Abilene, TX (1888PressRelease)
March 15, 2009 - Alison Goss Eng will deliver her featured address entitled “U.S. Department of Energy Biomass Program: Integrated Research Targeting Sustainability Challenges to Promote Industry Growth” at this years Inaugural conference.
Alison Goss Eng is currently the lead for sustainability research and development programming for the Biomass and Bioenergy Program at the United States Department of Energy. She received her PhD from Purdue University in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, and has a background in terrestrial ecology, hydrogeography and human impacts on water resources. She also currently serves on the Interagency Sustainability Working Group under the Federal Biomass Research and Development Board.
Alison is a member of the U.S. delegation on the Global Bioenergy Partnership’s Greenhouse Gas Accounting and Sustainability working groups, and represents the Department of Energy on the Council for Sustainable Biomass Production, a multi-stakeholder group developing biomass to biofuel sustainability principles and standards for the production of feedstocks for second-generation biorefineries. Alison is also representing the U.S. as a lead author on the bioenergy chapter of a new International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report on renewable energy and climate change mitigation.
The Inaugural Biofuels: Science and Innovation for Sustainable Development Conference will be held June 28-30, 2009 in San Francisco, Ca. and will include a pre conference workshop titled “How to Accelerate the Commercialization of Biofuels.” In addition the conference will also cover such topics as Environmental Sustainability, Economic Sustainability, Biomass Feedstocks and the Sustainability of New Biofuels production and innovative techniques and technologies for Biomass Conversion.
For more information including a detailed agenda, exhibitor opportunities and registration information visit http://gtcbio.com/userAgenda.aspx?id=153
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