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| Day 1 | |
| Thursday, December 3 | |
| 12:00 - 12:05 PM | Opening and Welcome |
| 12:05 - 12:45 PM |
Keynote Session 1 & Q&A: Policy drivers for expanded RNG market - ‘Policy Incentives to Drive Renewable Gas Forward’ |
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Session chairs: Devinder Mahajan, Chirstopher Voell, Christopher Cavanaugh |
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Robert Catell, Chairman, Advanced Energy Center and Off-Shore Wind Consortium |
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Troels Vensild, Minister Counselor – Food, Ag and Fisheries, Embassy of Denmark, Washington, DC |
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Melanie Littlejohn, VP, National Grid |
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| 12:45 - 12:50 PM | Break |
| 12:50 - 1:55 PM |
Panel 1. RDD innovations in manure management and biogas |
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Moderator: Shawn Jones, Center for Sustainable Energy |
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Stephen Hoyt, NYSERDA |
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| Michael Stoeckler, Food & Bio Cluster Denmark | |
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Melissa Mauro, National Grid |
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Ermias Kebreab, UC Davis |
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Frank M. Mitloehner, UC Davis |
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Bart Weimer, UC Davis |
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David Tonjes, I-GIT/Stony Brook University |
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| 1:55 - 2:00 PM | Break |
| 2:00 - 3:05 PM |
Panel 2. Technical advances to enhance biogas production |
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Moderator: Pramod Pandey, UC Davis |
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Claus Mortenson, Food & Bio Cluster Denmark |
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Daryl Maas, Maas Energy |
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Paul Souza, Western United Dairymen for California |
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Peter E. Wright, PRO-DAIRY, Cornell University |
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Ignasi Palou-Rivera , RAPID |
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Marc Rouse, Cal Microturbine |
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| 3:05 - 3:10 PM | Break |
| 3:10 - 3:30 PM | Networking Break |
| 3:30 - 4:30 PM |
Short Talk and Poster Session |
| Day 2 | |
| Friday, December 4 | |
| 12:00 - 12:45 PM | State Programs Update & Q&A |
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Moderators: Devinder Mahajan, Stony Brook University and Geetika Joshi, CDFA |
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Amrith Gunasekara, California Department of Food and Agriculture |
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Brian Steinmuller, Assistant Director, Land and Water Resources, NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets |
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| 12:45 - 12:50 PM | Break |
| 12:50 - 1:55 PM |
Panel 3. Methane at the Interface of Science and Policy |
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Moderator: Amrith Gunasekara, California Department of Food and Agriculture |
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Michael Boccadoro, Dairy Cares |
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Geetika Joshi, California Department of Food and Agriculture |
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Paul Greene, Montrose Environmental Group |
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Daniel Berman, Danish Energy Agency |
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Matt Harrison, CARB |
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Karin Sung , California Public Utilities Commission |
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| 1:55 - 2:00 PM | Break |
| 2:00 - 3:05 PM |
Panel 4. Market Drivers to Expand RNG Market |
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Moderator: Matt Tomich, Energy Vision |
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Chris Cavanagh, National Grid |
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Jigar Shah, Generate Capital |
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John Hanselman, Vanguard Renewables |
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Chris Voell, Danish Trade Council of North America |
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Brandon Moffatt, Storm Fisher Ltd. |
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| Ross Buckenham, CalBio and Bloom energy | |
| 3:05 - 3:10 PM | Break |
| 3:10 - 3:20 PM | Conclusions and Next Steps |
| 3:20 - 4:10 PM |
Virtual Digester Tours + Q&A Featured Digesters from New York, California, and Denmark |