethanol to a Diesel Oxygenate - Douglas Tiffany, Assistant Extension Professor, University of Minnesota
Phytate Extraction: A New Revenue Stream and DDGS Value Enhancer for Ethanol Plants - Jayant Godbole, President & Director, Business Development US & Americas , Praj Industries Limited
Retrofitting Ethanol Plants with High Quality Beverage Spirit Plant-Changing Paradigm - Doug Rivers, Director, Research & Development, ICM Inc.
Benefits and Challenges of Liquid Fuel and Chemical Production from Renewable Feedstocks
Room 101 DEFG
Lignocellulose’s Sweet Side: Converting Biomass Feedstocks into More Easily Processed Sugar StreamsModerator: Kyle Althoff, President, Equinox LLC - Daniel Hayes, Director, Celignis Limited
Use of Near Infrared Spectroscopy for the Rapid Low-Cost Analysis of a Wide Variety of Lignocellulosic Feedstocks - Sabrina Trupia, Research Director, National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center
Blending Feedstocks for Conversion into Fuels - Jack Baron, President, Sweetwater Energy
The Sweet 7: Keys to Unlocking Your First Commercial 2G Project - Barry Wortzman, Vice President, Business Development, GreenField Specialty Alcohols Inc.
GreenField's Answer to Producing Gen2 Sugars
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| Noon - 1:30 pm | Lunch in the Expo |
| 1:30 pm - 6:30 pm | Exhibitor Move-Out |
| 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Concurrent Track
Track 1: Production and Operations
Room 200 DEFG
Big Data II: Putting Information to Work Optimizing Fermentation
Moderator: Dennis Bayrock, Global Director Fermentation Research, Phibro Ethanol Performance Group- Craig Wills, Technical Services Manager, Lallemand Biofuels & Distilled Spirits
Optimizing Fermentation Potential: Tips for better Data Collection, Organization and Analysis - Nicholas Giffen, Scientist- Data Analysis, Novozymes North America
Flexible Enzymatic Solutions for an Ever-Changing Market - Matthew Richards, Manager, Application Technology, Mascoma LLC
Measurement of Ethanol Yield in Grain Ethanol Plant Trials - Stephanie Gleason, Applications Scientist I, DuPont Industrial Biosciences
From Prop to Drop: The Role of Yeast Health in Efficient Fuel Ethanol Fermentations
Room 200 BCHI
Understanding How Quality Assurance Plans (QAP) Can Protect Valuable RIN Revenue StreamsModerator: Gregg Mast, President & CEO, Earthtech Energy - Ashley Player, Manager, Weaver and Tidwell LLP
QAP for Ethanol: Do you need it? - Jonathan Olmscheid, Supervisor, Assurance & Advisory Services, Christianson & Associates PLLP
RINs in 2015 and Beyond: Regulations, Requirements and Revenue Impact - Tamara Mills, Compliance Specialist, RINtrust
QAP: Myths and Truths - Jim Venhoff, Manager, Biofuels, Genscape Inc.
Q-RINs and the QAP Process
Room 101 BCHI
The Bottom Line: Evaluating the Role that Coproducts Play in Your Facility’s Financial LifeModerator: Joseph Brady, Manager, Brady Solutions - Connie Lindstrom, Benchmarking Consultant, Christianson & Associates PLLP
Coproduct Trends and their Impact on Plant Profitability - Robert Sauer, Financial Management, CFO Systems LLC
Corn Processing Diversification: Valuing Investments in New Products - Jeff Scharping, Business Development Manager, ICM Inc.
Coproducts and Product Diversification - Pete Moss, President, Cereal Process Technologies
Planning for Blendwalls, Planning for Growth…How Fractionation Prepares you for Both
Room 101 DEFG
Assessing the Progress in Commercializing Cellulosic Ethanol Production TechnologiesModerator: Eric Bober, Principal, Nexant Inc. - Ken Hill, Business Development & Licensing Leader, DuPont Industrial Biosciences
Cellulosic Ethanol Innovation Starts Here - Christian Morgen, General Manager, Global Sales and Marketing, Leifmark
Guilt-Free Profits: Turning Cellulosic Ethanol Refining into a Highly Successful Low-Carbon Business - Patrick Foody, EVP, Advanced Biofuels, Iogen Corporation
Update on Iogen's Technology and Progress - Shekar Govindaswamy, Technical Director, Leaf Technologies
Advancements in Cellulosic Ethanol Fermentation
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| 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Refreshment Break |  |
| 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm | Concurrent Track
Track 1: Production and Operations
Room 200 DEFG
Emerging Protocols for the Safe Handling of Carbon Dioxide in Ethanol ProductionModerator: Justin Brandt, EHS Lead, Glacial Lakes Energy, & Plant and Employee Safety Committee Chair, Renewable Fuels Association - Mary DeVany, Principal Scientific Researcher, DeVany Industrial Consultants
Carbon Dioxide: A Safety Program - Kristy Moore, Vice President, Technical Services, Renewable Fuels Association
Working Safely around Carbon Dioxide
Room 200 BCHI
Doubling Down on Compliance: Building Shareholder Value by Working Towards Greater Efficiency and Sustainable Production- Andrea Foglesong, Director, Environmental Affairs, ERI Solutions Inc.
Voluntary Sustainability Plan for Fuel Ethanol Plants - Jessica Karras-Bailey, Principal, RTP Environmental Associates Inc.
Managing Environmental Compliance - Donna Funk, Principal, K.Coe Isom
Shareholder Value: Measuring and Maximizing
Room 101 BCHI
What Ethanol Plant Management Teams Need to Know about the Food Safety Modernization ActModerator: Sue Retka-Schill, Senior Editor, Ethanol Producer Magazine- Kelly Davis, Director, Regulatory Affairs, Renewable Fuels Association
What does FSMA mean to my Ethanol Plant? - Gary Engstrom, Technical Manager, U.S. Water
Food Safety Modernization Act: A Supplier’s Perspective in the Dry Grind Industry
Room 101 DEFG
Laying the Foundations for Cellulosic Success with Well Considered Pretreatment StrategiesModerator: James Hettenhaus, Co-founder, cea inc. - Robert Naidel, Vice President, Lotus Mixers Inc./LOTUS Process Group LLC
Critical Mixers: Soak Tanks and Other Front End Tanks - Christopher Gerken, Scientist, ICM Inc.
Pretreatment Scale Up of Lignocellulosic Feedstock: Lessons Learned - Allison Talley, Biochemist, Enginuity Worldwide LLC
A Continuous Pre-treatment Method using a Rotary Compression Dryer - M. Clark Dale, President & CEO, Bio-Process Innovation
Low Temp Steep Delignification - A Novel Pretreatment Technology: Pilot Results & Commercial Applications
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| 5:00 pm | Sessions Conclude |
| 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Wednesday Evening Event
Edge of the Wilderness at Nicollet Island Pavillion
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