USDA global conference on biofuels begins in Minneapolis
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USDA global conference on biofuels begins in Minneapolis
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Washington - Scientists, economists and policy experts representing
government and public institutions from more than 40 countries are
meeting at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Global
Conference on Agricultural Biofuels: Research and Economics in
Minneapolis, Minn., August 20-21, to exchange the latest information
on economic and technological opportunities in bioenergy.
http://www.ars.usda.gov/meetings/Biofuel2007/
Several USDA agencies, the Agricultural Research Service, the
Foreign Agricultural Service, and Rural Development and the
University of Minnesota are sponsoring the conference.
Washington - Scientists, economists and policy experts representing
government and public institutions from more than 40 countries are
meeting at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Global
Conference on Agricultural Biofuels: Research and Economics in
Minneapolis, Minn., August 20-21, to exchange the latest information
on economic and technological opportunities in bioenergy.
http://www.ars.usda.gov/meetings/Biofuel2007/
Several USDA agencies, the Agricultural Research Service, the
Foreign Agricultural Service, and Rural Development and the
University of Minnesota are sponsoring the conference.
"Our goal in this conference, where we have brought together
key experts and decision-makers from biofuel producing and
consuming countries, is to gain perspective on the next steps
in biofuel development and to improve opportunities for future
collaboration, especially in the area of research," said USDA
Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics Gale
Buchanan, who opened the conference.
"Expanding America's renewable energy sources will have far-reaching
economic opportunities for rural and agricultural communities,"
said USDA Under Secretary for Rural Development Thomas C. Dorr,
who is also chairman of the USDA Energy Council. "USDA is
committed to the development and financing of new energy
sources and energy efficiencies that support President Bush's
goal of greater energy independence."
"As global markets for biofuels continue to grow in importance,
our goal is to bring together key international technical experts
from government and public institutions to raise issues, exchange
information, share best practices and provide a global platform
to highlight and promote agricultural biofuels," said Foreign
Agricultural Service Administrator Michael Yost.
Countries from a diverse range of developed and developing economies
are participating in the conference, including Japan, India, Kenya,
Russia, Dominican Republic, the United Kingdom, the People's
Republic of China, Norway and Brazil.
Other speakers at the conference include Steve E. Koonin, chief
scientist, British Petroleum; Richard Flavell, chief scientific
officer, Ceres, Inc., United States; Kepler Euclides Filho,
executive director of the Bioenergy Program of Empresa Brasileira
de Pesquisa Agropecuária, Brazil; and Yue Guojun, assistant
president of COFCO, Ltd., in the People's Republic of China.
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