Posted: 09.23.2010

The top researcher for the world’s largest ethanol producer  
will be the keynote speaker at the third annual Wisconsin Bioenergy  
Summit on October 14. Greg Hartgraves, senior research director of  
POET, will outline progress in cellulosic ethanol technology and talk  
about how grain-based and cellulosic industry segments will work  
together to make ethanol more sustainable.

Hartgraves brings more than 20 years of broad R&D experience in fine  
chemicals and pharmaceuticals to POET, a South Dakota-based enterprise  
that operates 27 plants in seven states and produces more than 1.6  
billion gallons of ethanol annually.  Most recently, he has led a team  
of researchers in further developing a cellulosic ethanol process and  
new products derived from cellulosic material.

The Wisconsin Bioenergy Summit will feature a series of panel  
discussions and workshops on such topics as homegrown energy projects,  
renewables and sustainability, bioenergy research and energy policy.  
The Wisconsin Bioenergy Initiative hosts the annual conference with  
additional support from We Energies, the Wisconsin Alumni Association,  
Clean Wisconsin and the Energy Center of Wisconsin.

The event will be held at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention  
Center at One John Nolen Drive, Madison. The program opens with  
breakfast at 7:30 a.m. and concludes with a networking reception from  
4:30–6 p.m. The full conference schedule and registration can be found  
at http://www.wbi.wisc.edu/bioenergy-summit.

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