Meetings

The Biomass Research and Development (R&D) Technical Advisory Committee (Committee) holds four meetings per year (one per quarter). At each meeting the Committee is updated on the biomass R&D activities of the Departments of Energy and Agriculture, in addition to hearing from other biomass stakeholders including federal agencies, industry and non-governmental organizations. The Committee uses the information from these presentations along with their own expertise to help craft recommendations on the direction of biomass R&D at the federal level. Each year the Committee's recommendations to the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of Agriculture are compiled into an Annual Report to Congress on biomass R&D and jointly submitted by the Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

The Committee's most recent meeting materials are below. For an archive of past Committee meeting materials click on the corresponding year to the left.

Meeting Presentations from the April 24, 2012, Biomass Research and Development Technical Advisory Committee Webinar

Meeting Agenda

• The Analytical Basis for Setting Biofuels Technical Goals, Zia Haq, Biomass Program, U.S. Department of Energy

Meeting Presentations from the March 1–2, 2012, Biomass Research and Development Technical Advisory Committee Meeting

Meeting Agenda

• Committee Business for 2012, Elliott Levine, DFO, Biomass Program, U.S. Department of Energy
• 2012 Workplan for the Biomass TAC, Ronnie Musgrove, Biomass TAC Co-Chair
• DOE Updates, Elliott Levine, DFO, Biomass Program, U.S. Department of Energy
• USDA Update on Biomass R&D Activities, Todd Campbell, U.S. Department of Agriculture
• BRDI Solicitation Update, Carmela Bailey, NIFA, U.S. Department of Agriculture
• USDA Feedstocks Readiness Tool, Jeff Steiner, U.S. Department of Agriculture
• Overview of DOE Biomass Program's FY 2013 Budget and Anticipated Funding Opportunity Announcements, Valerie Reed, Acting Program Manager, Biomass Program, U.S. Department of Energy
• Overview of the Updated the National Biofuels Action Plan, Alicia Lindauer, Biomass Program, U.S. Department of Energy
• Subcommittee Report Outs
• Renewable Fuel Standard Panel:
  • Overview of Fundamentals of the RFS, Paul Argyropoulos, EPA
  • Refiner's Perspective on Advanced Biofuels, Rick Weyen, VP, Tesoro
  • Oil Crop Perspective on Advanced Biofuels, Brian Sherbacow, President, AltAir Fuels, LLC
• Public Comment
  • Chris Tindal, Department of the Navy