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Georgia's Centers of Innovation Program Sponsors 2008 Southeast Bioenergy Conference

Posted on: Thursday, 7 August 2008, 15:00 CDT

Georgia continues its commitment to developing alternative energy with The Energy Innovation Center (EIC) and The Agriculture Innovation Center (AgIC), part of Georgia's Centers of Innovation program (COI), sponsoring the 2008 Southeast Bioenergy Conference in Tifton, Georgia, August 12-14, 2008.

"The development and large scale commercialization of alternative energy is one of the hottest topics in the nation - and the world," said EIC Director Jill Stuckey. "Our center is forging the path for bioenergy development in Georgia. As a sponsor of the Bioenergy Conference, we encourage everyone to attend and learn more about the exciting progress of bioenergy in Georgia and the Southeast."

The three-day conference will feature more than 60 national and international experts delivering the latest information and answering questions on the changing face of the bioenergy industry.

Speakers include Governor Sonny Perdue and Ron Fagen, president and CEO of Fagen Inc., one of the world's foremost design-builder of ethanol plant construction, who will keynote the conference. Fagen is currently building the First United Ethanol facility in Mitchell County.

Conference participants will learn the latest developments in the Southeastern U.S. related to renewable energy businesses and government, including:

-- Insight from renewable fuels financial experts

-- Incorporating energy conservation and renewable energy production into everyday life

-- Innovative tools that make the business of bioenergy more efficient

-- Common misperceptions of ethanol

-- Turning wood chips into fuel

-- Information from Federal legislators regarding programs designed to help development companies

-- Industry tours of several of Georgia's bioenergy businesses including First United Ethanol, Hurst Boilers, Langdale Industries and World Ethanol

"AgIC's role in alternative energy is literally at the ground level," said AgIC Director Bill Boone. "We assist companies and researchers working to determine the most efficient types of biomass to grow or harvest."

For more information or to register for the Southeast Bioenergy Conference visit the EIC website - energy.georgiainnovation.org or the AgIC website - agriculture.georgiainnovation.org.

The Centers of Innovation program, created in 2003 by Governor Sonny Perdue, and housed in the Georgia Department of Economic Development, is comprised of six centers for strategic industry growth and development: agriculture, aerospace, energy, life sciences, logistics and manufacturing. Among the services they provide to Georgia businesses are access to university-level research and development, product commercialization and client connections to research grants. For more information, visit www.georgiainnovation.org.

Source: Business Wire

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