Please join AURI and our Renewable Energy Roundtable partners for a virtual event focusing on Resiliency and Innovation in Biofuels.

Agenda

10:00 am - 10:10 am | Welcome

Commissioner Thom Petersen | Minnesota Department of Agriculture

Shannon Schlecht | Executive Director, AURI

10:10 - 10:35 am | Economic Overview

David Ripplinger, Ph.D. Associate Professor, North Dakota State University  

10:35 am - 11:15 am | Biofuels Policy

U.S. Congressman Collin Peterson

U.S. Senator Tina Smith

11:15 am - 11:30 am | Governor's Council on Biofuels

Deputy Commissioner Andrea Vaubel | Minnesota Department of Agriculture

11:30 am - 12:00 pm | Ethanol Industry Resiliency

Anthony Hicks | General Manager, Green Plains - Fergus Falls

Devin Mogler | VP Government Affairs, Green Plains Inc.

Eric Hakmiller | VP Operational Excellence, Green Plains Inc.

12:00 pm - 12:15 pm | Q&A

12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Break

12:30 pm - 12:45 pm | State of Biodiesel Industry

Mike Youngerberg | Sr. Director of Product Development and Commercialization, MN Soybean

12:45 pm - 1:00 pm | Renewable Diesel

Luca Zullo, Ph.D. | VP of Business Development/Principal, GREENYUG/VerdeNero

1:00 pm - 1:10 pm | Q&A

1:10 pm - 2:25 pm | Agriculture's Opportunity in the Emerging Hydrogen Economy

Chad Friese | General Manager, Chippewa Valley Ethanol Co.

Connor Dolan | Director of External Affairs, Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Energy Association

Jason Sekhon | Advanced Technology Research Consultant, Toyota North America

Trevor Brown | Executive Director, Ammonia Energy Association

Moderator: Harold Stanislawski | Business Development Director, AURI

2:25 pm - 2:55 pm | Q&A

2:55 pm - 3:00 pm | Closing

Dan Skogen | Director of Government and Industry Relations, AURI