| 7:00 am – 5:00 pm | Speaker/Moderator Resource Center Open
Room 131 |
| 7:00 am – 5:00 pm |  Conference Registration Open
Hoosier Lobby outside Exhibit Halls I,J,K |
| 7:30 am - 1:30 pm | Expo Open
Exhibit Halls I,J,K |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Continental Breakfast in the Expo
Exhibit Halls I,J,K |
| 8:30 am - 10:00 am | Concurrent Tracks
  Track 1: Production and OperationsRooms 132-134The Available Mechanical and Biological Methods for Quantifying, Capturing and Converting Recalcitrant Starches- Moderator: Janice Ryan-Bohac, President & Plant Breeder, CAREnergy LLC
- Scott Kohl, Technical Director, ICM Inc.
DDGS Starch Assay: How to Increase Ethanol Yields - Ye Chen, Scientist, Novozymes North America
Enhanced Residual Starch Determination Using NIR and Advanced Enzyme Technology - Long Nguyen, Staff Scientist, Novozymes
Use of a Unique Cellulase to Tap New Starch Pools for Ethanol Production - John Kwik, President, Fluid Quip Process Technologies LLC
Enhanced Milling and Liquefaction Method with Counter-Current Wash - Nathan Misirian, Marketing Manager, Hydro-Thermal Corporation
Slurry Tank Improvements
  Track 2: Leadership and Financial ManagementRooms 135-137The Smart Money: Practical Strategies for Keeping Your Ethanol Plant Environmentally Compliant- Moderator: Jamey Cline, Business Development Director, Christianson & Associates PLLP
- Erica Montefusco, Director: Environmental, Health, Safety, Security, Green Plains Renewable Energy Inc.
Successfully Passing an EPA FRP Drill Scenario - Francis Lyons, Partner, Schiff Hardin LLP
Environmental Enforcement against Ethanol Producers - Andrea Foglesong, Director, Environmental Affairs, ERI Solutions Inc.
Common Environmental Regulatory Pitfalls and the Associated Penalties - Jessica Karras-Bailey, Principal, RTP Environmental Associates Inc.
Managing Environmental Compliance
  Track 3: Coproducts and Product DiversificationRooms 234-236Biological and Mechanical Methods for Increasing the Capture Rate of Oil, Protein and Starch from Inbound Corn- Moderator: David Lococo, Executive Vice President, KATZEN International Inc.
- Sara Perrin, Scientist, Novozymes North America
The Impact of Seasonal Variation on the Corn Oil Recovery Process - James Bleyer, Senior Project Engineer, Valicor Separation Technologies
VFRAC™ Stillage Processing Technology - Michael Ladisch, Distinguished Professor & Director, Purdue University/LORRE
Enzyme Catalyzed Disassembly of Corn Kernels - Allen Lee, Principal, Lee Tech LLC
Post Distillation Selective Milling Process to Enhance Oil and Starch Recovery
  Track 4: Cellulosic and Advanced Ethanol Rooms 237-239Reviewing Emerging Biological and Thermochemical Production Pathways to Cellulosic Ethanol - Moderator: Stephan Blum, Chief Technology Officer, Whitefox Technologies Limited
- Girish Srinivas, Director, Business Development, TDA Research
Homogeneous Catalytic System for Converting Biomass-Derived Synthesis Gas into Fuel Ethanol with Removal of Water - Jerry Gargulak, Business Development Manager, Borregaard / LignoTech
BALI Commercialization - Jeremy Javers, Cellulose to Ethanol--Team Lead, ICM Inc.
ICM’s Line of Sight to Cellulosic Ethanol - Nagib Ward, Vice President, Business Development, Deinove
DEINOL: Creating a Cost-Effective Consolidated Bioprocess |
| 10:00 am - 10:30 am |  Refreshment Break in the Expo
Exhibit Halls I,J,K |
| 10:30 am - Noon | Concurrent Tracks
Track 1: Production and OperationsRooms 132-134The Forever War: Pathways Available to Ethanol Producers for Bacterial Control and their Impact on Yield and Feed Coproducts- Moderator: Dennis Bayrock, Global Director, Fermentation Research, PhibroChem Ethanol Performance Group
- Jenny Forbes, Manager New Product Development, Phibro Ethanol Performance Group
Improved Methods for Antimicrobial Selection - Allen Ziegler, Global Biorefining Manager, Ashland Water Technologies
Novel Antimicrobial Technologies Enable Biorefineries to Increase Production and Meet Regulatory Requirements - Eric Sumner, Global Market Development Manager, DuPont FermaSure
Improving Bacteria Control in Batch and Continuous Fermentation without Antibiotics - Patrick Heist, Chief Scientific Officer, Ferm Solutions Inc.
Prevention and Control of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria at Fuel Ethanol Facilities
Track 2: Leadership and Financial ManagementRooms 135-137Increasing Shareholder Confidence by Increasing Overall Plant Value and Providing Adequate Liquidity Opportunities - Moderator: Tom Bryan, Editor-In-Chief, Ethanol Producer Magazine
- James Eiler, Principal, Eiler Capital Advisors LLC
Liquidity for Minority Shareholders - Richard Wilichowski, Vice President, AccuVal-Liquitec
How to Hire the Right Appraiser to Value Your Plant - Scott McDermott, Partner, Ascendant Partners Inc.
How to Leverage Strategic Planning and Capital Planning to Increase Company Valuation and Stock Value - Donna Funk, Member, Biofuels Group, Kennedy and Coe LLC
Understand Ways to Measure Shareholder Value and Opportunities to Create Liquidity for Minority Investors Track 3: Coproducts and Product DiversificationRooms 234-236Strategies for Ensuring Investments in Corn Oil Extraction are Delivering Maximum Dividends- Moderator: Charles Ferrin, President, HK Instrument Systems
- Joe Riley, General Manager, FEC Solutions
Is California the Corn Oil Mecca? - Rachel Overheul, Director of Engineering, WB Services LLC
Corn Oil: The Value of Quantity vs. Quality - Peter Bell, Co-Founder, Renewable Fuel Products
Renewable Diesel Production from Coproducts of the Corn-to-Ethanol Refining Process
Track 4: Cellulosic and Advanced EthanolRooms 237-239 Strategies for Growing Advanced Biofuel Production from the Fertile Ground of Currently Installed Starch Capacity- Moderator: Jesper Bang Andersen, Partner, Leifmark
- Bill Herdt, Validation Engineer, Arisdyne Systems
Cavitation: A More Viable Option for Corn Fiber Conversion - Steve Rust, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Edeniq Inc.
Cellulosic Ethanol Revolution Begins - Phil Madson, President, KATZEN International Inc.
Defining Generation 1.5 - Bob Randle, Vice President, Commercialization, xF Technologies
A New Advanced Fuel Blend Component made from Corn or Biomass and Ethanol
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| Noon - 1:30 pm | Lunch in the Expo
Exhibit Halls I,J,K |
| 1:30 pm - 6:30 pm | Exhibitor Move-Out |
| 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Concurrent Tracks
Track 1: Production and OperationsRooms 132-134A Sense of Where You Are: Process Control Strategies that Reduce Costs and Increase Yield- Moderator: Robert Sauer, Director, CFO Systems LLC
- Hank Brittain, Director of Optimization & Advanced Control, OPX Control
How to Score and Improve your Process Control System to Reduce Operating Costs - Srinivas Budaraju, Lead Engineer, Rockwell Automation
Model Predictive Control of Continuous Fermentation Process - Bill Whitlock, Senior Scientist, Novozymes
InDex: An Enhanced Analytical Method for Cook Process Optimization - Glen Bowen, Platform Launch Team Manager, Water Technology - North America, Ashland Water Technologies
Advantages of Performance-Based Monitoring and Control Systems in Process and Water Treatment Chemical Programs
Track 2: Leadership and Financial ManagementRooms 135-137The Track Ahead: Safely Increasing Capacity on the Nation’s Railways- Moderator: Kristy Moore, Vice President, Technical Services, Renewable Fuels Association
- Tom Simpson, President, Railway Supply Institute
The Myths and Realities of 111 Tank Cars - Jim Holland, President & CEO, Pinnacle Engineering
Lessons Learned: Release Prevention and Impact Mitigation - John Gray, Senior Vice President, Policy and Economics, Association of American Railroads
2014 Rail Capacity Issues
Track 3: Coproducts and Product DiversificationRooms 234-236How Producers Can Maximize their RIN Coproduct in a Dynamic Policy and Pathway Environment- Moderator: John Caupert, Executive Director, National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center
- Ashley Player, Manager, Energy Compliance Services, Weaver and Tidwell L.L.P.
Have you been QAP'd? - Jake Ferris, Professor Emeritus, Michigan State University
Solving the Ethanol Blend Wall Problem with Biodiesel: A Scenario - James Ramm, Partner & Senior Engineer, EcoEngineers
Life Cycle Analysis and QAP Tools to Open New Fuel Pathways
Track 4: Cellulosic and Advanced EthanolRooms 237-239 Conversion Begins at Harvest: Biomass Collection and Storage Techniques and How they Impact Downstream Conversion and the Bottom Line- Moderator: Jennifer Cooke-Yin, Attorney, Stinson Leonard Street LLP
- Keith Brazzell, Chief Operating Officer, Genera Energy Inc.
Beyond Harvest: Improving Logistics and Preprocessing in Industrial-Scale Biomass Supply Chain Solutions - Adam Wirt, Biomass Manager, POET
Feeding a Cellulosic Ethanol Plant: The Feedstock Logistics of Project LIBERTY - Jorgen Lyngso, American Representative, Processbio
Fully Automatic Bale Handling System: Dramatically Increase Throughput and Elimination of Safety Threats by Manually Handling with Forklifts - James Hettenhaus, President & CEO, CEA Inc.
Wet Cellulosic Feedstock Storage
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| 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm |  Refreshment Break
Hoosier Lobby |
| 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm | Concurrent Tracks
Track 1: Production and OperationsRooms 132-134Strategies for Capturing and Leveraging Operational Data to Manage Risk, Increase Yield and Drive Profitability- Moderator: Sue Retka Schill, Senior Editor, Ethanol Producer Magazine
- Joseph Windover, CEO, InCloud Control
Control your Costs, Time, and Quality in the Cloud - Nicholas Giffen, Senior Scientist - Data Analyst, Novozymes North America
Golden Batch: Finding Gold by Analyzing Process Data - David Spickler, Vice President, Marketing & Risk Management, Midwest AgEnergy Group
Plant-Developed Risk Management Process and Software
Track 2: Leadership and Financial ManagementRooms 135-137Using Technology and Marketplace Intelligence to Drive Energy Expenses out of Plant Ledgers- Moderator: Tim Portz, Executive Editor, Ethanol Producer Magazine
- Norm Cox, Director, Account Management, U.S. Energy Services Inc.
Combined Heat and Power: An Alternative against Ever Increasing Electric Costs - Rebecca DeMarr, Sr. Director, Marketing & Pricing, CenterPoint Energy Services Inc.
The Bi-"Polar" Natural Gas Market - Sharine Ma, APC Technical Consultant, Rockwell Automation
Energy Optimization in DDGS Drying - Scott Dyer, Chief Science Officer, AGREBON Inc.
20% Carbon Reductions from Anaerobic Digestion of Thin Stillage - Robert Kramer, Director, Energy Efficiency and Reliability Center, Purdue University-Calumet
New Method to Increase DDGS Value and Ethanol Production
Track 3: Coproducts and Product DiversificationRooms 234-236The Knife that Cuts Both Ways: How Carbon can be Both a Liability and an Asset for Ethanol Producers- Moderator: Gary DeLong, Vice President, Degart Global
- Kayla Hornafius, Graduate Student, Miami University, Oxford, OH
Corn Ethanol Product Diversification by CO2-EOR - Steffen Mueller, Principal Economist, University of Illinois
Opportunities for Ethanol in the Carbon Markets - Jessica Karras-Bailey, Principal, RTP Environmental Associates Inc.
GHGs and PSD: What Every Plant Needs to Know - Chris White, Department Manager-US Midwest Environment, AECOM
Changes to the Legal and Regulatory Framework for Permitting of Biogenic Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Bill Roddy, Vice President, Sustainability, ERI Solutions Inc.
Bioengineered Corn Feedstock Yielding 20% Carbon Reductions
Track 4: Cellulosic and Advanced EthanolRooms 237-239 How Innovations in Pretreatment are Driving Down the Cost of Extracting Fermentable Sugars from Cellulosic Feedstocks- Moderator: Michael Ladisch, Distinguished Professor & Director, Purdue University/LORRE
- Sabrina Trupia, Lead Scientist, Advanced Biofuels Initiative, National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center
An Assessment of the Impact of Particle Size Adjustment in Maize Stover Bioprocessing - M. Clark Dale, Chairman/CEO, Bio-Process Innovation Inc. & CTO of Advanced BioFuels Corporation
Comparison of Pretreatment Technologies for Commercial Application - Barry Wortzman, Vice President, Business Development, GreenField Specialty Alcohols Inc.
Pretreatment: The Key to a Sustainable Cellulosic Ethanol Industry
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| 5:00 pm | Sessions Conclude |
| 5:30 pm - Game End |  Wednesday Evening Networking Event at Victory Field
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