USDA Presentation

Building a Billion Ton Bioeconomy in the United States

Monday, April 11th (2:30 PM – 4:30 PM)
Room 209
Open to all registered attendees of the International Biomass Conference & Expo

Join the Biomass Research and Development Board Operations Committee at a Bioeconomy Listening Session at the upcoming 2016 International Biomass Conference. Conference attendees are invited to join the listening session, on “Building a Billion Ton Bioeconomy in the United States,” held April 11th at 2:30-4:30pm to provide their thoughts, comments and ask questions on the potential to grow the national bioeconomy. Listening session hosts from the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Energy plan to solicit input from participants on what opportunities may exist and what challenges need to be confronted in order to achieve a focused and successful bioeconomy vision for the United States. This Listening Session will be run using ThinkTank collaborative technology to gather input from participants. Attendees will be required to bring their own personal devices capable of accessing the internet and entering responses.

In preparation for the session, it is also strongly encouraged that attendees review the recently released Federal Activities Report on the Bioeconomy: http://www.biomassboard.gov/pdfs/farb_2_18_16.pdf. The Federal Activities Report on the Bioeconomy is a product of an interagency collaboration under the Biomass Research and Development (R&D) Board, which includes members from the federal agencies, such as, United States Departments of Agriculture, Energy, Interior, Transportation, Defense, and the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Science Foundation, and the Office of Science and Technology Policy. The report has been prepared to emphasize the significant potential for a stronger and cleaner United States bioeconomy through the production and use of biofuels, renewable chemicals, biobased products, and biomass heat & power. The report also delves into the wide-ranging, federally funded activities that are currently helping to bolster the bioeconomy.