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Keynote Speakers

Bruce Dale, PhD ♦ Peter Vadas, PhD

Bruce Dale Keynote Speaker Bruce E. Dale, PhD, is University Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering at Michigan State University, where his research focuses on the relationships between energy use and prosperity and the design of integrated agroecosystems for producing sustainable fuels, chemicals, and food. He serves as editor in chief and founding editor of the journal Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining. He received his BS and MS degrees in chemical engineering from the University of Arizona and his PhD from Purdue University. He is a winner of the Charles D. Scott Award, for contributions to the use of biotechnology to produce fuels and chemicals, and the Sterling Hendricks Award, for contributions to agriculture. Dale is a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineers, and the American Academy of Inventors.

Peter Vadas Keynote Speaker Peter Vadas, PhD, is a national program leader for Land and Air Management with the USDA Agricultural Research Service Office of National Programs. He leads research programs on soil and air management and forage and rangeland agroecosystems.

Prior to joining National Programs in 2019, Vadas spent nearly 20 years as a research scientist with ARS in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, conducting research on nutrient management for sustainable animal production systems. Vadas earned a BS in environmental sciences at Virginia Tech, and an MS and PhD in environmental soil science at the University of Delaware.

SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE

Subject to change

Unless otherwise noted, all sessions hosted in Aula Magna, Plaza de la Autonomia, UCR

Consult conference program for complete details

Sunday, October 23

09:00–17:00

Registration and CPD Session(s) – Salon Multiuso, Plaza de la Autonomia, UCR

14:00–17:00

Booth Setup – Salon Multiuso, Plaza de la Autonomia, UCR

Monday, October 24

08:00–17:30

Registration and Booth Setup

08:30–09:00

Conference Inauguration and Keynote Address

10:00–12:15

TECHNICAL SESSION I: AGRICULTURE AND THE CIRCULAR BIOECONOMY IN SUSTAINABLE ENERGY PRODUCTION–1

13:00–14:00
LUNCH

14:00–18:00

THEMATIC SESSION I: AGRICULTURE AND THE CIRCULAR BIOECONOMY IN SUSTAINABLE ENERGY PRODUCTION, 1–4

18:00–19:00

STAKEHOLDERS MEETING

Tuesday, October 25

08:30–11:00 THEMATIC SESSION II: DISTRIBUTED RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS AND GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE

11:00-12:00 LUNCH

12:00–15:00

THEMATIC SESSION III: SOCIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES ON ENERGY SECURITY

16:30–17:30

ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP MEETING

19:00–21:00

DINNER AND CULTURAL PROGRAM

Wednesday, October 26

08:30–11:30

TECHNICAL SESSION IV: INNOVATIVE RENEWABLE ENERGY PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES–2

11:30-12:30 LUNCH

13:00-14:00

THEMATIC SESSION IV: INNOVATIVE RENEWABLE ENERGY PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES

13:45–16:30

THEMATIC SESSION V: INTEGRATED FOOD, ENERGY, AND WATER SYSTEMS PERSPECTIVES ON ENERGY SECURITY