Day 1 – February 19, 2020 8:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M.
Time | Topic | Speaker |
8:00 a.m. | Registration and Coffee |
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8:30 a.m. | Welcome | Jonathan Male, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) |
| 8:40 a.m. | Introduction of Workshop Objectives and Format | Alison Goss Eng, DOE BETO |
8:50 a.m. | Quality by Design: A Primer | Zia Abdullah, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Jordan Klinger, Idaho National Laboratory (INL) |
9:15 a.m.
| Plenary 1: How Does Current Technology and Infrastructure for MSW Processing Work? | Bradley Kelley, Gershman, Brickner, & Bratton Magdi Azer, REMADE Institute |
| 9:40 a.m. | Q&A | |
9:50 a.m. | Break |
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10:15 a.m. | Plenary 2: Critical Material Attributes of MSW for Conversion Pathways: Technology Development to Support Diverse End-Uses | Jim Dooley, Forest Concepts Ezra Bar-Ziv, Michigan Technological University Armando McDonald, University of Idaho Bruno Miller, Fulcrum Bioenergy |
11:05 a.m. | Q&A |
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11:15 a.m. | Plenary 2: (continued) | Alan Overcash, Southeastern Biochemicals, Inc. Grace Chen, University of Massachusetts-Lowell Toufiq Reza, Florida Institute of Technology Charles Tremblay, Enerkem |
12:05 p.m. | Q&A |
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12:15 p.m. | Lunch |
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1:15 p.m. | Plenary 3: The Value of Waste: Consequences and Opportunities in Valorizing MSW as a Feedstock | Vicki Thompson, INL David Shonnard, Michigan Technological University Scott Bouchie, City of Mesa |
| 1:50 p.m. | 3 x 5 Presentation | Morton Barlaz, North Carolina State University |
2:05 p.m. | Introducing Breakout Sessions and ThinkTank Introduction | Facilitator |
2:15 p.m. | Break |
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2:30 p.m. | Simultaneous Breakouts: 1A: Defining the Baseline and Future Utilization of MSW 1B: Defining the Baseline and Future Utilization of MSW 2: MSW Preprocessing and Logistics 3: Assigning Value to the MSW Stream |
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4:15 p.m. | Report Outs and Discussion | Breakout Session Leads |
4:45 p.m. | Day 1 Workshop Completion | DOE BETO |
Day 2 – February 20, 2020 8:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
8:00 a.m. | Registration and Coffee |
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8:30 a.m. | Summary of Day 1 Topics and Breakouts | DOE BETO |
| 8:45 a.m. | 3 x 5 Presentations on MSW Handling & Feedstock Challenges | Ning Sun, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Meltem Urgun-Demitras, Argonne National Laboratory Nalin Kumar, nanoRANCH UHV Technologies Ted Hansen, Convergen Chad Haynes, LanzaTech |
9:15 a.m. | Break |
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9:45 a.m. | Simultaneous Breakouts on Role of Government in R&D (same groups from Day 1) |
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11:45 a.m. | Wrap-Up: Discussion Highlights with Larger Group and Final Closing Thoughts from BETO | DOE BETO |