Below the photo gallery are all the sessions and events held Monday, October 14, 2013 including the Biochar Industry plenary, a lunch Keynote by Rev. Margaret Bullit-Jonas, and the Biochar Banquet with special guest Frances Lappe.
Schedule
2013 |
Monday, October 14th |
8:00 AM
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Monday Morning Plenary
Thayer Tomlinson, IBI; State of the Biochar Industry
Gloria Flora, USBI; Converting Biomyths into Biochar
Kelpie Wilson, Wilson Biochar Associates; The 19th Century Roots of Modern Biochar
Campus Center Auditorium
8:00 AM - 9:45 AM
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9:00 AM
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The Community Video Lounge
Karen Ribeiro
Reading Room, UMass Amherst Campus Center
9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
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10:00 AM
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Characterizations of Biochar
Hugh McLaughlin, Alterna Biocarbon
Frank Shields, Control Labs
Wiley Barbour, International Biochar Initiative
Jeff Licht, UMass - Boston
CC 163
10:00 AM - 11:20 AM
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10:00 AM |
Crops & Soils
Thomas Goreau, Global Coral Reef Alliance
Priit Tammeorg, University of Helsinki
Kirk Jones, Whole Farm Services
CC 101
10:00 AM - 11:20 AM
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10:00 AM |
Global Climate Change & Biochar
Thea Whitman, Cornell University
Rivka Fidel, Iowa State University
Doris Hamill, NASA Langley Research Center
CC 162
10:00 AM - 11:20 AM
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10:00 AM |
Permitting & Policy
Charles Niebling, Innovative Natural Resource Solutions
Dwayne Breger, DOER
Marc Wolman, Mass DEP
CC 165
10:00 AM - 11:20 AM
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11:30 AM
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Monday Lunch Plenary
Margaret Bullitt-Jonas, Grace Episcopal Church
Campus Center Auditorium
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM
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1:30 PM
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CHP & Biochar
Greg Stangl, Phoenix Energy
Olivier Lepez, ETIA
Lenny Roberts, Roberts Brothers Lumber
CC 162
1:30 PM - 2:50 PM
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1:30 PM |
Habitat Restoration
Katherine Ballantine, Mount Holyoke College
Sean C. Thomas, University of Toronto
Thomas McCormick
CC 101
1:30 PM - 2:50 PM
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1:30 PM |
Properties of Biochar
Catherine Brewer, Rice University
Sabrina Eichenauer, University of Applied Sciences- THM
Jeff Licht, University of Massachusetts Boston
CC 163
1:30 PM - 2:50 PM
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1:30 PM |
Recycling the Biosphere
Daniel Young
Ronal G. Larson
Erich Knight, Shenandoah Gardens
CC 165
1:30 PM - 2:50 PM
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3:15 PM
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Community & Farm Scale CHAB
Bob Wells, New England Biochar
Frank Jeffers
Eric Sorensen, Carbon Roots International
CC 162
3:15 PM - 5:00 PM
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3:15 PM |
Remediation/Pollution Control
Makoto Ogawa, Japan Biochar Association
Seok-Young Oh, University of Ulsan, South Korea
Josh Kearns, University of Colorado at Boulder
CC 101
3:15 PM - 5:00 PM
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3:15 PM |
Traversing the Abyss: Commercializing Biochar
David Morell, Sonoma Biochar Initiative
Christoph Pollatos, Biochar Central
Jeff Wallin, The Biochar Company
Michael Abbate, Common Capital
Jon Niedzielski, MA Farm Service Agency
CC 162
3:15 PM - 5:00 PM
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5:00 PM
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Biochar Banquet & Demonstrations
Frances Moore Lappe, Small Planet Institute
Krish Homagain, Lakehead University
Albert Bates, The Farm
Stephen Griffith, USDA
Aliou Faye
Kamal Rashid
Amit Kumar Jaiswal
Bhattarai Thakur, Central Queensland University
Harry Ha
Carola Holweg
Nancy Holm, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
John Bonitz, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy
Thomas Holm, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Caroline Masiello, Rice University
Student Union Ballroom
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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