Agenda: MN Renewable Energy Roundtable 2025

Wednesday, December 17, 2025
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM	Welcome and Overview	Shannon Schlecht, AURI Jon Veldhouse, AURI Senator Robert Kupec, MN State Senate
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM	Keynote Speaker: Lorenzo Rosa, Ph.D., "The Potential of Biogas in Minnesota, the U.S., and the World"	Lorenzo Rosa, Ph.D., Carnegie Science
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM	Networking/Discussion
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM	Keynote Speaker: Michael Schuppenhauer, Ph.D. "Markets for Biogas"	Michael R. Schuppenhauer, Ph.D., mcr Energy LLC
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM	Networking/Discussion
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM	Interactive Panel: Where Technology and Market Meet	Jimmy Gosse, Ph.D., AURI Jacob Ethen, City of St. Cloud Public Utilities Brad Anderson, City of St. Cloud Jennifer Stokes, CenterPoint Energy Bill Keegan, P.E., Dem-Con Companies
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Lunch/Networking/Discussion
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM	Keynote Speaker: Heather Dziedzic - "Federal & State Policies that Support the Biogas Industry"	Heather Dziedzic, American Biogas Council
1:45 PM - 2:00 PM	Networking/Discussion
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM	Interactive Panel: Advancing from Success	Brad Matuska, AURI Joe Burke, VIRESCO Steve Grove, Avant Energy Michael Crinion, Ash Grove Dairy
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM	Perspectives and Ideas Session; Closing Remarks	Shannon Schlecht, AURI Jen Wagner-Lahr, AURI

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