Section 1.

• Introduction. Ensuring Sustainability in the Development of Wood Bioenergy, V. Alaric Sample (Pinchot Institute for Conservation)
• What Role Will Forests Play in America's Long-Term Energy Future?, V. Alaric Sample (Pinchot Institute for Conservation)

Section 2. Developing realistic assessments of woody biomass supply and availability

• National and regional assessments of woody biomass availability in the US.
  • Summary of the "Billion Ton Study" Revisions, Ken Skog and Marilyn Buford (USFS)
    
• State assessments of woody biomass supply.
  • Sustainable Forest Bioenergy: State Strategies and Incentives Overview, Marcia Patton-Mallory (USFS) and Francisco Aguilar (University of Missouri)
    
  • An Estimation Procedure for Determining Woody Biomass Within Virginia, Bob Smith (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
    
• Developing supply projections on predominantly public forest landscapes.
  • Download pdf, Catherine Mater (Mater Engineering) and Ed Gee (USFS)
    
• Developing supply projections on predominantly private forest landscapes.
• Potential Impact of Bio-Energy Demand in the South, Bob Abt (North Carolina State)
• Forest Fuel Reduction and Biomass Supply: Perspectives from Southern Private Landowners, Jim Gan (Texas A&M)
  
• Potential for biomass supply from short-rotation woody crops.
  • Tim Volk and Ed White (SUNY Syracuse) FORTHCOMING
• Genetic improvement of forest plantations for bioenergy applications.
• Short Rotation Woody Crops for Industrial Applications, Maud Hinchee (ArborGen, LLC)
  

Section 3. Evaluating alternative technologies for wood bioenergy facilities

• Status of research, development, commercialization of wood-based cellulosic ethanol facilities [literature review].
• Cellulosic Ethanol Production: Status of Conversion Technologies in the United States, Puneet Dwivedi (University of Florida) and Dr. Janaki R.R. Alavalapati (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
• Adaptation of existing pulp & amp; paper facilities to produce advanced biofuels.
• Repurposing a Kraft Pulp and Paper Mill to the Production of Ethanol, Richard Phillips (North Carolina State University)
• Bob Byrne (Flambeau River Biofuels) FORTHCOMING
• Factors affecting the establishment of wood-fired electric power plants in the US.
• Biomass Power for Utility Applications, Tom Johnson (Southern Company)
• Factors affecting the enhancement of electrical co-generation in conjunction with pulp and paper manufacturing.
• Barriers to the expansion of electrical co-generation by the wood products industry in the United States, Irene Kowalczyk (MeadWestvaco)
• Evolution of technologies for facility-level CHP, community-scale district heating, and residential heating with wood pellets.
• Tim Maker (Biomass Energy Resource Center) FORTHCOMING
• Developments in the Domestic Wood Pellet Industry, Charles Niebling (New England Wood Pellet)

Section 4. Economic considerations in the development of wood bioenergy

• Factors influencing private capital investment in wood bioenergy development.
• Renewable Energy Investment Preferences, Francisco Aguilar (University of Missouri)
• Economics of forest biomass recovery.
  • Economics and Logistics of Biomass Utilization: The Superior National Forest,Dalia Abbas (University of Minnesota) and Don Arnosti (Institute for Agricultural and Trade Policy)
  • Economics of forest biomass removal for bioenergy, Alexander Evans (Forest Guild)
• Effect of oil prices on the economics of wood bioenergy.
• Effects of Oil Price on Wood Bioenergy, Nina Eichacker (University of Massachusetts)
• Bioenergy expansion effects on existing wood products industries: competitor or partner?
• Effects of Renewable Energy Mandates on the Sustainability of Forests in the Southeastern U.S., Greg Comatas and Jeff Shumaker (International Paper)
• Wood bioenergy development as a component in regional/state/community strategies for sustainable economic development.
  • Wood bioenergy development as a component in community strategies for sustainable economic development, Mike DeBonis (Forest Guild)
• Wood bioenergy effects on stabilizing energy costs for local communities.
• Stabilizing Energy Costs for Communities Using Local Biomass: Economics of Community-Scale Wood Heating and CHP, Tim Maker and Adam Sherman (Biomass Energy Resource Center)
• Creating a biomass utilization business for managed forest owners, Steve Mueller (International Woodfuels) FORTHCOMING

Section 5. Environmental considerations in the development of wood bioenergy

• Ecological sustainability concerns in woody biomass harvesting.
• Considerations for a Sustainable Wood Biomass Industry, Will McDow (EDF)
• Factoring woody biomass management into state BMPs/forest practices regulation.
• Overview of state initiatives to develop woody biomass harvesting guidelines, Alexander Evans (Forest Guild)
• Developing Woody Biomass Harvesting Guidelines for Wisconsin's Forestland, Darrell Zastrow (Wisconsin DNR)
• Environmental Effects of Forest Biomass Removal, Joe Misek (Oregon Department of Forestry)
• Guidelines for socially acceptable use of forest biotechnology in woody biomass plantations.
• Responsible Use of Biotechnology, Adam Costanza (Institute for Forest Biotechnology)
• Energy from Woody Biomass: A Review of Harvesting Guidelines and a Discussion of Related Challenges, Kathryn Fernholz (Dovetail Partners, Inc.)
• Consideration of sustainable woody biomass management forest certification programs.
• Forest fuel harvesting: a review of environmental risks, criteria and indicators and certification standards for environmental sustainability, Brenna Lattimore and Tat Smith (University of Toronto)
• Sustainability indicators for woody biomass harvesting, Pankaj Lal (Virginia Polytechnic and State University)
• Maintaining climate mitigation benefits and addressing air quality concerns.
• Sustainable Development of Biofuel Potentials from Forest Biomass Resources: A Framework to Examine the Long-term GHG balances and Sustainability Impacts, Peter Tittmann and Sonia Yeh (University of California)

Section 6. Regional outlooks for sustainable wood bioenergy development

• Outlook for the South, David Wear (USFS)
• Outlook for the Lake States, Dennis Becker (University of Minnesota)
• Outlook for the Northeast, Ian MacFarlane (Northeast Area Assoc of State Foresters) FORTHCOMING
• Outlook for the interior West, Jay Jensen (Western Forestry Leadership Council)
• Outlook for the Pacific Coast, Catherine Mater (Mater Engineering) FORTHCOMING
• Outlook for Alaska, Marcia Patton-Mallory (USFS)

Section 7. Policy implications

• Near-term policy priorities and goals: Perspectives from forest industry, energy industry, state government, forest landowners, conservation organizations, forest-based communities.
• National Policy and Incentive Survey and Overview: Forest-Derived Woody Biomass, Jesse Caputo (Environment and Energy Study Institute)
• Sustainable expansion of wood bioenergy: reconciling the goals of the 2007 Energy Policy Act and the 2008 Farm Bill.
• Stakeholder Views on the Definition, Opportunities and Challenges of Woody Biomass as an Energy Feedstock, Francisco Aguilar (University of Missouri)

Section 8.Summary and synthesis

• What Role Will Forests Play in America's Long-Term Energy Future?, V. Alaric Sample (Pinchot Institute for Conservation)