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Day 1 - Dec. 13, 2021 12 PM - 5 PM ET |
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Opening & Welcome |
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12:00 PM |
12:05 PM |
Devinder Mahajan, Amrith Gunasekara, Pramod Pandey, Chris Voell |
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Keynote |
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12:05 PM |
12:10 PM |
Session Chair Introduction: Devinder Mahajan, Professor, Stony Brook University |
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12:10 PM |
12:20 PM |
Robert Catell. Chairman of Board, Advanced Energy Research and Technology Center and Off-Shore Wind Energy Consortium |
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12:20 PM |
12:30 PM |
Claus Gunge Ellegaard Mortensen, Director - Biogas Go Global Incubator, Food and Bio Cluster Denmark |
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12:30 PM |
12:40 PM |
Tom Bennett, Vice President of Gas Asset Management, National Grid |
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12:40 PM |
12:45 PM |
Q&A |
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12:45 PM |
12:50 PM |
Break |
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RDD Innovations in Manure Management and Biogas |
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12:50 PM |
12:55 PM |
Session Chair Introduction: Chris Cavanagh, Director, National Grid |
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12:55 PM |
1:05 PM |
Utpal Tatu, Professor, India Institute of Science |
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1:05 PM |
1:15 PM |
Kyoung Ro, Coastal Plains Soil, Water & Plant Research Centerm, USDA-ARS, South Carolina, Title: “Accuracy of backward Lagrangian stochastic inverse dispersion method to measure methane emission from animal lagoons” |
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1:15 PM |
1:25 PM |
Lauren Ray, Engineer at Pro-DAIRY, Cornell University, Title: "Enhancing Value of Anaerobic Digestion on Dairy Farms Through Strategies to Reduce and Capture Digestate Storage Methane" |
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1:25 PM |
1:35 PM |
Philip J. Silva, Food Animal Environmental Systems Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Kentucky. "Measurement of sulfur and nitrogen compounds from animal manure management" |
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1:35 PM |
1:45 PM |
N. Ross Buckenham, CEO, California Bioenergy |
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1:45 PM |
1:55 PM |
Sharif Aly, Professor, UC Davis |
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1:55 PM |
2:00 PM |
Q&A |
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2:00 PM |
2:05 PM |
Break |
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Technical Advances to Enhance Biogas Production |
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2:05 PM |
2:10 PM |
Session Chair Introduction: Stephen Hoyt, NYSERDA |
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2:10 PM |
2:20 PM |
David Tonjes, Waste Data and Analysis Center, Stony Brook University, Title: "Food waste, energy recovery, contaminants: a systems issue" |
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2:20 PM |
2:30 PM |
John Loughrin, Food Animal Environmental Systems Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Kentucky, Title: "Anaerobic digestion of animal manure for biogas production" |
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2:30 PM |
2:40 PM |
Vijaya Juneja, Scientist, USDA ARS, Title: "Predictive Microbiology Information Portal, Pathogen Modeling Program and ComBase: Tools for evaluating interventions" |
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2:40 PM |
2:50 PM |
Scott Turn, Researcher at HNEI, University of Hawaii, Title: "Resources for renewable natural gas: A Hawaii case study" |
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2:50 PM |
3:00 PM |
Lars Ravn Nielsen, CEO, Gemidan Ecogi, Title: "Food Waste Pre-Treatment to Divert Food Waste and Enhance Biogas Production" |
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3:00 PM |
3:10 PM |
Hans Henrik Dahl Andersen, Business Development Lead North America, Nature Energy, Title: "Large-Scale Centralized Co-Digestion of Manure and Food Waste" |
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3:10 PM |
3:15 PM |
Q&A |
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3:15 PM |
3:20 PM |
Break |
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Advances in RNG R&D-I |
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3:20 PM |
3:25 PM |
Session Chair Introduction: Thomas Butcher, I-GIT and BNL |
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3:25 PM |
3:35 PM |
Onyebuchi Ukaeje, Research Assistant, Cyprus International University, Title: "An Analysis of Heavy Metals (Cd, Cu and Cr) Impact on Anaerobic Digestion of Poultry Waste for Biomethane Production" |
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3:35 PM |
3:45 PM |
Pramod Pandey, Professor, UC-Davis |
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3:45 PM |
3:55 PM |
Brian Kolodji, Owner, Kolodji Corp, Title: "Decarburetor for Sustainable Rng Operations from Anaerobic Dairy Digesters" |
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3:55 PM |
4:05 PM |
Jacob Stern, VP, RNG Product Delivery, Montrose Environmental, Title: "Innovative Approach to Converting Dairy Manure to Rng...a Case Study in Making Ultra Low Carbon Intensity Vehicle Fuel" |
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4:05 PM |
4:15 PM |
Ravi Jain, President, InnoSepra, LLC, Title: "Transformational Biogas Upgrading Process" |
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4:15 PM |
5:00 PM |
Poster Session |
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Day 2 - Dec. 14, 2021 12 PM - 5:30 PM ET |
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Keynote |
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Session Chair Introduction: Amrith Gunasekara, Science Advisor, CDFA |
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12:00 PM |
12:10 PM |
Ryan Schauland, Acting Chief - Project Assessment Branch, California Air Resources Board |
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12:10 PM |
12:20 PM |
Glenda Humiston, Vice President-ANR, University of California |
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12:20 PM |
12:30 PM |
Roberta Franco and Alyssa Louie, Senior Environmental Scientist, CDFA |
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12:30 PM |
12:45 PM |
Q&A |
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12:45 PM |
12:50 PM |
Break |
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Methane at the Interface of Science and Policy |
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12:50 PM |
12:55 PM |
Session Chair Introduction: Maureen Leddy, NYS DEC |
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12:55 PM |
1:05 PM |
Michael Boccadoro, President, West Coast Advisors |
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1:05 PM |
1:15 PM |
Maureen Leddy, Director of Office of Climate Change, NYS DEC |
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1:15 PM |
1:25 PM |
Tristan Brown, Professor, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry |
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1:25 PM |
1:35 PM |
Michael Stockler, Senior Innovation Manager, Food & Bio Cluster Denmark, Title: "Methane Leakage from Biogas Plants – Results from Danish Measurement Study" |
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1:35 PM |
1:45 PM |
Kathleen Araujo, Director of Energy Policy Institute, Boise State University |
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1:45 PM |
2:00 PM |
Q&A |
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2:00 PM |
2:05 PM |
Break |
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Market and Economic Drivers to Expand RNG Market |
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Panel Discussion Moderator: Matt Tomich, President, Energy Vision |
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Pradheep Kileti, Director of Future of Heat Engineering, National Grid |
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Luca Sirugo, CEO, Gruppo EF |
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Lynne McBride, Executive Director, California Dairy Campaign |
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Hartej Singh, Senior Associate, SkyNRG Americas Inc. |
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Claudio Bertelli, Vice President - Business Development, Lanzatech |
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Daryl Maas, CEO, Mass Energy Works Inc. |
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3:25 PM |
3:30 PM |
Break |
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Advances in RNG-II |
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3:30 PM |
3:35 PM |
Session Chair Introduction: Vatsal Bhatt, I-GIT/StonyBrook University |
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3:35 PM |
3:45 PM |
Abdulaziz Alturki, Assistant Professor, King Abdulaziz University, Title: "A Process to Convert Methane-to-Olefins Featuring a Combined Reformer Via the Methanol Intermediate" |
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3:45 PM |
3:55 PM |
Philip Tominac, Associate Researcher, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Title: "Ferc Order 2222 Creates Incentives for US Dairy Farmers to Act As Rng Peaking Plants" |
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3:55 PM |
4:05 PM |
Wish Krishnamoorthy, Chief Technology Officer, BayoTech, Title: "Renewable Natural Gas and Its Role in Hydrogen Production" |
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4:05 PM |
4:15 PM |
Jörg S. Deutzmann, Postdoctoral Researcher, Stanford University, Title: "Methane Production from CO2 and Electricity in Integrated Bioelectrochemical Systems" |
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4:15 PM |
4:25 PM |
Jin Wang, Walt and Virginia Woltosz Endowed Professor, Auburn University, Title: "An Effective, Robust and Profitable Agriculture Waste Management Technology for Integrated Biogas Valorization and Nutrient Recovery" |
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4:25 PM |
4:40 PM |
Conclusions and Next Steps |
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4:40 PM |
5:30 PM |
Virtual Digester Tour |
