NORTHEAST BIOCHAR SYMPOSIUM 2009
November 13, UMass Amherst
Conference schedule Draft
7:30am – 8:30am Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:30am – 9:00am Welcoming Remarks
9:00am – 9:45am Biochar: Strategies and Potentials – Steve Brick, International...
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NORTHEAST BIOCHAR SYMPOSIUM 2009
November 13, UMass Amherst
Conference schedule Draft
7:30am – 8:30am Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:30am – 9:00am Welcoming Remarks
9:00am – 9:45am Biochar: Strategies and Potentials – Steve Brick, International Biochar Initiative
9:45am –10:45am Biochar, Carbon Sequestration, and Climate Change Policy – Dr.
Johannes
Lehmann, Cornell University
10:45am – 11:00am Break *** Announcement: Biochar Collegiate Design Competition ***
11:00am – 12:00pm Biochar and Soil Fertility – Dr.
Christoph Steiner, University of Georgia
12:00pm – 1:15pm Lunch
1:15am – 2:45pm Concurrent Panels/Break-Out Sessions
a.
Commercial-Scale
Biochar Production
Siting Centralized Facilities
Dr.
Hugh McLaughlin
Science of Gasifying Units
Cornelius du Plessis
Future Commercial
Enterprises
Danny Day
b.
Local Small-Scale
Biochar Production
Heating Units for Greenhouses
Alex English
Gasifying Stoves
Dr.
Tom Reed
Farm Units
Bob Wells
c.
Soil Biology and Biochar
Effect of Bioc
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