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Welcome to the 2009 Green Crop Network Workshop

The 2nd Green Crop Network annual Workshop “Green Crops: Today and Tomorrow” brings together researchers (university, government, and industry), students, representatives from various sectors, and international experts from France, India, USA and Brazil together to share and exchange new information and ideas regarding climate change, agriculture, and implementing a sustainable bioeconomy (using biofuels as a case study).

2nd Annual Green Crop Network Workshop:
Green Crops: Today & Tomorrow

July 16th & 17th 2009
Montreal, Quebec

Please click here for: Workshop Tentative Agenda

Opening Remarks

• Running with the Big Dogs”- Discerning a Role for Green Crop within the International Biofuels Sustainability Debate
  Terry McIntyre, Senior Science Advisor, Biofuels and Renewable Energy Science and Technology Integration Division, Environment Canada, Canada

• Charles Keeling and the Discovery of Global Warming
  Bert Drake, Senior Scientist, Smithsonian Environmental Research Institute, Maryland, USA
  
  
• International Perspectives on a Sustainable Biofuel Economy
  Bioenergy and Biofuels in Brazil
  Robert Boddey, Embrapa Agrobiologica, Seropédica, Brazil
  
  
• Next Generation Biofuel:Technology: Options For India
  Meenakshi Munshi, Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology, India
  
  
• International Perspectives on a Sustainable Biofuel Bioeconomy–the United States
  Tom Voigt, Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois, USA

From Field to Production/ Processing

• Solid Biomass Utilization: Bridging the Gap    
  Mark Lefsrud, Department of Bioresource Engineering, McGill University, Canada
  
  
• The Power of Partnership Canadian-Californian Collaborations in Bioproducts
  Sharon Shoemaker, Executive Director, California Institute of Food and Agricultural Research (CiFAR), UC Davis, USA

Plant Composition and Climate Change

• Seeking the Perfect Fibre: A Moving Target in a Changing World
  Brian Ellis, Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Canada
  
  
• Plant Composition And Climate Change - Influence Of Climate And Climate Change On Plant Oil Composition
  Peter McVetty, Department of Plant Science, University of Manitoba, Canada
  

Professional Skill Training

• Professional Skills & Non-Academic Career Options
  Lorna MacEachern, Career Counsellor, McGill Career Planning Service, Canada
  
  
• Insights into research planning
  Martin Reaney, Saskatchewan Agriculture Chair of Lipid Quality and Utilization in the College of Agriculture and Bioresources, University of Saskatchewan, Canada