| Friday, October 27 |
7:30-8:30 am
Tapa Tower, Palace Lounge |
Registration, Continental Breakfast |
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8:30 am
Tapa Tower, Tapa Ballroom III
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Emcee: Mae Nakahata, Vice President, Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation |
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8:35 am
Tapa Tower, Tapa Ballroom III
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Welcome: Theodore E. Liu, Director of the Department of Business, Economic
Development & Tourism |
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8:40 am
Tapa Tower, Tapa Ballroom III |
Opening Message: “The Case for Bioenergy” E. Alan Kennett, Gay and Robinson Sugar Co. |
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9:00 am
Tapa Tower, Tapa Ballroom III |
Panel: The Demand for Bioenergy Now and Future
Moderator – Maurice Kaya, Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism
- Karl Stahlkopf, Hawaiian Electric Company
- Jeff Deren, Kauai Island Utility Cooperative
- Larry Adams, Aloha Petroleum, Ltd.
- Bob King, Pacific Biodiesel Inc.
- Lee Jakeway, Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company
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| 10:20 am |
Break |
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10:30 am
Tapa Tower, Tapa Ballroom III |
Panel: Resources to Meet the Challenge
Financing and cooperative models - Tim O’Connell, United State Department of Agriculture
– Rural Development
Energy policies, incentives, and information - Maria Tome, Department of Business,
Economic Development & Tourism |
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11:15 am
Tapa Tower, Tapa Ballroom III |
Panel: Hawaii Crop Production Opportunities - What grows, what flows, what burns
Moderator – Andrew Hashimoto, University of Hawaii at Manoa College of Tropical Agriculture and
Human Resources (UHM-CTAHR)
- Charles Kinoshita, UHM-CTAHR
- Scott Turn, Hawaii Natural Energy Institute
- Michael Poteet, Hawaii Agriculture Research Center
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12:15 pm
Tapa Tower, Tapa Ballroom III |
Recommendations for Development & Conversion of Fuel Crops (HCR 195 Report)
Kyle Datta, Rocky Mountain Institute |
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12:30-1:30 pm
Tapa Tower, Tapa Ballroom II |
Networking Lunch |
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1:45 pm
Tapa Tower, Iolani Suites 1-4 & Tapa Ballroom III |
Breakout Sessions:
- Economic Analysis and Technical Feasibility, Session chair: Scott Turn
- Business Partnering, Session chair: Tim O’Connell
- Production Resources, Session chair: Mae Nakahata
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3:00 pm
Tapa Tower, Tapa Ballroom III |
Plenary
Breakout session summaries, discussion and action plan |
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4:00 pm
Tapa Tower, Tapa Ballroom III |
Conclusion and Close |
