Learn about alternative energy at Dec. 1 Bio eConference
The 2009 Bio eConference, “Growing the Bioeconomy: Solutions for Sustainability,” is slated for 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 1, in the Hannah Community Center.
Twelve host sites will share content through high-speed communication systems to promote agriculturally based sustainable solutions to global climate change and energy supply.
Dr. James E. Lovelock, an independent scientist, theorist and an international thinker on global environmental science, will kick off the conference with his keynote address, “Conversion of Agricultural Residues Into Biochar for Incorporation Into Agricultural Soils as the Solution to Global Climate Change.”
Other session topics will focus on net greenhouse gas emission from biofuel systems, nontraditional feedstocks, advances in biofuels, and bioenergy economic and policy issues. It will include prerecorded remarks from Secretary of Agriculture Thomas Vilsack and Secretary of Energy Steven Chu.
The registration cost is $60 per person for those attending live, which gives participants the added value of networking and access to a special morning presentation about biomass procurement. For those who plan to view it from a personal computer in another location, the cost is $50.
Visit http://web2.msue.msu.edu/bioeconomy/ or call Michigan State University (MSU) Agriculture and Natural Resources Conference Services at 517-353-3175 to register for the live conference. If participating online from a personal computer, visit www.bioeconomyconference.org and click on registration options.
For more information, contact Dennis Pennington at 269-671-2412 or Mark Seamon, MSU Extension bioeconomy innovation counselor, at 989-758-2500.
