Below the photo gallery are all the sessions and events from Tuesday, October 15, 2013 including a morning plenary by Johannes Lehmann and Jonathan Lash, president of Hampshire College, a lunch panel discussion by David Laird from Iowa State, Debbie Reed from the International Biochar Initiative and James Gaspard from Biochar Now, AND a series of exciting 5-minute IGNITE! talks by many renown industry entrepreneurs!
Schedule
2013 |
Tuesday, October 15th |
8:00 AM
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Tuesday Morning Plenary
Johannes Lehmann, Cornell University
Jonathan Lash, Hampshire College
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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Ethics & Sustainability
Gloria Flora, USBI
John Bonitz, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy
Karen Ribeiro, Inner Fortune Coaching
CC 165
10:00 AM - 11:20 AM
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10:00 AM |
Novel Uses of Biochar
Hans-Peter Schmidt, Ithaka Institute for Carbon Cycling & Winegrowing
CC 101
10:00 AM - 11:20 AM
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10:00 AM |
Scaling the Biochar Industry
Peter Hirst, New England Biochar
Amanda Ravenhill
Barry Hollister, Berkshire Harmony
CC 162
10:00 AM - 11:20 AM
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10:00 AM |
Unique Biochar Phenomena
Paul Dauenhauer, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Zhenyu Wang, Ocean University of China
Isabel Lima, USDA
CC 163
10:00 AM - 11:20 AM
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11:30 AM
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Tuesday Lunch Plenary
Debbie Reed, IBI
David Laird, Iowa State University
James Gaspard, Biochar Now
Campus Center Auditorium
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM
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1:30 PM
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Biochar & Soil Health
Wade Elmer, CT Ag Experimental Station
Joff Silberg, Rice University
Tom Holm, Illinois State Water Survey, Prairie Research Institute
CC 101
1:30 PM - 2:50 PM
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1:30 PM |
Carbon Offsets & Markets
Rick Wilson, Cool Planet Energy Systems
Keith Driver, The Prasino Group
Tom Stokes, Climate Crisis Coalition
CC 165
1:30 PM - 2:50 PM
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1:30 PM |
Labeling Biochar Products
Kelpie Wilson, Wilson Biochar Associates
David Yarrow, KAW Valley Biochar
Renel Anderson, Black Owl Biochar
CC 162
1:30 PM - 2:50 PM
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1:30 PM |
Pre-Soil Techniques
Nigel Gale, University of Toronto
Dale Hendricks, Green Light Plants
Doug Clayton
CC 163
1:30 PM - 2:50 PM
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3:15 PM
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Biochar Community Development
Ronal G. Larson, Larson Consulting
Jim Long, Umpqua Bio-Alternatives Cooperative
Scott Graves, Terralogix
CC 165
3:15 PM - 5:00 PM
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3:15 PM |
Biochar in Renewable Energy
Tyler Huggins, University of Colorado at Denver
Meghana V. Rao
CC 101
3:15 PM - 5:00 PM
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3:15 PM |
High Carbon Wood Ash
Brian Coughlan, Wood Ash Industries
Andrew Carpenter, Northern Tilth
John Miedema, Biological Carbon
CC 162
3:15 PM - 5:00 PM
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3:15 PM |
Why Is Charcoal So Effective for Plant Growth?
Makoto Ogawa, Japan Biochar Association
CC 163
3:15 PM - 5:00 PM
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7:00 PM
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Ignite Talks
Peter Hirst, New England Biochar
Tom Reed, Biochar Engineering Corporation
Jeff Wallin, The Biochar Company
Albert Bates, The Farm
Tom McGrath, ReSource BioEnergy
Tom Miles, Northwest Biochar Working Group
Amanda Ravenhill, Presidio Graduate School
Kathleen Draper, Finger Lakes Biochar
Kelpie Wilson, Wilson Biochar Associates
Eric Sorensen, Carbon Roots International
Renel Anderson, Biochar Supreme
Paul Taylor, The Biochar Revolution
Josiah Hunt, Hawaii Biochar
Campus Center Auditorium
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
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