Penn State Biorenewables Symposium 2025
17-18 April, 2025
Eric J Barron Innovation Hub
123 S Burrowes St.
State College, PA
Overview:
The biorenewables symposium brings together researchers, industry, and stakeholders interested in developing new opportunities for bioenergy, biomaterials, and related products for the emerging bioeconomy. Join us for a technical tour, keynote presentations, panel discussions, networking, and a poster session.
Sponsored by Penn State's Center for Biorenewables (CBR), the Institute for Energy and the Environment (IEE), and the Institute for Sustainable Agriculture, Food and Environmental Science (iSAFES).
Who Should Attend?
This workshop is designed for individuals seeking to explore upcoming opportunities for bioenergy and biorenewables in the emerging bioeconomy, and to network with researchers and project developers in this space. Biomass and bioproducts professionals, project developers, policy makers, researchers, and public sector professionals are all encouraged to attend.
Program
Thursday, April 17
| 15:00 | Optional On-Campus Research Tour
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| 17:30 | Informal Networking Reception |
Friday, April 18
| 8:00 | Registration Opens |
| 8:30 | Welcome
Charlie Anderson, PSU Center for Biorenewables |
| 8:45 | Keynote Speaker: Regenerative Systems and Biorenewables
Lisa Schulte-Moore, Iowa State University |
| 9:45 | Morning Break |
| 10:15 | Morning Panel Discussion Biorenewables and Regenerative Systems: Opportunities for Additionality |
| 11:45 | Poster Session and Lunch Break |
| 13:35 | Keynote Speaker: Biorenewables and Biomaterials Potential Orlando Rojas, University of British Columbia Bioproducts Institute |
| 14:30 | Afternoon Panel Discussion Advanced Biorenewable Materials |
| 16:00 | Closing Remarks |
Registration
Registration for the event is free of charge, but you must register in advance in order to attend. Please register here.
For more information:
Contact Dan Ciolkosz
Daniel Ciolkosz
Co-Director, Center for Biorenewables; Associate Research Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering