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I-Cares/MAGEEP Monthly Meetings (First Wednesday of each month)

Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Time:  4 pm to 6 pm
Lab Sciences, Room 301

Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Time:  4 pm to 6 pm
Lab Sciences, Room 301

Fall 2008 I-CARES Distinguished Speaker Series

Nate Lewis, Ph.D.
George L. Argyros Professor of Chemistry
California Institute of Technology
"Where in the World Will Our Energy Come From?"
September 23, 2008
4:00-5:30 PM, Reception Following
Lab Sciences 300

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Economics of Ethanol: Costs, Benefits, and Future Prospects of Biofuels
November 14, 2008
Eric P. Newman Education Center
Washington University School of Medicine
                              
TOPICS & SPEAKERS

7:30 am – Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30 am – The U.S. Ethanol Industry
Keynote Speaker Jeff Broin, CEO, POET

9:45 am – The Profitability of Corn Ethanol Processing
Paul Gallagher, Department of Economics, Iowa State University

11:00 am – The Costs and Benefits of Corn Ethanolas a Fuel Source
Douglas Tiffany, Department of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota

1:15 pm – The Impact of the Ethanol Boom on Rural America
Jason Henderson, Federal Reserve Bank, Kansas City –Omaha Branch
   
3:00 pm – The Future of Biofuel
Jerry Taylor, CATO Institute; RickTolman, CEO, National Corn Growers Association; Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes, Department of Agricultural Economics - University of Missouri Columbia

4:30 pm – Reception

For more information and online registrations: http://wc.wustl.edu

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