TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2008
General Session: 8:30 am -- 12 Noon John Hunt Auditorium

 8:30 -  8:45 am Opening Remarks
 8:45 -  9:15 am The Southeast: Prospects for Leading the Nation in Bioenergy
 9:15 -  10:00 am Achieving Sustainable Energy Security - More than Producing Renewable Energy
 10:00 -  10:30 am
Break  --  Sponsored by Paragon Insurance Service, Inc. John Hunt Auditorium Lobby

 10:30 -  11:00 am Keynote Address:
The Renewable Energy Industry....Where We Have Been and Where We Are Headed
 11:00 -  12:00 noon Common Misperceptions of Ethanol (Panel)
 12:00 -  1:30 pm
Lunch  --  Sponsored by Hurst Boiler Ballrooms B and C
Guest Speaker:
The Honorable Sonny Perdue
Governor
State of Georgia

 1:30 -  3:00 pm Concurrent Breakout Sessions A
 3:00 -  3:30 pm
Break  --  Sponsored by AgGeorgia Farm Credit John Hunt Auditorium Lobby

 3:30 -  5:00 pm Concurrent Breakout Sessions B
 5:00 -  7:00 pm
Welcome Reception  --  Sponsored by Fagen, Inc. John Hunt Auditorium Lobby
     Music by Joanna Smith


  WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2008
General Session: 8:30 am -- 12 Noon John Hunt Auditorium

 7:30 -  8:30 am Industry Presentations
 8:30 -  9:00 am Bioenergy Perspectives Today and Tomorrow
Gerson Santos
New Technologies Corporate Director
Abengoa Bioenergy

 9:00 -  10:00 am What's Happening in the Southeast?
Representatives from Georgia, Alabama, Florida & South Carolina

 10:00 -  10:30 am
Break  --  Sponsored by Reinhardt, Whitley,
Summerlin & Pittman		 John Hunt Auditorium Lobby

 10:30 -  11:00 am Laws of State
Legislative panel session

 11:00 -  12:00 noon The Role of Federal Legislation in the Development of Bioenergy
Members of Congress

 12:00 -  1:30 pm
Lunch  --  Sponsored by Sutherland Ballrooms B and C
Guest Speaker:
Jose Luiz Oliverio
Senior Technology and Development Vice President
Dedini S/A Indústrias de Base (Brazil)

 1:30 -  3:00 pm Concurrent Breakout Sessions A
 3:00 -  3:30 pm
Break  --  Sponsored by Tift County Development Authority John Hunt Auditorium Lobby

 3:30 -  5:00 pm Concurrent Breakout Sessions B
• Waste Not; Want Not Small Auditorium
• Bioenergy Investment 101 Ballroom A

  THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 2008
 8:00 -  5:00 pm Industry Tour
This tour is a sampling of bioenergy companies. Participants will see and hear first hand why investing in bioenergy makes sense.