Time

Activity

Speaker

8:30 am

Introduction

Gus Douglass,

Commissioner WVDA

8:45 am

Overview of US Bioenergy Market

Keith Pauley,

President, MATRIC

9:00 am

Overview of WV Bioenergy Market

Jeff Herholdt,

WVDO

9:15 am

National Biodiesel Market

Tom Maliszewski

BEST Energies, LLC

9:30 am

West Virginia Biodiesel Market

Dean Cordle

AC&S

9:45 am

Local Biodiesel Co-op

Sally Shepherd

10:00 am

BREAK

10:30 am

Overview of Biomass Pyrolysis

Lou Kapicak,

MATRIC

10:45 am

West Virginia Bioenergy Crops

Mark Chatfield,

WVSU

11:00 am

Warm Season Grasses as Feedstock for Biodiesel Production

Mr. Isaac Wolford, State Agronomist USDA-NRCS

11;15 am

Woody Biomass and Opportunities for WV Biodiesel

Dr. Jingxin Wang, WVU Division of Forestry

11:30 am

Discussion

Roger G. Hanshaw,

WVDA

12:00 noon

Wrap-up

Roger G. Hanshaw,

WVDA