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Summit Proceedings
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December 12th, 2006
Welcome remarks from Mark Willers, Summit Chair
Opening Keynote, James Woolsey
Opening Plenary, David Morris
Opening Plenary, Burton English
Luncheon Speaker, MN Governor Tim Pawlenty
Road Map Development Breakout Sessions
Local Ownership-Getting Incentives Rights
Local Ownership-Accelerating Development Capacity
Moving Energy to Market-Electricity
Moving Energy to Market-Fuels
December 13th, 2006
MN Senator Amy Klobuchar
Finalizing Key Road Map Elements
MN Congressman Tim Walz
Keynote address, Jackie Gleason
Farm Bill Panel
MN Congressman Collin Peterson
Tuesday, December 12 —
Welcome from Mark Willers
Midwest Ag Energy Network Summit Chair and CEO Minwind Energy, LLC
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Energy Security and the Long War of the 21st Century
James Woolsey, Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton International Consultants and former Director of Central Intelligence
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Local Ownership: Opportunities and Challenges
David Morris, Vice President, Institute for Local Self-Reliance
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Economic Impacts of Meeting Renewable Energy Demands on Midwest
Agriculture
Dr. Burton English, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Tennessee
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Luncheon Speaker:
Regional Opportunities to Advance Renewable Energy from Agriculture
Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, Chair Midwest Governor’s Association
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Road map Development Breakout Sessions
Local Ownership – Getting Incentives Right
Discuss how to target public incentives and investments to continue to build wealth and future renewable energy development capacity within rural communities.
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Larry Flowers, Technical Director, Wind Powering America, View PowerPoint presentation
Dan Juhl, DanMar and Associates, Inc.
John Moore, Senior Attorney, Environmental Law and Policy Center, View PowerPoint presentation
Local Ownership – Accelerating Development
Discuss policies needed to maintain a robust infrastructure of locally–owned rural business development.
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Kevin Edberg, Executive Director, Cooperative Development Services
Gary Radloff, Director of Policy & Strategic Communications, Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade & Consumer Protection, View PowerPoint presentation
Ingrid Bjorklund, Lindquist & Vennum, PLLP
Moving Energy to Market – Electricity
Explore the policy needed to establish a national strategy and investment to utilize the untapped Great Plains wind potential.
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Beth Soholt, Director, Wind on the Wires, View PowerPoint presentation
Ed Woolsey, Iowa Renewable Energy Association, View PowerPoint presentation
Moving Energy to Market – Fuels
Explore strategies that enable steadily increasing volumes of biofuels to enter the market place.
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Sue Beitlich, President, Wisconsin Farmers Union, View PowerPoint presentation
Mike Ott, BIOWA, View PowerPoint presentation
Kenric Scheevel, Government Relations Representative, View PowerPoint presentation
Kevin Soucie, Principal, Soucie & Associates, View PowerPoint presentation
Wednesday, December 13
Farm Bill Session
Midwest priorities for maximizing renewable energy production and
local ownership in the 2007 Farm Bill.
Welcome from Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar
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Finalizing Key Roadmap Elements – Results of Breakout Sessions
Sue Beitlich, President, Wisconsin Farmers Union
John Moore, Senior Attorney, Environmental Law and Policy Center
Gary Radloff, Director of Policy & Stretegic Communications, Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade & Consumer Protection
Ed Woolsey, President, Green Prairie Wind Development
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Congressman-elect, Tim Walz, Minnesota’s 1st Congressional District
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Keynote Address
Where We Have Gone, What is Our Current Focus, and What’s Needed Next?
Jackie Gleason,
Administrator of Rural Business Initiatives, USDA
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Farm Bill Panel
Robert Carlson, President, North Dakota Farmers Union, View PowerPoint presentation
Roger Johnson, Commissioner, North Dakota Department of Agriculture
Dave Miller, Director Research & Commodity Services, Iowa Farm Bureau, View PowerPoint presentation
Andy Olsen, Policy Advocate, Environmental Law and Policy Center, View PowerPoint Presentation
Gerald Tumbleson, Chairman, National Corn Growers Association
Kristin Weeks-Duncanson, Board of Directors, American Soybean Association & Minnesota Soybean Growers Association
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Congressman Collin Peterson, Minnesota’s 7th Congressional District and ranking member of House Agriculture Committee
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Closing Perspectives – Midwest Ag Energy Network
Mark Willers, CEO, Minwind Energy, LLC
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