Clean Diesel Agriculture Leaders Forum

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Wednesday, March 28

7:00 am-1:00 pm—Registration and Breakfast – Capital Ballroom Foyer

11:45-12:45—Networking Lunch with West Coast Collaborative Partner Meeting and Presentation on Reducing Diesel Emissions through Collaboration and Innovative Strategies – Capital Ballroom C and D

• Introduction: Elin Miller, U.S. EPA Region 10 Administrator
  • Lori Stewart, Deputy Director, Transportation and Regional Programs Division, Office of Transportation and Air Quality

12:45-1:15—Break and View Exhibitor Booths – Capital Ballroom Foyer

1:15-1:45—Welcoming Remarks and Program Overview – Capital Ballroom A

• Master of Ceremonies – Kerry Drake, Associate Director, Air Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Jon Scholl, EPA Counselor to the Administrator for Agricultural Policy
• Arlen Lancaster, Chief of USDA’s Natural Resource Conservation Service
• USDA’s Rural Development (TBD)
• Wayne Nastri, U.S. EPA Region 9 Administrator

1:45-2:30—Sustainable Farming and Diesel Emission Reduction Practices and Technologies – Capital Ballroom A

• Moderator – John Askew U.S. EPA Region 7 Administrator
  • Sustainable Farming Practices – Allen Dusault, Program Director, Sustainable Conservation, CA
  • Direct Seed No Till Crop Conservation – Brian Lindley, No-Till on the Plains, Kansas
  • Precision Farming – Tracy Blackmer, Director of Research, Iowa Soybean Association,
  • Q&A

2:30-3:40—The Three E’s of Biofuels: Economics, Energy (input and yield), and Emissions – Capital Ballroom A

• Moderator – Michael Bednarz, Power and Vehicles Technology Program Manager, Department of Energy National Energy Technology Lab (NETL), Presentation
• National Biofuels Overview – Paul Argyropoulos, Senior Policy Advisor, U.S. EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality
• Biogas – Michael Marsh, CEO of  Western United Dairymen/Western United Resource Development, Inc.
• Biodiesel – Randall von Wedel, Principal Biochemist, BioSolar
• Ethanol – Robert Grott, President, Northwest Biofuels Association
• Q&A

3:40-4:00—Refreshment Break, Exhibits, and Networking – Capital Ballroom Foyer

4:00-5:00—Policy Roundtable 1: Farming, Air Quality, and Biofuels – Capital Ballroom A

• Moderator – Jean-Mari Peltier, National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, Presentation
• USDA NRCS Programs and Opportunities – Greg Johnson, USDA NRCS
• USDA Rural Development and Energy – Chris Cassidy, USDA RD
• 25x’25 Vision – Michael Bowman, Energy Future Coalition
• Q&A

5:00-7:00—Networking Reception – Grand Ballroom
 

Thursday, March 29

7:00-8:00—Breakfast

8:00—Buses depart Doubletree Hotel parking lot

8:00-11:30am—Clean Diesel and Biofuels Agriculture Innovations Showcase (in association with the California Biomass Collaborative)

• Field trip and Showcase:
  • UC Davis Digester
  • UC Davis Long Term Research on Agricultural Systems
  • UC Davis Western Center for Agricultural Equipment
  • Agriculture Irrigation Pump Efficiency and Cost Savings - CSU Fresno
  • Biodiesel
  • Agriculture Clean Diesel Technologies

11:30-1:00—Box Lunch at UC Davis and Bus to the Hotel

1:00-1:45—Policy Roundtable 2: Innovative Policy Tools and Agriculture: Credits, Offsets, and Greenhouse Gas Reductions – California Ballroom 3 and 4

• Moderator – Elin Miller, U.S. EPA Region 10 Administrator
• Agriculture’s impact to and by greenhouse gases – Greg Johnson, USDA NRCS
• CA’s Greenhouse Gas Bill - a Model for the U.S.? – James Goldstene, CA Air Resources Board
• Cotton’s experience with credits and offsets – Roger Isom, Director of Technical Services, CA Cotton Ginners and Growers Association
• Q&A

1:45-2:00—Refreshment Break and Networking

2:00-2:45—Applied Research and Demonstrating Solutions – California Ballroom 3 and 4

• Moderator – Cynthia Cory, Director of Environmental Affairs, California Farm Bureau, Presentation
  • Effective Retrofits of Farm Equipment - Jorge Garcia, Air Quality Analyst, Idaho Agriculture Retrofit Program
  • On-farm engine emission reductions from legacy and new equipment - Cory Reed and Randy Swanson, Manager, Marketing Services, John Deere Power Systems
  • Q&A

2:45-3:00—Refreshment Break and Networking

3:00-4:00—Look to the Future: Shaping the Agriculture Sector’s Diesel Reduction and Prevention – California Ballroom 3 and 4

• A facilitated discussion to identify barriers, opportunities, funding and next steps to advance emissions reductions and biofuels development in the agriculture sector nationally
• Facilitators - Jon Scholl, EPA Counselor to the Administrator for Agricultural Policy and Elin Miller, U.S. EPA Region 10 Administrator