[APWG] EVENT: Seminar on Biofuels (Washington, DC)

[Olivia Kwong]

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All,
If you're in the DC area next Thursday, it would be great to have some
back-up on the risks associated with invasive plants used as biofuels.

Thanks,
Lee

Lee Van Wychen, Ph.D.
Science Policy Director
National and Regional Weed Science Societies
Washington, DC 20002
Lee.VanWychen at wssa.net
cell: 202-746-4686


   Held in conjunction with the Congressional Research & Development (R&D)
                                   Caucus
                           www.researchcaucus.org


               GREEN GASOLINE:  AN ALTERNATIVE ALTERNATE FUEL

                          Thursday, October 4, 2007
                              12:00Noon-1:30PM
                     2325 Rayburn House Office Building

As ethanol becomes available at the pump, questions have surfaced about how
sustainable this alternative fuel can be.  Now, an increasing number of
researchers are turning their attention to green gasoline, a fuel that will
be less expensive to produce, has a much higher gas mileage than E85 flex
fuel, will require less water to manufacture and will fit almost seamlessly
into the existing energy infrastructure.  Produced from plants, green
gasoline is virtually identical to the fuel we use each day, yet because it
comes from biomass growing in fields, it may have a nearly net zero carbon
footprint.  The briefing will provide a short overview of how gasoline,
diesel and jet fuel can be produced from plants, how the small business
community is driving creative technologies to ease green gasoline
production, and how industry is already re-tooling some operations to
develop this fuel option.

Welcome
Dale Keairns, Ph.D.
President-Elect, AIChE

R&D Caucus Co-Chairs
The Hon. Rush Holt (D-NJ)
The Hon. Judy Biggert (R-IL)

An Overview of Hydrocarbon Fuels from Biomass
John R. Regalbuto, Ph.D.
Director of the Catalysis & Biocatalysts Program
Directorate for Engineering
National Science Foundation

The Potential for Discovery:  A Small Business Perspective
Randy Cortright, Ph.D.
CTO, Co-Founder & Executive VP
Virent Energy Systems, Inc.

Retrofitting Refineries for Biomass:  An Industry Perspective
Lisa Myers, Ph.D.
Director of Biofuels Research & Development
Conoco Phillips

Please RSVP to Robert Rains at rainsr at asme.org or fax the attached form to
202-429-9417.  There is no fee to attend this widely attended public event.
Lunch will be provided on a first come, first served basis.

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Kathryn Holmes
Director, Government Relations
ASME
1828 L Street, Suite 906
Washington, DC  20036
Phone: 202/785-7390
Fax:  202/429-9417