Technical Program

Day 1 - Dec. 13, 2021

12 PM - 5 PM ET

Opening & Welcome

12:00 PM

12:05 PM

Devinder Mahajan, Amrith Gunasekara, Pramod Pandey, Chris Voell

Keynote

12:05 PM

12:10 PM

Session Chair Introduction: Devinder Mahajan, Professor, Stony Brook University

12:10 PM

12:20 PM

Robert Catell. Chairman of Board, Advanced Energy Research and Technology Center and Off-Shore Wind Energy Consortium

12:20 PM

12:30 PM

Claus Gunge Ellegaard Mortensen, Director - Biogas Go Global Incubator, Food and Bio Cluster Denmark

12:30 PM

12:40 PM

Tom Bennett, Vice President of Gas Asset Management, National Grid

12:40 PM

12:45 PM

Q&A

12:45 PM

12:50 PM

Break

RDD Innovations in Manure Management and Biogas

(including management of methane leakage from digesters)

12:50 PM

12:55 PM

Session Chair Introduction: Chris Cavanagh, Director, National Grid

12:55 PM

1:05 PM

Utpal Tatu, Professor, India Institute of Science

1:05 PM

1:15 PM

Kyoung Ro, Coastal Plains Soil, Water & Plant Research Centerm, USDA-ARS, South Carolina, Title: “Accuracy of backward Lagrangian stochastic inverse dispersion method to measure methane emission from animal lagoons”

1:15 PM

1:25 PM

Lauren Ray, Engineer at Pro-DAIRY, Cornell University, Title: "Enhancing Value of Anaerobic Digestion on Dairy Farms Through Strategies to Reduce and Capture Digestate Storage Methane"

1:25 PM

1:35 PM

Philip J. Silva, Food Animal Environmental Systems Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Kentucky. "Measurement of sulfur and nitrogen compounds from animal manure management"

1:35 PM

1:45 PM

N. Ross Buckenham, CEO, California Bioenergy

1:45 PM

1:55 PM

Sharif Aly, Professor, UC Davis

1:55 PM

2:00 PM

Q&A

2:00 PM

2:05 PM

Break

Technical Advances to Enhance Biogas Production

2:05 PM

2:10 PM

Session Chair Introduction: Stephen Hoyt, NYSERDA

2:10 PM

2:20 PM

David Tonjes, Waste Data and Analysis Center, Stony Brook University, Title: "Food waste, energy recovery, contaminants: a systems issue"

2:20 PM

2:30 PM

John Loughrin, Food Animal Environmental Systems Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Kentucky, Title: "Anaerobic digestion of animal manure for biogas production"

2:30 PM

2:40 PM

Vijaya Juneja, Scientist, USDA ARS, Title: "Predictive Microbiology Information Portal, Pathogen Modeling Program and ComBase: Tools for evaluating interventions"

2:40 PM

2:50 PM

Scott Turn, Researcher at HNEI, University of Hawaii, Title: "Resources for renewable natural gas: A Hawaii case study"

2:50 PM

3:00 PM

Lars Ravn Nielsen, CEO, Gemidan Ecogi, Title: "Food Waste Pre-Treatment to Divert Food Waste and Enhance Biogas Production"

3:00 PM

3:10 PM

Hans Henrik Dahl Andersen, Business Development Lead North America, Nature Energy, Title: "Large-Scale Centralized Co-Digestion of Manure and Food Waste"

3:10 PM

3:15 PM

Q&A

3:15 PM

3:20 PM

Break

Advances in RNG R&D-I

3:20 PM

3:25 PM

Session Chair Introduction: Thomas Butcher, I-GIT and BNL

3:25 PM

3:35 PM

Onyebuchi Ukaeje, Research Assistant, Cyprus International University, Title: "An Analysis of Heavy Metals (Cd, Cu and Cr) Impact on Anaerobic Digestion of Poultry Waste for Biomethane Production"

3:35 PM

3:45 PM

Pramod Pandey, Professor, UC-Davis

3:45 PM

3:55 PM

Brian Kolodji, Owner, Kolodji Corp, Title: "Decarburetor for Sustainable Rng Operations from Anaerobic Dairy Digesters"

3:55 PM

4:05 PM

Jacob Stern, VP, RNG Product Delivery, Montrose Environmental, Title: "Innovative Approach to Converting Dairy Manure to Rng...a Case Study in Making Ultra Low Carbon Intensity Vehicle Fuel"

4:05 PM

4:15 PM

Ravi Jain, President, InnoSepra, LLC, Title: "Transformational Biogas Upgrading Process"

4:15 PM

5:00 PM

Poster Session

Day 2 - Dec. 14, 2021

12 PM - 5:30 PM ET

Keynote

Session Chair Introduction: Amrith Gunasekara, Science Advisor, CDFA

12:00 PM

12:10 PM

Ryan Schauland, Acting Chief - Project Assessment Branch, California Air Resources Board

12:10 PM

12:20 PM

Glenda Humiston, Vice President-ANR, University of California

12:20 PM

12:30 PM

Roberta Franco and Alyssa Louie, Senior Environmental Scientist,  CDFA 

12:30 PM

12:45 PM

Q&A

12:45 PM

12:50 PM

Break

Methane at the Interface of Science and Policy

12:50 PM

12:55 PM

Session Chair Introduction: Maureen Leddy, NYS DEC

12:55 PM

1:05 PM

Michael Boccadoro, President, West Coast Advisors

1:05 PM

1:15 PM

Maureen Leddy, Director of Office of Climate Change, NYS DEC

1:15 PM

1:25 PM

Tristan Brown, Professor, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

1:25 PM

1:35 PM

Michael Stockler, Senior Innovation Manager, Food & Bio Cluster Denmark, Title: "Methane Leakage from Biogas Plants – Results from Danish Measurement Study"

1:35 PM

1:45 PM

Kathleen Araujo, Director of Energy Policy Institute, Boise State University 

1:45 PM

2:00 PM

Q&A

2:00 PM

2:05 PM

Break

Market and Economic Drivers to Expand RNG Market 

(including utilities perspective of RNG; market perspective of RNG)

Panel Discussion Moderator: Matt Tomich, President, Energy Vision

Pradheep Kileti, Director of Future of Heat Engineering, National Grid

Luca Sirugo, CEO, Gruppo EF

Lynne McBride, Executive Director, California Dairy Campaign

Hartej Singh, Senior Associate, SkyNRG Americas Inc.

Claudio Bertelli, Vice President - Business Development, Lanzatech

Daryl Maas, CEO, Mass Energy Works Inc.

3:25 PM

3:30 PM

Break

Advances in RNG-II

3:30 PM

3:35 PM

Session Chair Introduction: Vatsal Bhatt, I-GIT/StonyBrook University

3:35 PM

3:45 PM

Abdulaziz Alturki, Assistant Professor, King Abdulaziz University, Title: "A Process to Convert Methane-to-Olefins Featuring a Combined Reformer Via the Methanol Intermediate"

3:45 PM

3:55 PM

Philip Tominac, Associate Researcher, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Title: "Ferc Order 2222 Creates Incentives for US Dairy Farmers to Act As Rng Peaking Plants"

3:55 PM

4:05 PM

Wish Krishnamoorthy, Chief Technology Officer, BayoTech, Title: "Renewable Natural Gas and Its Role in Hydrogen Production"

4:05 PM

4:15 PM

Jörg S. Deutzmann, Postdoctoral Researcher, Stanford University, Title: "Methane Production from CO2 and Electricity in Integrated Bioelectrochemical Systems"

4:15 PM

4:25 PM

Jin Wang, Walt and Virginia Woltosz Endowed Professor, Auburn University, Title: "An Effective, Robust and Profitable Agriculture Waste Management Technology for Integrated Biogas Valorization and Nutrient Recovery"

4:25 PM

4:40 PM

Conclusions and Next Steps

4:40 PM

5:30 PM

Virtual Digester Tour