2011 Biobased Stakeholders’ Workshop

May 31, 2011

The 2011 Biobased Stakeholders’ Workshop was a good one. Please scroll down through the posts to listen to the various speakers in addition to personal interviews with some of them.

Our moderator for the program was USB Bioproducts Development Director Mike Erker, seen here welcoming everyone when the program got started.

Please feel free to visit our workshop photo album The link is below.

Click here for a full run down of the 2011 Workshop, including interviews, speaker presentations and photos.

2010Biobased Stakeholders’ Workshop

There was no Biobased Stakeholders’ Workshop in 2010

2009 Biobased Stakeholders’ Workshop

September 15-16, 2009

More than 100 representatives of large and small biobased manufacturing companies, agricultural groups and federal & state government agencies joined the United Soybean Board (USB) for a Biobased Stakeholders’ Workshop on September 15-16 in Washington, D.C.

USB Board Member Marty Ross opens the 2009 Biobased Stakeholders' Workshop held in Washington, D.C.

The meeting provided an important educational opportunity to learn about and discuss federal biobased procurement programs and proposals, how they align with other federal procurement programs, and emerging state programs. USB Board Member Marty Ross opened the Workshop and USB’s Biobased Products Development Director Mike Erker moderated the program and presented on USB’s Sustainability Initiative. Key speakers included Confidential Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Bobbi Jeanquart, and Lawrence Elworth, Agricultural Counselor to the Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Other speakers included Maura O’Neill, Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor for Energy and Climate, USDA Office of Research, Education, and Econoimcs; Josh Silverman, Office of Enviornmental POlicy and Assistance, U.S. Department of Energy; Shannon Cunniff, Office of Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment; USDA BioPreferredSM staff Jeff Goodman, Ron Buckhalt, Kate Lewis, Marie Wheat and Steve Devlin; Cynthia Vallina and Kristi Kubista-Hovis, Office of Management & Budget; Jim Pollack, OmniTech International; Jeff Holden, South Dakota Office of Procurement Management; Tony Des Chenes, Michigan Purchasing Operations; Rocky Black, Ohio Soybean Council; Richard Bender, Office of Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA); Tim Urban, Washington Council Ernst & Young; and, Tom Hance, Biobased Products Coalition.

Click here for a full run down of the 2009 Workshop, including speaker presentations and photos.