8:00 am – 8:30 am |
Breakfast in the Expo
M 100 CD |
8:30 am – 8:45 am |
Welcome
M 100 AB
T.J. Morice, Chair, Heating the Midwest
V.P. Marketing, Operations & Business Development, Marth Companies |
8:45 am – 10:15 am |
Overcoming Obstacles to Speed the Deployment of Biomass Thermal Solutions
M 100 AB
- Moderator: Brian Brashaw, Director, Wood Materials and Manufacturing Program, Heating the Midwest
- Christiane Egger, Deputy Manager, OO Energiesparverband
Austrian Advice: How Biomass Thermal became Austria’s Leading Residential Heat Source
- Joseph Seymour, Executive Director, Biomass Thermal Energy Council
An Update on Key Federal and State Policy Fronts Impacting the Growth of the Biomass Thermal Industry
- William Strauss, Founder & President, FutureMetrics
When and Where the Business Case for Biomass Thermal is a Cinch
- Adee Athiyaman, Professor of Marketing, Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs at Western Illinois University
Tapping Unstructured Data to Gain Insights into Consumer Purchases of Biomass Residential Heating Appliances: An Exercise in Big Data Analytics
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10:15 am – 10:45 am |
Refreshment Break in the Expo
M 100 CD |
10:45 am – 12:15 pm |
Biomass Heating Case Studies I: Practical Small to Medium Scale Deployments
M 100 AB
- Moderator: Anna Dirkswager, Biomass Program Manager, Minnesota State Wood Energy Team
- Bruno Zagar, Environmental Specialist & Energy Project Manager, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Exploring the Viability of Dry Micro Wood Chips vs. Wood Pellets in Wood Boilers
- Bart Johnson, Dean of Academic Affairs, Itasca Community College
How a Minnesota Community College is Leveraging Locally Available Forest Biomass for Campus Heat
- Dan Svedarsky, Director, Center for Sustainability & Research Biologist, NW Research and Outreach Center, University of Minnesota
Home, Farm and School Heating with Grass Biomass
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12:15 pm – 1:30 pm |
Networking Lunch in the Expo
M 100 CD |
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm |
Biomass Heating Case Studies II: Industrial and Large Scale Deployments
M 100 AB
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3:00 pm – 3:30 pm |
Refreshment Break in the Expo
M 100 CD |
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm |
Practical Approaches to Developing a Biomass Thermal Project with Real Legs
M 100 AB
- Moderator: Amanda Mott, Energy Projects Specialist, Wisconsin State Wood Energy Team
- Dennis Becker, Associate Professor Forest Resources & ESPM, Morse Distinguished Faculty, University of Minnesota
Penciling It Out: Using Known Data to Determine the Financial Viability of a Biomass Thermal Project
- Ron Omann, Minnesota State Energy Coordinator, USDA-Rural Development
The Opportunities for Biomass Thermal Within the Newly Released RFP for Rural Energy
- Fritz Ebinger, Energy Program Manager, The Minnesota Project
Insurance Barriers to Solid Fuel Facilities in Agribusiness
- Justin Price, Principal, Evergreen Engineering Inc.
The Hallmarks of Projects that Go, and the Symptoms of Those that Don’t
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5:00 pm – 6:30 pm |
International Biomass Conference & Expo Opening Reception
Registered attendees to Heating the Midwest receive a complimentary pass to the Grand Opening & Welcome Reception
Exhibit Hall B |