Sweet Sorghum Ethanol Association

2012 Annual Conference – Sweet Sorghum Ethanol Association

UPDATE

Meeting Registration: Several parties have contacted me regarding meeting registration. Due to some administrative arrangements, please plan on registering at the meeting. We will accept checks prior to the opening of the conference and the morning of Friday made out to the SSEA and will have appropriate receipts available. Sorry if this caused any inconvenience.

Hotel Arrangements: I spoke to the Holiday Inn this morning 13 January, 2012. They reported that rooms are filling quickly, so if you have not made reservations at this point, please contact them soon at 407-851-6400. If you have any problems request to speak to Cristina Toro in sales and she will assist you.

Scott W. Gibson
Acting President & Vice President, SSEA

Sweet Sorghum Ethanol Association Conference Agenda

January 26–27, 2012

Holiday Inn – Orlando International Airport

5750 T. G. Lee Blvd., Orlando, Florida, 32822 (map)

Thursday, January 26, 2012

7:00-8:00 am	Registration
8:00-8:30 am	Introduction by Scott Gibson, Acting President

Morning Session Chair — Randy Powell

8:30-9:00 am	Dr. Zane Helsel, Rutgers Univ. & Univ. of Fla., & Dr. J. Alvarez, Univ. of FLa., “Economic Feasibility of Alternative Sweet Sorghum Production Systems for Bioenergy in Florida”
9:00-9:30 am	Dr. Lonnie Ingram, Florida Center for Renewable Chemicals and Fuels, “Fermentation of Sorghum Juice and bagasse to Fuels and Chemicals”
9:30-10:00 am	Ray Stillwell, Green Investment Group, “Innovation in Global Redevelopment: Industrial Brownfield Evolution”
10:00-10:30 am	Break
10:30-11:00 am	Dr. Rolando Cifuentes, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, “Experiences on Sweet Sorghum for Ethanol Production in the Pacific Coast of Guatemala”
11:00-11:30 am	Dr. Francisco Zavala-Garcia, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, “Potential of Sorghum for Bioethanol Production in Mexico”
11:30-12:00 noon	Dr. Robert Schaffert, EMBRAPA, Brazil, “An update on sweet sorghum for ethanol production in Brazil”
12:00-2:00 pm	Lunch Break/Networking Non Members (Lunch not provided)
12:00-2:00 pm	SSEA Luncheon Annual Business Meeting (Lunch Provided, SSEA Members Only)

Afternoon Session Chair — Michael McNeil

2:00-2:30 pm	Dr. Gillian Eggleston & Dr. Brett Andrzejewski, USDA-ARS, “Development of Commercially Viable Processing Technologies for Sweet Sorghum at USDA-ARS Southern Regional Research Center in New Orleans, with Emphasis on Juice Clarification”
2:30-3:00 pm	Dr. Sarah Lingle, USDA-ARS Southern Regional Research Center in New Orleans, “Post-harvest changes in sweet sorghum – implications for harvesting and processing”
3:00-3:30 pm	Dr. Randy Powell, BioDimensions Delta BioRenewables, “Development of the Sweet Sorghum Biorefinerey”
3:30-4:00 pm	Break
4:00-4:30 pm	Dr. Jeff Benner, “Sweet sorghum in cooler climates: perspectives from Maryland and our new harvester”
4:30-5:00 pm	Dr. Donald Slack, Univ. of Arizona, “Sweet Sorghum as an Ethanol Crop in Arizona”
5:00-5:30 pm	Dr. Courtney Jahn, Colorado State University, “Form and Function-New Targets to Improve Bioenergy Feedstocks”
5:30-6:30 pm	Social Hour
6:30-8:30 pm	Banquet Dinner
8:00-8:30 pm	Keynote Speaker - Dr. Honey Rand, EPR Group, What Are We Waiting For? Be Heard or Be Herded!

Friday, January 27, 2012

Morning Session Chair — Steve Heller

8:00-8:30 am	Ron Miller, President, EPEC Biofuels, Subject: Fuel ethanol history and outlook
8:30-9:00 am	Tim Lust, National Sorghum Producers (NSP), United Sorghum Checkoff Program (USCP), Subject: USCP support of sweet sorghum and regulatory update
9:00-9:30 am	Michael Dobson, Managing Member of Dobson, Craig & Associates and Founder of Florida Renewable Energy Producers Association, “Current and Future Energy Policy, what to expect"
9:30–10:00 am	Break
10:00-10:30 am	Dr. Angela Prioleau, USDA Rural Development, “USDA Rural Energy for America Funding Opportunities”
10:30-11:00 am	Ron Flavin, Ron Flavin, Inc., “Finance and Government Incentives”
11:00-11:30 am	Dr. Danielle Bellmer, Oklahoma State Univ., “The Untapped Potential of Sweet Sorghum as a Bioenergy Feedstock”
11:30-11:45 am	End of Conference (Closing Comments from Scott Gibson)
12:00-1:30 pm	SSEA Annual Business Meeting & Board Elections (SSEA Members only)

Hotel Registration

The conference hotel is the Holiday Inn Orlando International Airport, located just one mile from the airport, with shuttle buses offered 24 hours a day. The full address, link to the hotel website, link to a map and reservation phone numbers are shown below.

Holiday Inn Orlando International Airport (website)
(800) 315-2621 Hotel Reservations
(407) 851-6400 Hotel Front Desk
(407) 240-3717 Hotel Fax
5750 T.G. Lee Blvd.
Orlando, Florida, United States
(map)

Membership Information

We welcome all interested to consider membership.

Membership consists of three classes:

Producer/Processor Member. — Any person who is an actual producer of sweet sorghum, a processor of ethanol, or a processor of any other bio-derivatives from sweet sorghum.

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