Energy Production & Infrastructure Center (EPIC)
Infrastructure, Design, Environment and Sustainability (IDEAS) Center at UNC Charlotte
UNC Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28223
Agenda
8:00 – 8:30
8:30 – 9:00
9:00 – 9:45
Tuesday May 14, 2015
Registration / Breakfast
Welcome and Introduction
Srinivas Pulugurtha, Director IDEAS Center, UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
David Young, Associate Director EPIC, UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
Robert E. Johnson, Dean of The William States Lee College of Engineering at UNC Charlotte,
Charlotte, NC
Bruce LaMattina, Director of Research, Research and Economic Development, UNC Charlotte,
Charlotte, NC
John Autry, Environmental Committee Chairman, Charlotte City Council, Charlotte, NC
Introduction: Shuba Oza, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Charlotte, NC
National Biogas Markets, Policies and Trends Influencing NC
Patrick Serfass, Executive Director, American Biogas Council, Washington, DC
9:45-10:00
10:00-11:45
Break
Beneficial Byproducts
Synergy for Value
Panel Moderator: Regina Guyer, EPIC Assistant Director - EEAO, UNC Charlotte, NC
Waste to Energy Resources Base in North Carolina - William G. Simmons, Jr. Vice President and
Director of Bioenergy, Cavanaugh & Associates, P.A., Wilmington, NC
Bioenergy Development and the Regulatory Balance - Kacey Hoover, Regulatory and Policy Analyst,
NC Sustainable Energy Association, Raleigh, NC.
Seeking the Synergistic Values – Barry Edwards, Director of Utilities and Engineering,
Catawba County, NC
Byproducts Transformations from Waste to Resources to Energy, Ljupka Arsova, Consultant II,
Gershman, Brickner & Bratton, Inc, Fairfax, VA
5/5/15
11:45 -1:15
Lunch and Keynote Address
Introduction: Olya Keen, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UNC Charlotte, NC
Maximizing value from biomass: Developing pathways for the
production of fuels and products
1:15-1:30
1:30 – 3:00
Topics
Mary J. Biddy, PhD, Senior Research Engineer, National Renewables Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO
Break
Technical Sessions Track I
Beneficial Byproducts
Achievability and Applicability
Moderator:
Jackie Jarrell
Charlotte Water, Charlotte, NC
Moderator:
Jeff Smithberger,
Mecklenburg County LUESA Solid Waste, Charlotte, NC
Gus Simmons, VP and Director of
Bioenergy, Cavanaugh & Associates,
Wilmington, NC
Tom McKittrick, President and Founder,
ReVenture Park, Charlotte, NC
Sam Yenne, Chief Executive Officer and CoFounder, Maverick Syn Fuels, Research
Triangle Park, NC
Bryan Staley, President and Chief Executive Officer,
Environmental Research and Education Foundation,
Raleigh, NC
Wayne Marshall, Principal, Petra
Engineering, Huntersville, NC
Brian Bednar, Founder,
Birdseye Renewable Energy, Charlotte NC
Sam Brake,
Bioenergy Research Initiative, Oxford Research Station,
Oxford, NC
Networking Break
Stubby Warmbold,
Metro Wood Group Sustainable Solutions
3:00 – 3:30
3:30 - 5:00
Topics
Technical Sessions Track II
Technology Innovations
Case Study Successes and Challenges
Moderator:
Randy Lucas
Lucas Tax + Energy Consulting,
Charlotte, NC
Moderator:
Olya Keen, Department of Civil and Environmental Engr
UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
Sean Fitzpatrick and Ed Weinberg
AvAer Partners, Alexandria, VA
Mark Maloney,
Fair Oaks Farms, Indiana
Matt Parrow, Associate Professor,
Department of Biological Sciences, UNC
Charlotte, NC
Jeff Knight, Austep, USA Inc,
Bluesphere Project – Charlotte, NC
5/5/15
Sam Shepherd, NPR Solutions
Catalina Dávila Aguer,
University of Puerto Rico
5:00 -8:00
Woodrow Eaton with Jeremy Ferrell,
Blue Ridge Biofuels, Asheville, NC
Eric Wilgenbusch,
Unison Solutions, Inc, Dubuque, Iowa
Creating the Synergy – Beneficial Byproducts
Evening Summit and Networking Event
5/5/15