September 14-16, 2010
Marquette Hotel, Minneapolis, MN
Hosted by the Institute on the Environment, University of Minnesota

The University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment, with significant funding support from the Initiative for Renewable Energy and the Environment (IREE), is pleased to host the fifth of five continental conventions of the Global Sustainable Bioenergy (GSB) Project. North American convention co-chairs Jon Foley, director of the Institute on the Environment, and John Sheehan, scientific program coordinator for biofuels and the global environment at the Institute on the Environment / IREE, invite you to participate in this important event.

The GSB Project is a collaborative effort involving universities and institutes around the world. The aim is to create a vision and path forward for bioenergy as a global resource. Today, there is a great deal of confusion about bioenergy—with questions being raised about how, and if, it is truly a part of a sustainable energy future.

The North American meeting will ratify a continental resolution on bioenergy. We will be in a position to take advantage of all of the knowledge and insights gleaned from statements ratified for Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe. For reference, please see the European continental resolution adopted in February 2010.

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Roger Thurow, author of ENOUGH: Why the World's Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty, will give the keynote presentation at 7:30p.m. on Wednesday, September 15.  Following his presentation, he will be signing copies of his books.

Admission to the keynote address is included in the convention registration fee.  Individual tickets can be purchased for $30 each.

REGISTER NOW!

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