The push toward increased renewable energy use requires laws that best facilitate this transition. The University of Illinois Energy Biosciences Institute's Biofuels Law and Regulation Conference, "Exploring Cutting Edge Legal Issues at the Nexus of Bioenergy," will provide a forum to discuss and debate potential policies on April 22 at the Illini Union.
This third annual conference will focus on cross-cutting legal and regulatory issues relating to biofuels and bioenergy production. These issues include how to best achieve sustainability goals balancing economic, environmental and social considerations through standard setting and modeling; how to address invasiveness concerns through improved regulatory frameworks; how to design supply chain contracts; and an analysis of the Renewable Fuels Standard program.
Each session will offer question, answer and brainstorming opportunities with renowned international and national experts in biofuels law and regulation. Speakers will represent a variety of law and regulatory fields encompassing government, academia, industry and non-governmental organizations. Among the speakers are Daniel de la Torre Ugarte of the University of Tennessee, Bruce McCarl from Texas A & M University, and Chris Dionigi, assistant director for domestic policy for the National Invasive Species Council.
"The conference will offer information that is valuable across disciplines and stakeholders - from biomass production to biofuels refining," said Jody Endres, EBI senior regulatory associate.
The EBI Biofuels Law and Regulation Program, the Institute for Genomic Biology and the European Union Center are sponsoring this event.
