Meetings & Events

July 26-27, 2007
More than 50 representatives of large and small biobased manufacturing companies, agricultural groups and federal government agencies joined the United Soybean Board (USB) for a Biobased Stakeholders' Workshop on July 26-27 in Washington, D.C. The meeting provided an important educational opportunity for the groups to learn about and discuss federal biobased procurement programs and proposals. USB's Biobased Products Development Director Mike Erker moderated the program. Key speakers included U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Assistant Secretary for Administration Boyd Rutherford; USDA Office of Energy Policy and New Uses Director Dr. Roger Conway and Dr. Marvin Duncan; Iowa State University Industrial Specialist Steven L. Devlin; Bobbie Lippiatt, from the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology; and Eldon Boes, Congressional Fellow, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.

• BioPreferred Procurement, Boyd K. Rutherford (Powerpoint)




U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Assistant Secretary for Administration Boyd Rutherford addresses the 2007 Biobased Stakeholders' Workshop attendees.


• Working With BioPreferred, Marvin Duncan & Steve Devlin (Powerpoint)




From left, Bobbie Lippiatt, National Institute of Standards & Technology; Steve Devlin, Iowa State University; Marvin Duncan, USDA; Roger Conway, USDA; Boyd Rutherford, USDA; Shana Love, USDA.


• BioPreferred: Enabling Sustainable Markets, Bobbie Lippiatt (Powerpoint)




NIST's Bobbie Lippiatt addresses the 2007 Biobased Stakeholders' Workshop attendees.


• Supporting the Convergence of National Energy Needs and Agricultural Sector Energy Capabilities, Eldon Boes (Powerpoint)




Eldon Boes, U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, addresses the 2007 Biobased Stakeholders' Workshop attendees.


• National Biobased Products Survey: Key Findings (Powerpoint)




Carlos Arce, NuStats, presents findings of the National Biobased Products survey.


• 2007 House Farm Bill Update (Powerpoint)




Sueanne Pfifferling facilitates a discussion with Workshop participants.