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Biogas In 2020: The State Of PlayModerator: Nora Goldstein, BioCycle

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Project FinanceModerator: Chris Voell, Danish Trade Council, North America

Biogas Project Financing Options — And How Lenders Evaluate RiskWalter Cuculic, AVANA Capital

Finance Case Studies — Rated And Non-Rated AD ProjectsJandra Lubovich, Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc.

Cutting Edge Funding, Contractual Structures For Bioeconomy ProjectsMark Riedy, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

Digester MixingModerator: Craig Frear, Regenis

Effects of Thermal Hydrolysis On Sludge Rhealogy And Mixing System PerformanceErik Larson, Vaughan Company, Inc.

Mixing It Up — Switch To Hydraulic Mixing In ADAlan Johnson, quasar energy group

Column Mixing For Anaerobic Digester Management And Increased BiogasMichele Braas, Xylem

PANEL DISCUSSION

Federal, State Anaerobic Digester, RNG Policy, Project FinancingModerator: Nora Goldstein, BioCycle

Lay Of The Federal Policy LandscapeMaureen Walsh, American Biogas Council

Federal Incentives, Financing, And Trends In The Biogas BusinessFred Petok and Renie Langan, USDA

State Energy Office Financing InitiativesMaria Redmond, Wisconsin Office of Energy Innovation

Codigestion At Water Resource Recovery Facilities (WRRF)Moderator: Ginny Black, CCREF

Accomplishments And Next Steps In Codigestion ResearchStephanie Fevig, The Water Research FoundationTanja Rauch-Williams, Carollo

Shifting WRRFs To A Circular Economy Business ModelCarol Jones, Environmental Law Institute

Biomass Sourcing For Municipal Anaerobic DigestionMark Suchan, quasar energy group

WRRF Pilots Food Waste CodigestionJim Dunbar, Lystek

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Joe ParisiDane County, Wisconsin

WelcomeMandela Barnes

Wisconsin Lieutenant GovernorPatrick Serfass

American Biogas CouncilMax VernierLive Oak Bank

Tanja VujicDuke University

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PANEL DISCUSSION

Closing The DealModerator: Paul Greene, Montrose Environmental• How investors and lenders approach biogas projects — and what

project developers need to do to attract them• Project financing trends — what’s hot today and where it’s

heading in 2020• Qualifying, quantifying biogas project risks, and strategies to

mitigate them in Pro forma and business plan• Value of independent engineering reviewPanelists:Gus Simmons, Cavanaugh SolutionsJohn Dannan, Generate CapitalBob Powell, Brightmark Energy David Maxwell, Sustainable Development Capital LLP

Digester Management: Lessons LearnedModerator: Nora Goldstein, BioCycle

Digester Rescue: When Adding FOG And Other High Strength Wastewater Goes WrongJessica Linville-LeRoy, Mendota Agri-Products

FCPC Renewable Generation Lessons LearnedCharles Opferman, FCPC Renewable GenerationSara Drescher, Forest County Potawatomi Community

AD And Compost Investor RisksRobin Szmidt, Target Renewables, Ltd.

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Advancing Organics Recycling In The MidwestModerator: Nora Goldstein, BioCycle

Building Support/Reducing Opposition For Organics Recycling RequirementsJohn Jaimez, Hennepin County (MN)

City of Madison’s Food Scraps Collection OdysseyBryan Johnson, City of Madison (WI)

Midwest Regional Organics Facility: Concept To ConstructionJon Koch, City of Muscatine (IA)

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State Permitting, Regulation Of AD InfrastructureModerator: Ginny Black, CCREF• Oversight of digesters processing municipal, commercial and

industrial food waste streams• Regulatory pathways for codigestion at water resource recovery

facilities and farms• Food waste quantity thresholds• Air and water quality requirementsPanelists:Casey Lamensky, Wisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesTim Farnan, Minnesota Pollution Control AgencyThomas Hubbard, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

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Utility Programs To Sell Renewable Natural Gas (RNG)Moderator: Patrick Serfass, American Biogas Council• Fundamentals of gas utilities’ RNG option for customers• RNG procurement• Essential policies to facilitate program creation • Approval process with public utilities commissions• Ensuring sufficient supply of RNG to fulfill demandPanelists: Kurt Adams, Summit UtilitiesMike Gifford, Vermont GasKelly Murillo, SoCalGas

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Food Recovery And RecyclingModerator: Nate Clark, BioCycle

U.S. EPA Excess Food Opportunities Map v.2.0: Geoplatform ApplicationsJulie Schilf, U.S. EPA Region 5

Technology Solutions Across The EPA Food Recovery HierarchyCoryanne Mansell, Center for EcoTechnology

Food Waste Recycling Best PracticesRyan Cooper, Rubicon Global

Food Scrap Slurry Characteristics And ValueCasey Furlong, InSinkErator/ Grind2Energy

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Agricultural Biogas, Nutrient ManagementModerator: Coryanne Mansell, Center for EcoTechnology

Agricultural Biogas Industry: Overview And Innovative ResourcesNick Elger, USEPA AgSTAR

AD Biogas Implementation: The Right Way, And AgainKeith Henn, Tetra Tech, Inc.

Integrating Composting And Filtration Technologies For Phosphorus Innovation ChallengeBrian Jerose, Agrilab Technologies Inc.Robert Levine, Digested Organics

Biogas Conditioning ResearchModerator: Matthew Christman, Wisconsin Biogas Council

Determining Acceptability Of RNG For Pipeline InjectionTom Dunder, TRC Solutions

Water-Based Biogas Purification System Pilot At WRRFBryan Johnson, Energy Tech Innovations, LLC

Conditioning Systems At Wisconsin Biogas Projects — Lessons LearnedMichael Mitariten, Air Liquide

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Closing Roundtable: Moving The Biogas, Nutrient Recovery Needle In Wisconsin

Moderator: Joe Kramer, GDS Associates, Inc.Panelists:

John Welch Director of Waste & Renewables,

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Mark HillDTE Biomass Energy

Representative Dianne Hesselbein

79th District, 79th Wisconsin State Assembly

Maria Redmond Director, Wisconsin Office

Of Energy Innovation

Timothy Baye State Energy Specialist,

University of Wisconsin-Extension

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Renewable Fertilizers — Digester Coproduct MarketsModerator: Jessica Niekrasz, Clean Fuel Partners• Policy options for formation, deployment and sustainable

execution of phosphorus recovery facilities and practices• Developing alternative profitable revenue streams for digester

coproducts• Identifying obstacles and opportunities (technical, operational,

financial and market-based)Panelists:Timothy Baye, University of Wisconsin Jessica Niekrasz, Clean Fuel PartnersSteve Dvorak, DVONadeem Afgan, BIOFermKeith Henn, Tetra Tech, Inc.

Renewable Natural Gas Projects And PracticeModerator: Tanja Vujic, Duke University

Regulatory Changes, Updates And Pricing: RFS And LCFSBrad Pleima, EcoEngineers

Dane County RNG Facility, Offload StationJohn Welch, Dane County (WI)

Navigating The RNG Pipeline Permitting ProcessBetsy Powers, SCS EngineersAndrew Zikeli, Air Liquide Advanced Technologies U.S. LLC

RNG: Rule 21/30 Compliance Made EasyPaul Baker, Guild Associates, Inc.

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Hot TopicsModerator: Nora Goldstein, BioCycle

Anaerobic Digestion Of Compostable Products: Operational Impacts, Biogas ProductionNorma McDonald, OWS

Contamination Policies: Hindrance Or Help?Bryan Johnson, City of Madison (WI)Ryan Cooper, Rubicon GlobalJohn Jaimez, Hennepin County (MN)

PFAS: The Organics Recycling AlbatrossTim Farnan, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

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Business Of BiogasModerator: Chris Voell, Danish Trade Council, North America

RNG Production At Dairy Digesters — Financial DriversMark Hill, DTE Biomass Energy

Beyond RFS And LCFS: Reducing Policy Risk Exposure For RNG Project FinancingPaul Niznik, Argus Consulting Services

Navigating D3-D5 RIN Gas SeparationBrad Pleima, EcoEngineersJon Koch, City of Muscatine (IA)

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Food Waste PretreatmentModerator: Ginny Black, CCREF

Modeling Impacts Of Food Wastes On Municipal Wastewater PlantsMichael Keleman, InSinkErator

Depackaging Opens Doors To Food Waste AD, Digestate Utilization In DenmarkLars Ravn Nielsen, Gemidan Ecogi A/S

Packaged Food Waste Processing At Food Waste DigesterMark Vanderbeken, DRY CAKE

Life After Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs)Moderator: Nora Goldstein, BioCycle

PPA Changes Lead To New Approach To Digester Gas UseJay Kemp, Black & Veatch

Multiple Farm Digester Cluster To Pipeline InjectionAndy Dvoracek, Amp Americas

State Of The Art Microgrid — Model For ADSteve Nieland, Faith Technologies, Inc., Bubolz Nature Preserve

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Closing Roundtable: Moving The Biogas, Nutrient Recovery Needle In Wisconsin

Moderator: Joe Kramer, GDS Associates, Inc.Panelists:

John Welch Director of Waste & Renewables,

Dane County

Mark HillDTE Biomass Energy

Representative Dianne Hesselbein

79th District, Wisconsin State Assembly

Maria Redmond Director, Wisconsin Office

Of Energy Innovation

Timothy Baye State Energy Specialist,

University of Wisconsin-Extension

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Global Opportunities For Advancing BiogasModerator: Nick Elger, USEPA AgSTAR• Overview of methane-to-energy projects around the world• Market opportunities for biogas development in Asia and Latin

America• Anaerobic digestion technology deployment — from micro to

industrial• Challenges and lessons learned from international biogas expertsPanelists:Jorge Hilbert, Consultant, IIMNATI, Argentina Matt Hamilton, Environment and Climate Change CanadaGabriela Gomes Prol Otero, ABRELPE, BrazilVijay Bharthi, India Ministry of New and Renewable EnergySunil Dhingra, The Energy and Resources Institute, India

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Anaerobic Digestion Research & PracticeModerator: Craig Frear, Regenis

Anaerobic Treatment Yields Multiple BenefitsJoseph Cantwell, Focus on Energy / Leidos Engineering, LLC

Acid Phase Digestion As Pretreatment To Enhance CodigestionMatt Seib, Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Closed-Loop Bioconversion Solution For Cane Sugar IndustryAvijit Dasgupta, Enviro Associates International

Photoionization Of Food Waste Process OdorsTanya Bogoslowski, GHD

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Improving Your Grant Proposal ExperienceModerator: Megan Levy, WI Office of Energy Innovation• Understanding the grant process: Considerations to be

a successful grant recipient; Public/private partnership opportunities

• Funding organizations highlight opportunities related to biofuels, digester feedstocks, energy production, etc.

• Funding recipients highlight their experiences related to biofuels, digester feedstock, energy production, etc.

Panelists:Tom Nowakowski, WI Office of Energy InnovationJason Stringer, SlipstreamChris Lenzendorf, Lenzendorf Winters & Associates

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