Clean Diesel Agriculture Leaders Forum
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