. "Appendix A: Agenda for the Colloquium on Water Implications of Biofuels Production in the United States." Water Implications of Biofuels Production in the United States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2008.
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Water Implications of Biofuels Production in the United States
Appendix A Agenda for the Colloquium onWater Implications of BiofuelsProduction in the United States
JULY 12, 2007
The National Academy of Sciences Building
Lecture Room
2100 C St. N.W.
Washington, D.C.
7:30–8:30
Breakfast available in the Great Hall
8:30–8:45
Break
8:45–9:00
Welcome and brief introductions
Jerry
Schnoor (U. of lowa)
Steve Parker (WSTB)
9:00–9:15
Introductory remarks—setting the context
Otto Doering (Purdue)
Topic #1:
How much additional water, if any, might be requiredto grow different kinds of biomass? Is there going to be“enough” water to produce as much biofuel as we wantwhere we want it?
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Appendix A
Agenda for the Colloquium on Water Implications of Biofuels Production in the United States
JULY 12, 2007
The National Academy of Sciences Building
Lecture Room
2100 C St. N.W.
Washington, D.C.
7:30–8:30
Breakfast available in the Great Hall
8:30–8:45
Break
8:45–9:00
Welcome and brief introductions
Jerry
Schnoor (U. of lowa)
Steve Parker (WSTB)
9:00–9:15
Introductory remarks—setting the context
Otto Doering (Purdue)
Topic #1:
How much additional water, if any, might be required to grow different kinds of biomass? Is there going to be “enough” water to produce as much biofuel as we want where we want it?
9:15–10:15
9:15
Initial presentation
Noel Gollehon (USDA/ERS)
9:35
Discussants
Rick Allen, (U.Idaho-Kimberly);
Steve Kaffka, (UC-Davis)
9:55
Open discussion
Dara Entekhabi (MIT)
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Topic #2:
What are the possible, or likely, water quality effects associated with increases in growing different kinds of biomass?
10:15–11:15
10:15
Initial presentation
Rick Cruse (lowa State)
10:35
Discussants
Janice Ward (USGS);
Liz Marshall (WRI)
10:55
Open discussion
David Tilman
(University of Minnesota)
11:15–11:30
Break
Topic #3:
What will be the water requirements of the production plants themselves, and what water quality problems may be associated with them?
11:30–12:30
11:30
Initial presentation
Mark Holtzapple (Texas A&M)
11:50
Discussants
Dennis Keeney (IATP);
Fran Kremer (EPA/ORD)
12:10
Open discussion
Ted Hullar (Cornell)
12:30–1:30
Lunch
Topic #4:
What are new and promising agricultural practices and technologies that might help us out by cutting water use or minimizing pollution?
1:30–2:30
1:30
Initial presentation
Wendy Graham
(University of Florida)
1:50
Discussants
Richard Nelson (Kansas State University)
Mark Alley (Va. Tech)
2:10
Open discussion
Ed Hiler (Texas A&M)
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Topic #5:
What policy, regulatory, and legal changes might help moderate any water use conflicts and mitigate any water quality issues?
2:30–3:30
2:30
Initial presentation
Daniel de la Torre Ugarte
(University of Tennessee)
2:50
Discussants
Wally Tyner (Purdue);
Craig Cox (Soil and Water Conservation Soc.)
3:10
Open discussion
Otto Doering (Purdue)
3:30–3:45
Break
3:45–4:45
Guided discussion—“Key Themes”
Jerry Schnoor
(U. of lowa)
4:45 p.m.
Adjourn
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