7:15 am

Registration, Morning Networking, and Continental Breakfast

8:00 am

Welcome Remarks

• Renee Winsky, President and Executive Director
  TEDCO
• Julie Coons, President (Invited)
  TCM

Partnership Intermediary Agreement (PIA) Anniversary Recognition

• Richard J. Brenner, Assistant Administrator
  USDA-ARS Office of Technology Transfer
• US Senator Benjamin L. Cardin

8: 30 am

Morning General Session Presentations

• Joe Spence, Area Director
  USDA-ARS Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Center (BARC)
• Richard J. Brenner, Assistant Administrator
  USDA-ARS Office of Technology Transfer
• James Poulos, Vice President of Tech Transfer
  TEDCO

9:00am

Panel Discussion: Biofuels Research Capacity

• Daniel Solaiman- Fats, Oils & Animal Coproducts Research, Pennsylvania
• Robert Mitchell - Grain, Forage, & Bioenergy Research, Nebraska
  

9:45 am

Break (Networking, Exhibits, and Posters)

10:00 am

Panel Discussion: Bioproducts Research Capacity

• Terry Isbell- New Crops & Processing Technology Research, Illinois
• Cathleen Hapeman - Environmental Management & Byproduct Utilization Laboratory, Maryland
• William Orts- Bioproduct Chemistry & Engineering Research, California

10:45 am

Break (Networking, Exhibits, and Posters)

11:00 am

Panel Discussion: Sustainable Agriculture Research

• Jerry Hatfield - National Soil Tilth Laboratory, Iowa
• William Kustas - Hydrology & Remote Sensing laboratory, Maryland
• Matioas Vanotti - Coastal Plains Soil, Water, & Plant Research Center,South Carolina

11:45 am

Lunch

12:30 pm

Keynote Address--
ARS National Research Perspective on Developing Green Technologies
Presented by ARS National Program Leaders Robert Fireovid and Jeffrey Steiner

1:00 pm

Break (Networking, Exhibits and Posters)

1:30 pm

Break-Out Sessions: Emerging Issues in Green Technologies

• Session I: Biofuels (Moderator Vic Chavez, Tech Transfer Coordinator)
• Session II: Bioproducts (Moderator Renee Wagner, Tech Transfer Coordinator)
• Session III: Sustainable Agriculture (Moderator James Poulos, TEDCO)

3:30 pm

Break

3:45 pm

Closing General Session/Wrap Up
This Session will also include sharing the discussions from each break out session.

• Richard J. Brenner, Assistant Administrator
  USDA-ARS Office of Technology Transfer
  
• Robbie Melton, Senior Program Manager, Entrepreneurial Development
  TEDCO

4:15 pm

Growing Green Networking Reception

5:15 pm

Adjourn