Penn State Biorenewables Symposium 2024
18-19 April, 2024
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 Institutes 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 18
| 15:00 | Optional On-Campus Research Tour
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| 18:00 | Informal Networking Reception |
Friday, April 19
| 8:00 | Registration Opens |
| 8:30 | Welcome
Charlie Anderson, PSU Center for Biorenewables |
| 8:45 | Keynote Speaker: Biorenewables in the Built Environment
Lola Ben-Alon, Columbia University |
| 9:30 | Keynote Speaker: Moving Biofuels into the Future Tim Winters, Western New York Energy |
| 10:15 | Morning Break |
| 10:45 | Morning Panel Discussion: Biorenewables Impacts: Upping the Up-side |
| 12:15 | Poster Session and Lunch Break |
| 13:45 | Keynote Speaker: Biorenewables from the National Laboratory Perspective Tom Foust, NREL |
| 14:30 | Afternoon Panel Discussion: Frontiers in Biomaterials |
| 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