Conferences, Symposiums, Field Trips, and Commercial Demonstrations

[erich]

Here is an update for the upcoming 2007 Conference of the International Agrichar Initiative, which will be held April 29-May 2 in coastal Terrigal, NSW.

International Agrichar Initiative 2007 Conference

After reading this I sure wish I had my passport in hand,
Erich



"Ron,
Thanks for the query. We are getting down to the final planning for the upcoming 2007 Conference of the International Agrichar Initiative, which will be held April 29-May 2 in coastal Terrigal, NSW. We had a great response to the call for abstracts, and have 14 oral presentations and 24 poster presentations scheduled, on various aspects of agrichar/biochar research and development, the impacts and benefits of agrichar/biochar, agrichar/biochar production and testing, and economics, environment, and policy applications. We also have a day of panel discussions on agrichar/biochar R&D, and production and utilization/markets and commercialization, and a plenary discussion to prioritize future management questions for the IAI. We are very excited that Professor Tim Flannery (author of The Weather Makers, and other books) will deliver the keynote wrap-up. Mike Mason of Climate Care (a carbon offsets company in the UK) will also be speaking, and we are still in discussions with Peter Garrett (an Australian MP) as a potential dinner speaker. We are hoping to have some exciting announcements about new projects and support for the initiative by the time of the Conference, all with the goal of furthering promotion and commercialization of the technology at various scales.

Two conference field trips are also planned -- one just prior to the start of the conference to see field trials at the NSW Department of Primary Industries, where agrichar/biochar has been applied to soils and crop response and other impacts are being tested. We understand that we will hear about some very exciting impacts from these trials, both during the field trip and at the conference. The second trip will be to visit the BEST Energies pyrolysis unit and facility in Somersby.

We have also had a great response from Sponsors, many of whom are involved in agrichar production and development. Registrations are coming in from around the world, which is as we had hoped, and include both academic/research and business interests, which will make for some great discussions and interactions. Please visit the conference website at International Agrichar Initiative 2007 Conference for an updated agenda and information for registration and travel to attend. We will be posting abstracts from the conference, as well as (un-reviewed) papers and powerpoint presentations that are delivered during the conference, for those unable to attend.

Please feel free to contact me for further information, and we hope that some of you may join us!

Debbie Reed, Coordinator
International Agrichar Initiative


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[erich]

Dear Folks,
Please contact me if any of you are interested in joining me on a field trip to Dayton VA. to see Dr. Foster A Agblevor's chicken litter pyrolysis project.

I will set a date dependent upon the folks who contact me, probably the first week in April
If any need a place to stay I've got plenty of room.


I feel like Dorothy in OZ,,,,,,,,, Who knew after all my searching's that this would fall into my own back yard.......there IS no place like home!


Chicken Litter Project & Potential of TP Sequestration | Terra Preta


Erich J. Knight
Shenandoah Gardens
E-mail: shengar@aol.com
(540) 289-9750

[erich]

After speaking to sme of the principles involved with Dr. Foster A Agblevor's chicken litter pyrolysis project the Field Trip date is now projected to be, hopfuly, May or June.

Erich

[erich]

Here is a post by Jim Mason to the TP bioenergy list;



Burning Man takes on green tech


Daniel Terdiman, for News.com
Published: May 7, 2007
If you head to Burning Man this summer and see an 80-foot slug belching plumes of fire as it inches across the desert, don't worry: it's not an environmental disaster.

http://www.nytimes.com/cnet/CNET_210...=1&oref=slogin

"here is a nice article considering how burning man might do the impossible: become a compelling venue for exploring participatory alt energy solutions. but everyone asks, "can an event primary founded on fire, really be anything other than wildly consumptive and destructive"? or does it just get a free pass because it is about something other than our everyday living.

towards this end, the mechabolic is going to be gasifying trash at the event. we are going to be gasifying event trash to create gaseous and liquid fuels for fire effects, mobility and electricity. the byproducts of the gasifiation are charcoal and ash, which becomes a terra preta soil amendment, returning the biomass nutrients in the event trash back to the soil, while sequestering carbon as charcoal in the process. free carbon sequestration through plow agriculture. all energy of decomposing biomass mined and used for energy, instead of lost through slow decoposition. nothing left to rot and off gas methane to the atmosphere (a la composting). all of which, oddly, requires the thoughtful use of fire.

who would have thought that there was a way to burn things to a more healthy planetary carbon cycle? but such is the promise of an integrated application of gasification, pyrolysis and terra preta. "

Erich

[freeztar]

Awesome article! That really makes me want to go there and see Mechanoid!

[Michaelangelica]

A conference soon -2008- in the UK.
Anyone any details?

[erich]

2008 The International Biochar Initiative (IBI)


Others The International Biochar Initiative (IBI)

[Michaelangelica]

Page 1
Carbon Farming
EXPo & ConFErEnCE
Carbon Farming is the New Agriculture. It is land and stock management designed for the Era of Climate Change.
Carbon Farming includes:
•
grazing management
•
biochar
•
low/no-tillage
•
mulching
•
pasture cropping
•
keyline planning
•
biological farming
•
natural sequence farming
•
biodynamics
•
alternatives to nitrogenous fertilisers
•
composting
•
and many others…
These are methods of capturing and holding Carbon in soils.
On the deficit side, growers face the challenge of emissions from stock (methane) and fertilisers (nitrous oxide).
The farm plan which incorporates both carbon capture and emission reduction is called Carbon Farming.
agricultural rural & Education Centre, mudgee
9.00am — 5.00pm, 16th — 17th November, 2007
“It is an historical event of international importance”
Rattan Lal, Professor of Soil Science, SENR President, Soil Science Society of America
Page 2
PraCtiCal Carbon Farming: thE voiCE oF EXPEriEnCE
The World’s First Carbon Farming Conference is a unique opportunity to see the entire issue from all angles. Speakers will
include senior scientists who were centrally involved in creating the Australian Government’s greenhouse strategies as well as
leading ‘carbon farming’ practitioners and expert market observers. The Draft Program includes the following topics:
Carbon CoCky oF thE yEar
The first annual “Carbon Cocky of the Year” Competition will be conducted
in conjunction with the Expo and Conference. Each Catchment Management
Authority will conduct a search for outstanding Carbon Farmers in their catchment.
An overall winner will be declared during the event. The winner will be entered
into the Australian Government’s Greenhouse Challenge Awards for 2008/09.
For more information: www.carbonfarming.com.au
Prize
money to
be won!
techniques and Costs of
measuring Soil Carbon
Dr Brian Murphy
Senior Soil Scientist,
NSW Department of
Environment and Climate
Change
Federal government
assistance to Soil Carbon
trading
Hon. Kerry O’Brien
Shadow Minister for
Agriculture
biochar’s Promising trials
Adriana Downie
Research Scientist,
Best Energies
your Farm’s Carbon
Footprint: treading lightly
David Marsh
“Allendale” Boorowa
Dynamic results From
Combining grazing
management, Pasture
Cropping and biological
Farming
Col Seis
“Winona” Gulgong
Soil Carbon trading:
Cma audit Scheme for
voluntary market
John Lawrie
Soils Officer, Central
West Catchment
Management Authority
Successful biological
and biodynamic
Farming
Cam McKellar
“Inveraray Downs”
Spring Ridge
Soil Carbon trading
Schemes: State of the
market
Michael Kiely
Carbon Farmers of
Australia
how to use Carbon
Calculators to manage a
Carbon Farm
Dr Jeff Baldock
Research Scientist, CSIRO
Land & Water
agriculture and
greenhouse Emissions:
Challenge for Farmers
Dr Bill Slattery
Australian Greenhouse
Office
Carbon Farming:
bringing it all together
Ian Packer,
Soils Officer, Lachlan
Catchment Management
Authority
opportunities on
global soil carbon
markets
Mike Walsh
SVP, Chicago Climate
Exchange
Chairman’s introduction:
Climate Change Challenges
& opportunities
Gary Allan
Climate Change Project
Manager, Department of
Primary Industries
CarbonCredited Produce:
Emissions reductions
Scheme for Farmers
Louisa Kiely
Carbon Coalition Against
Global Warming
a Farmer’s Experience with
natural Sequence Farming
Craig Carter
“Tallawang” Willow Tree
Page 3
thE FirSt oF itS kinD
Carbon Farming as a movement had its origins in the Central West of NSW. This event is the first dedicated conference
and trade show ever held.
The future of Agriculture is being created by the leaders in Carbon Farming. This is your opportunity to play a part in the
growth of the largest commodity market the world has ever seen.
rEgiStration For DElEgatES: $165
(inCl. gSt)
oFFiCial SuPPortErS
www.carbonfarming.com.au

Phone 02 6374 0329
Fax
02 6374 0354
Email: louisa@carboncoalition.com.au
Please forward applications to:
Carbon Farmers of australia
ACN: 127 011 134
“Uamby”
Via Goolma 2852
Phone 02 6374 0329
Fax
02 6374 0354
Email: louisa@carboncoalition.com.au

I have a copy of the final programme if you want to send me your email address or message via HiPog

[scalbers]

There has been a recent conference that included a presentation on Biochar held this November at Iowa State Univ. When I reach 10 posts, the board will allow me to include the links. So for now you can Google on these words:

2007 Biobased Industry Outlook Conference

Perhaps a more seasoned forum member could post links to the conference and the Johannes Lehmann Biochar presentation?

A couple of U.S. presidential candidates spoke at this conference as well.

[Philip Small]

Originally Posted by scalbers

2007 Biobased Industry Outlook Conference

Perhaps a more seasoned forum member could post links to the conference and the Johannes Lehmann Biochar presentation?

I did find the conference and the agrichar session. There may be other links...