5th Berkeley Bioeconomy Conference

Renewable Resources

U.C. Berkeley Alumni House

March 26–28, 2012

• March 26, 2012
  • 08:30 - 08:45WelcomeBob Buchanan, David Zilberman
  • 08:45 - 18:00Honoring Tony Fisher — A Pioneer of Resource Economics ResearchFour sessions: Resources and Development, Climate Change, Environmental Economics, Resource Economics
  • 08:45 - 01:00Natural Resources• Gordon Rausser, University of California at Berkeley • Colin Carter, University of California, Davis • Wolfram Schlenker, Columbia University, “Demand and Supply Elasticities of Agricultural Commodities • Shanta Devarajan, World Bank • Hossein Farzin, University of California, Davis
  • 08:45 - 00:00Environmental Economics• Kerry Smith, Arizona State University, “Non-Market General Equilibrium Analysis and Environmental Policy” • Maureen Cropper, University of Maryland, “Pollution Control in India: Getting the Prices Right” • Urvashi Narain, World Bank
  • 08:45 - 00:00Energy• James Wilen, University of California, Davis, “Irreversibilities and Preservation vs. Development” • Andy Keeler, East Carolina University • Heidi Jo Albers, Oregon State University, “Managing Species Invasion in a River Network: A Spatial Bioeconomic Model”
  • 08:45 - 00:00Climate Change• Gardner Brown, University of Washington • Karl-Goran Maler, The Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics • Larry Karp, University of California at Berkeley • Tony Fisher, University of California at Berkeley
  • 18:00 - 19:00DinnerSpeaker: Michael Hanemann
• March 27, 2012
  • 08:45 - 10:15Session 1: Economics of Biofuel• Wally Tyner, Purdue University, “Economic and Policy Issues for Second Generation Biofuels” • Ujjayant Chakravorty, University of Alberta, “Does the U.S. Biofuel Mandate Increase Poverty in India?” • Scott Swinton, Michigan State University, “Abating Environmental Consequences of Cellulosic Biomass Production with Policy and Technology” • Karel Janda, Charles University in Prague, “Relationship Between Food and Fuel Prices”
  • 10:30 - 12:15Session 2: Biofuel Policy• Harry de Gorter, Cornell University, “The Economics of Biofuel Policies” • Jody Endres, University of Illinois, “Sustainability Certification: A Systems View of Biofuel Policy Challenges” • David Laborde, International Food Policy Research Institute, “Impacts of Biofuel Policy in Europe” • Peter Berck and Max Auffhammer, University of California at Berkeley
  • 12:15 - 13:00Lunch• Mary Bohman, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, “Policy Issues and Research Gaps”
  • 13:00 - 13:30Session 3: Biotechnology• Nick Kalaitzandonakes, University of Missouri, “GMOs and the Global Agricultural Supply Chains for Food” • Pamela Ronald, University of California, Davis, “Tomorrow’s Table: Genetics and the Future of Food” • Justus Wesseler, Technische Universität München, “The Economics of Coexistence”
  • 13:30 - 15:15Session 4: TBA• Tim Dalton, Carl Pray, and David Zilberman, Kansas State University, Rutgers, and University of California at Berkeley, respectively, “Drought-tolerant Maize In Africa” • Marnus Gouse, Johann Kirsten, Colin Thirtle, and Jenifer Piesse, University of Pretoria, South Africa, “Herbicide Tolerant Maize for Smallholder Subsistence Farmers: The South Africa Experience” • Felicia Wu, University of Pittsburgh, “Mycotoxin and Bt”
  • 17:00 - 18:00Evening Talk• Chris Somerville, Energy Biosciences Institute; Department of Plant & Microbial Biology, University of California at Berkeley, “Development of Cellulosic Fuels”
• March 28, 2012
  • 08:45 - 10:15Session 1: Alternative Fuel• Markus Pauly, Energy Biosciences Institute; Department of Plant & Microbial Biology, University of California at Berkeley, “How Biotechnology Enhances Crop Properties” • Gal Luft, Institute for the Analysis of Global Security, “Future of Fuels” • Bruce Dale, Michigan State University, “Energy and the Wealth of Nations after Peak Oil: Why Biofuels are Not Optional” • Joel Velasco, Amyris, “Second-generation Biodiesel and the Activities of Amyris • Jenny Liu and David Zilberman, Portland State University and University of California at Berkeley, respectively
  • 10:30 - 12:00Session 2: Regulating Biofuel I• Deepak Rajagopal, University of California, Los Angeles • Jim Bushnell, University of California, Davis, “Research Related to Biofuel and Energy Policy” • Cynthia Lin, University of California, Davis, “The Effects of Policy and Strategic Factors on Investment in Fuel-ethanol Plants” • Heather Youngs, Energy Biosciences Institute, University of California at Berkeley, “Commercial Deployment of Lignocellulosic and Advanced Biofuels” • Caroline Taylor, Energy Biosciences Institute, University of California at Berkeley, “Partnership, Development, and the Integration of Biofuel Technology with the Landscape” • Gal Hochman, David Zilberman, and Geoffrey Barrows, Rutgers and University of California at Berkeley, respectively, “Economics of Biorefineries”
  • 12:00 - 13:00LunchNeil Conklin
  • 13:15 - 14:30Session 3: Regulating Biofuel II• TBA
  • 14:45 - 17:00Session 4: International Aspects of Biofuel• Avery Cohn, University of California at Berkeley, “Intensification of Production in Tropical Forests” • David Zilberman and Madhu Khanna, University of California at Berkeley and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, respectively, “The Economics of Biofuel in Brazil” • Christine Lasco Crago, “Can India Meet Biofuel Policy Targets? Implications for Food and Fuel Prices” • Govinda Timilsina, World Bank, “Biofuel Within a Global Context” • Maria Bowman, University of California at Berkeley, “Biofuel and Deforestation” • David Roland-Holst, University of California at Berkeley