SCHEDULE

TOPIC

Thursday, June 8, 2006

3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

EXHIBIT SET-UP

Friday, June 9, 2006

9:00 am – 9:30 am

Welcome: Travis Brown, Office of Rural Community Affairs (ORCA) 

Overview: Benefits of Renewables; What’s Driving Growth; Development Status in South Texas:

Mike Sloan, Virtus Energy and The Wind Coalition

9:30 am – 10:00 am

Renewable Resources of South Texas and the Rio Grande Valley:

Mike Sloan, Virtus Energy and The Wind Coalition

10:00 am – 10:30 am

Keynote: Curtis Donaldson, Chairman, National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition

10:30 am – 11:00 am

BREAK – Exhibit Area

11:00 am – Noon

Home/Farm/Ranch-Scale Wind and Solar Options and Interconnection Issues:

Ken Starcher, Alternative Energy Institute, West Texas A&M;

Martha McClain, City of Benito

Russel Smith, Texas Renewable Energy Industries Association

Noon – 1:15 pm

LUNCH

1:15 pm – 2:15 pm

Leadership Panel:

Soll Sussman, General Land Office of Texas;

Russel Smith, Texas Renewable Energy Industries Association;

Fred Doll, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency;

Scott Storment, North America

Development Bank; Tracee Bentley, 25X’25

2:15 pm – 2:45 pm

Geothermal Electric Generation:

Maria Richards, SMU Geothermal Lab

2:45 pm – 3:15 pm

BREAK – Exhibit Area

3:15 pm – 4:00 pm

Electricity and Heat from Crops, Crop Waste, and CAFO’s:

Ned Meister, Texas Farm Bureau;

Dr. Sergio Capareda, Texas A&M;

Dr. Bill Rooney, Texas A&M

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Commercial-Scale Wind Development:

Mike Sloan, Virtus Energy and The Wind Coalition;

Soll Sussman, General Land Office of Texas;

Mannti Cummins, American Shoreline;

Dr. Glenn Perrigo, Texas A&M – Kingsville

Saturday, June 10, 2006

8:30 am – 9:15 am

Biodiesel Production and Market Development: Is a Biodiesel Plant an Option for Your Community?

Cary Jones, GeoGreen Fuels;

Kurt Lyell, Austin BioFuels;

Chris Pepper, Lloyd Gosselink Attorneys At Law

9:15 am – 10:30 am

Ethanol Production and Market Development: Is an Ethanol Plan an Option for Your Community?

Dee Vaughn, Texas Corn Producers;

Jackie Theriot, Louisiana Farm Bureau ;

George Oerther, BioFuels Energy Corp.

1030 am – 10:45 am

BREAK – Exhibit Area

10:45 am – Noon

State and Federal Renewable Energy Programs and Incentives:

Pam Groce, State Energy Conservation Office;

Cindy Thyfault, Westar Trade Resources;

Mary Jo Rowan, State Energy Conservation Office;

Travis Brown, Office of Rural Community Affairs; David Gonzalez, USDA

Noon – 12:15 pm

Wrap-up/Closing Comments