Ethanol 101: Knowing the Industry You Serve
June 9, 2025 ~ Omaha, NE
Knowing the Industry You ServeEthanol 101 will serve as a one day in-depth survey of the history, science, production and market basics of the ethanol industry. Populated by some of the industry’s most recognized professionals, this seminar will serve not only to bring you or your new employee up to speed on “must know” information about the ethanol industry, but will also provide a forum to meet respected industry representatives and network with them and their fellow seminar attendees.
Registration
Access to all events at one price - including admission to all conference sessions (co-located events, plenary sessions and breakout sessions), entry to the Expo, all meal functions, and speaker presentations (available on conference app during the event). Producers Attend for Free.

If you have any questions on registration or rates please give us a call at 866-746-8385.
Block Agenda
Monday, June 9
7:30 am – 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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8:30 am – 9:00 am |
Birth of a Biofuel-Ethanol's Historical Roots
- Susanne Retka Schill, Editor/Writer, WriteOH
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9:00 am – 9:30 am |
Slurry Through Fermentation at Fuel Ethanol Plants
- Scott Kohl, Chief Technology Officer, Visionary Fiber Technologies
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9:30 am – 10:00 am |
Innovations in Yeast and Enzymes for the Fuel Ethanol Production Process
- Pauline Teunissen, Global Application Leader of Grain Processing, IFF
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10:00 am - 10:30 am |
Networking Refreshment Break
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10:30 am – 11:00 am |
Distilling Down the Details of Ethanol Downstream Processing
- Jessica Lopez, Product Development Manager, Whitefox Technologies Limited
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11:00 am – 11:30 am |
Ethanol Production: A Focus on Distillation and Evaporation
- Rachel Vanourny, Marketing Manager, Fluid Quip Technologies, LLC
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11:30 am – Noon |
Understanding the Full Business – Production, Financial, Product Marketing
- Donna Funk, Principal, Pinion
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Noon – 1:00 pm |
Networking Lunch
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1:00 pm – 1:30 pm |
A Sustainable Success Story: Ethanol Production and Livestock Nutrition
- Chuck Gallop, Director of Innovation, ICM, Inc.
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1:30 pm – 2:00 pm |
Bottom-Line Basics: Revenues, Costs and Earnings at An Ethanol Plant
- Connie Lindstrom, Senior Biofuels Analyst, Christianson PLLP
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2:00 pm – 2:30 pm |
Ethanol - Industry Development and Emerging Opportunities
- Kyle Althoff, President, Equinox
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2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
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Networking Refreshment Break
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3:00 pm – 3:30 pm |
Ethanol Co-Products, Production, Usage, Transportation and Markets
- Matthew Fitzthum, Merchandiser, CHS, Inc.
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3:30 pm – 4:00 pm |
Life As We Might Have Known It: What If Ethanol Was Our Primary Engine Fuel
- Marc Rauch, Executive Vice President/Co-Publisher, The Auto Channel
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4:00 pm – 4:30 pm |
Opportunities for Ethanol Beyond the Fuel Tank
- Robert White, SVP of Industry Relations & Market Development, Renewable Fuels Association
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4:30 pm | Adjourn
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4:30 pm – 6:00 pm | International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo Opening Reception
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