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7th Annual Innovations in Agriculture Conference
April 16 - 18, 2007
Empire Room, New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse
2007 Agenda (.pdf)
Session 1 CEA Presentations
April 16th
- Fruit and Vegetable Safety & Quality - Robert B. Gravani, Ph.D., Department of Food Science,
National Good Agricultural Practices Program,
Cornell University
- Growing Interesting Salads - Edward D. Harwood, Ph.D.Managing Member
- Consumer Trends and CEA
Perspectives - Kristen Park, Food Industry Management Program, Cornell University
- NYSEG and RG&E
Rates/Incentives - Frank Roma, NYSEG and John Zabliski, RG&E
- Potential for the CEA Industry: The Future - What's Next? - Merle H. Jensen, University of Arizona
- Marketing Potential for CEA - Crops in NYS - Mike Hall, CEA Systems
- CEA Industry Status and
Challenges - Mike Hall, CEA Systems
- Controlled Environment Agriculture - Lou Albright
- Underwood’s Shushan Valley Hydro Farm - Wayne and Phyllis Underwood
- A Vision of Controlled Environment:
Agriculture in New York State - Bill Reinhardt, NYSERDA
April 17th
Session 2 Biogas Presentations
April 17th
- What does it take to put together a
financially sound project? - Andrew Clinton, NorthEast Biogas, LLC
- Anaerobic Digesters, Biogas Use Applications - Bert Spaeth, Siemens
- Patterson Digester
Economics and Financials - Connie Patterson, Patterson Family Farming
- Sulfur in Biogas - David Ludington and Stanley Weeks
- Helping Farmers Profit from Improved Manure Management - David Palmer, Cow Power Inc.
- Manure Solids As Bedding - Ellen Harrison, Cornell Waste Management Institute
- NYSERDA Funding Programs Available
for Agriculture - Jessica Zweig, NYSERDA
- NYCAMH Safety Services - Jim Carrabba, The New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health
- Upcoming Biogas Engine
Emissions Standards - John Tauzel, New York Farm Bureau
- Community Digester/Bioenergy Opportunity - Kamyar Zadeh, ECO Technology Solutions
- Biogas Clean-Up Technologies - Manaf Farhan, EMG International, Inc.
- Co-digestion of Manure and Food Wastes - Mark Moser, RCM
- Conducting a hazard
evaluation and
developing a safety
assessment protocol for
farm anaerobic
digesters, manure and biogas handling systems - Nellie Brown, Workplace Health
and Safety Program
- Agricultural Importance - Norm Scott
- NYS Agricultural Nonpoint
Source Abatement and Control
Program - Ron Rausch, NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets
- Economic Analysis of Manure Digesters - Stefan Grimberg, Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Clarkson University
- Biogas Plants - Steve Hoyt, Brückner Group
- NYSERDA Funding Programs Available
for Agriculture - Tom Fiesinger, NYSERDA
April 18th
- Solids Separation on Two Cayuga County Dairies - Bob Blythe, Integrity Ag Systems
- Manure Digesters - Chris Voell, USEPA AgSTAR
- On the Path Toward Sustainability at a Municipal WWTP - Mark Greene, O’Brien & Gere and Dan Ramer, City of Oneida
- Digesters - George Bevington
- A Protocol for Quantifying and
Reporting the Performance of
Anaerobic Digestion Systems for
Livestock Producers - John H. Martin, Jr., Ph.D.,
Hall Associates
- NYSERDA Funding Programs Available
for Agriculture - Jessica Zweig, NYSERDA
- Anaerobic Digestion - Jose Lozano, IAWTF
- NYSERDA Funding Programs Available
for Agriculture - Kathleen O'Connor, NYSERDA
- Sand Separation:
Inside Lab Scale Anaerobic Digesters - Kevin Hickey, Clarkson University
- Larry Jones
- Anaerobic Digester Activity in Pennsylvania - Patrick A. Topper, Sr. Ag Research Tech and
Robert Graves, Professor -
The Pennsylvania State University,
Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department
- Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI):
Avoided Methane Emissions from Agricultural Manure Management
Offset - Ron Rausch, NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets
- USDA Funding Assistance for
Rural Renewable Energy
and Energy Efficiency:
Section 9006 - Scott Collins, USDA Rural Development
- Engineering Analysis of Digesting Sand-Laden Dairy Manure - Scott Inglis,
Curt Gooch, and
Michael Timmons,
Cornell University
- Town of Lewiston
Water Pollution Control Center - Tim Lockhart, Town of Lewiston
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