8:30 - 8:50

Welcome by Dr. Heino Beckman, Honorary Consul General, Republic of Germany, Minneapolis, MN

Ms. Simone Pohl, President & CEO, German American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest, Chicago, IL

8:50 - 9:15

Mr. Gene Hugoson, Commissioner Minnesota Department of Agriculture
“Renewable Fuels in Minnesota” (PDF, 169 KB)

9:15 - 9:35

Mr. Matthias Raab, German Energy Agency, Berlin, Germany
“Renewables made in Germany - political conditions, incentives and market development” (PDF, 1.99 MB)

9:35 - 10:05

Mr. Dick Hemmingsen, Director, Initiative for Renewable Energy and the Environment, St.Paul,  Minnesota   
“Research and Outreach to Change the World” (PDF, 4.82 MB)

10:05 - 10:30

Break & "Fields of Fuel" Presentation

10:30 - 11:00

Ms. Sabine Haselbeck, C.A.R.M.E.N. e.V., Central Agricultural Raw Material Marketing and Development Network, Straubing, Germany
"Biofuels in Germany – policy, market and technology" (PDF, 645 KB)

11:00 - 11:30

Mr. Jim Bodensteiner, Biomass Program Manager, Iowa Department of Natural Resources and Mr. Allan Goldberg, Energy Section Supervisor, Department of Natural Recources
"Wastes-to-Energy" (PDF, 1.62 MB)

11:30 - 12:00

Mr. Dirk Volkmann, Board Member, Institute for Energy and Environment, Leipzig, Germany
"Barriers to biogas market entry in the US – the German experience" (PDF, 730 KB)

1:15 - 1:35

Lindquist & Vennum PLLP, Mr. Mark Hanson, Agribusiness and Energy Practice Group, Minneapolis

“Structure of BioEnergy Deals” (PDF, 26 KB)

1:35 - 1:45

Hannover Ltd., Mr. Don Keysser, Minneapolis, MN

“Financing BioEnergy Projects” (PDF, 216 KB)

1:45 - 2:00

WELtec BioPower GmbH, Mr. Nico Lauer, President, AMBICO

"Farming America's Energy" (PDF, 2.14 MB)

2:00 - 2:15

Dr. Born-Dr. Ermel GmbH , Dr. Gerrit Ermel, CEO

"Biogas Production from Stillage" (PDF, 454 KB)

2:15 - 2:30

pbe energietechnik GmbH, Mr. Adalbert Luehring

"Complete Solutions from just one Source" (PDF, 1.92 MB)

2:30 - 3:00

Break

3:00 - 3:15

Schmack BioEnergy LLC (PDF, 1.81 MB), Mr. Bruce Bailey, VP Technical Affairs

3:15 - 3:30

natcon7 GmbH (PDF, 706 KB), Mr. Hans-Peter Schumacher, Technology Director

3:30 - 3:45

AREVA Renewable Energies Germany GmbH (PDF, 1.48 MB), Mr. Zeljko Barisic, Commercial Director

3:45 - 4:00

Brückner Biotech GmbH (PDF, 981 KB), Dr. Marcus Helm, Director

4:00 - 4:30

Closing and Discussion