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Ethanol 101: Knowing the Industry You Serve




June 9, 2025 ~ Omaha, NE


Knowing the Industry You Serve
Ethanol 101 will serve as a one day in-depth survey of the history, science, production and market basics of the ethanol industry. Populated by some of the industry’s most recognized professionals, this seminar will serve not only to bring you or your new employee up to speed on “must know” information about the ethanol industry, but will also provide a forum to meet respected industry representatives and network with them and their fellow seminar attendees.



Registration

Access to all events at one price - including admission to all conference sessions (co-located events, plenary sessions and breakout sessions), entry to the Expo, all meal functions, and speaker presentations (available on conference app during the event). Producers Attend for Free.

  
If you have any questions on registration or rates please give us a call at 866-746-8385.


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Pelican Energy Consultants is a privately held Consulting Engineering firm located in Covington, Louisiana. Our core services include Multi-Discipline Engineering, Design/Drafting, Project Management, Onsite Construction Coordination/Inspection Services, Procurement, and Inventory Management Services. Pelican is a worldwide leader with unmatched expertise in the design of CO2 capture, processing, transportation, utilization, and sequestration facilities, with over 300 executed CO2 projects in excess of $5 billion in TIC. Pelican has designed/executed the installation of anthropogenic CO2 capture facilities since 2009. Let our team of CO2 system experts save you time and money as you develop your CO2 plans and projects.

Lapis Carbon Solutions is a full-service CCS developer and operator, providing customized solutions for industry partners. With decades of technical, commercial, and project experience, our team of experts combines the rigor of traditional capital project delivery with the innovation and entrepreneurial thinking necessary to create industrial-scale low-carbon solutions.



Block Agenda

Monday, June 9

7:30 am – 8:30 am Breakfast
8:30 am – 9:00 am Birth of a Biofuel-Ethanol's Historical Roots
  • Susanne Retka Schill, Editor/Writer, WriteOH
9:00 am – 9:30 am Slurry Through Fermentation at Fuel Ethanol Plants
  • Scott Kohl, Chief Technology Officer, Visionary Fiber Technologies
9:30 am – 10:00 am Innovations in Yeast and Enzymes for the Fuel Ethanol Production Process
  • Pauline Teunissen, Global Application Leader of Grain Processing, IFF
10:00 am - 10:30 am Networking Refreshment Break
10:30 am – 11:00 am Distilling Down the Details of Ethanol Downstream Processing
  • Jessica Lopez, Product Development Manager, Whitefox Technologies Limited
11:00 am – 11:30 am Ethanol Production: A Focus on Distillation and Evaporation
  • Rachel Vanourny, Marketing Manager, Fluid Quip Technologies, LLC
11:30 am – Noon Understanding the Full Business – Production, Financial, Product Marketing
  • Donna Funk, Principal, Pinion
Noon – 1:00 pm Networking Lunch
1:00 pm – 1:30 pm A Sustainable Success Story: Ethanol Production and Livestock Nutrition
  • Ryan Mass, Feed Consultant, ICM, Inc.
1:30 pm – 2:00 pm Bottom-Line Basics: Revenues, Costs and Earnings at An Ethanol Plant
  • Connie Lindstrom, Senior Biofuels Analyst, Christianson PLLP
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm Ethanol - Industry Development and Emerging Opportunities
  • Kyle Althoff, President, Equinox
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm Networking Refreshment Break
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm Ethanol Co-Products, Production, Usage, Transportation and Markets
  • Matthew Fitzthum, Merchandiser, CHS, Inc.
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm Life As We Might Have Known It: What If Ethanol Was Our Primary Engine Fuel
  • Marc Rauch, Executive Vice President/Co-Publisher, The Auto Channel
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm Opportunities for Ethanol Beyond the Fuel Tank
  • Robert White, SVP of Industry Relations & Market Development, Renewable Fuels Association
4:30 pmAdjourn
4:30 pm – 6:00 pmInternational Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo Opening Reception

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