Program

20102009

Friday, April 09, 2010

8:00 a.m.  

Continental Breakfast
Illinois Ballroom BC

9:00 a.m.  

Symposium Introduction
Dean Bruce Smith, College of Law
Illinois Ballroom BC

9:15 a.m.  

Panel 1: Foundation and Energy Policy Issues: Moving Forward
Neil Hamilton
Director, The Agricultural Law Center, Drake University Law School
Jim Rossi
Associate Dean for Research, Florida State University College of Law
Illinois Ballroom BC

10:15 a.m.  

Break
Illinois Ballroom BC

10:30 a.m.  

Panel 2: Two Views on Green House Gas Emission Calculations
Dan Farber
Professor, Berkley Law School; Director, Environmental Law Program, University of California, Berkeley Law
Dave Zilberman
Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Berkeley
Illinois Ballroom BC

11:30 a.m.  

Panel 3: Role of the States in Biofuel Policy
Jay Kesan
Professor, College of Law, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Program Leader, Biofuels Law and Regulation Program, Energy Biosciences Institute
James Van Nostrand
Professor, Executive Director, Pace Energy and Climate Center and Adjunct Professor of Law
Illinois Ballroom BC

12:30 p.m.  

Lunch
Illinois Ballroom A

1:30 p.m.  

Panel 4: Potential Biomass Contributions to Green House Gas Reduction and Conservation
Jody Endres
Senior Regulatory Associate, Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Madhu Khanna
Professor, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics; Professor, Energy Biosciences Institute, Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Alma Mater Room

2:30 p.m.  

Panel 5: Incorporating Appropriate Green House Gas Values into Energy Regulation
Kristina Anderson-Teixeira
Research Associate, Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Peter Snyder
Assistant Professor, Department of Soil, Water and Climate Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota
Evan Delucia
Professor, Institute for Genomic Biology; Director, School of Integrative Biology; Department Affiliate, Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences; Professor, School of Integrative Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Alma Mater Room

3:30 p.m.  

Break
Alma Mater Room

3:45 p.m.  

Panel 6: Innovation and Regulatory Challenges
Bryan Endres
Assistant Professor, Agricultural & Consumer Economics, Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Elizabeth Burleson
Professor, USD School of Law, University of South Dakota
Alma Mater Room

4:45 p.m.  

Wrap-up
Alma Mater Room