BioEnergy Texas Welcomes USDA Under-Secretary.AUSTIN, Texas -- The organizers of the upcoming, statewide BioEnergy Texas - Conference 2006 officially announced today another of the speakers who will be featured at the event. USDA USDA, n.pr See United States Department of Agriculture. Under Secretary for Education, Research & Economics, Dr. Gale Buchanan - appointed this past May - will open the activities on Thursday, October 26 during the Opening Session-Breakfast. Dr. Buchanan is focused on bioenergy for the USDA. This will be one of his first presentations regarding the new, just announced bioenergy strategic initiatives for USDA. Dr. Gale Buchanan will lead USDA's Research, Education and Economics (REE) mission area as under secretary. Buchanan served as dean and director emeritus at the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at the University of Georgia Organization The President of the University of Georgia (as of 2007, Michael F. Adams) is the head administrator and is appointed and overseen by the Georgia Board of Regents. until April 2005. Earlier in his career he served for 20 years on the Auburn University faculty before moving to Georgia as associate director for the Georgia Agricultural Experiment Station The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. and resident director of the Coastal Plain Experiment Station. Buchanan received his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Florida University of Florida is the third-largest university in the United States, with 50,912 students (as of Fall 2006) and has the eighth-largest budget (nearly $1.9 billion per year). UF is home to 16 colleges and more than 150 research centers and institutes. and his doctorate degree from Iowa State University. The Conference is being held in Lubbock, Texas - the heart of many of the agricultural crops in discussion for biodiesel and ethanol use; the heart of the biomass opportunity due to the cattle/feedlot industry based there; and West Texas is the heart of Texas' wind energy development. Other national speakers featured at the BioEnergy Texas Conference include: Retired Lt. Col. William "Bill" Holmberg of The American Council on Renewable Energy The American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE), is a non-profit organization with headquarters in Washington DC. It was founded in 2001 as a unifying forum dedicated to bringing renewable energy into the mainstream of American’s economy and lifestyle. (ACORE), Demetrios Skakotos/VP-NASDAQ, John Ashworth of NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), located in Golden, Colorado, as part of the U.S. Department of Energy, is the United States' primary laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development. ), Dee Vaughan/Chairman of the National Corn Growers Association The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) is a U.S. national organization founded in 1957, representing more than 33,000 dues-paying corn growers from 48 states and the interests of more than 300,000 farmers who contribute to corn checkoff programs in 20 states. , and Curtis Donaldson/Chairman of the National Ethanol Vehicle Association. More information, including registration can be obtained at: www.bioenergytexas.org |
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