PELICE organizers have released the schedule of the upcoming PELICE 2010 to be held February 4-6 in Atlanta. In addition, PELICE continues to add speakers to the conference.

Thursday, February 4
5:30-6:20 Pre-Conference Keynote Addresses
6:30-8:30 Exhibitor Appetizer Meet and Greet

Friday, February 5
6:30-7:50 Breakfast with Exhibitors
8-9:45 General Session
10-11:50 Concurrent Sessions
Structural Products, Technologies and Issues
Non-Structural Products, Technologies and Issues
Resins & Adhesives
Noon-2:30  Lunch, Speaker and Exhibits
2:35-4:50  Concurrent sessions
Structural Products, Technologies and Issues
Non-Structural Products, Technologies and Issues
Energy To Emissions
5-5:30 Happy Hour with Exhibitors
6-8 Panel World Reception in Atrium Terrace

Saturday, February 6
6:30-7:50 Breakfast with Exhibitors
8-9:45 General Session
9:50-10:15 Mingle with Exhibitors
10:20-12:00 Concurrent Sessions
Structural Products, Technologies and Issues
Non-Structural Products, Technologies and Issues
Energy To Emissions
12:15-1:30  Box Lunch with Speakers
1:35-2:50 Exhibitor Count Down

The list of speakers, which is still evolving, includes: John Godfrey, panel industry entrepreneur; Anders Gustaffson, CEO, BRUKS AB; Scott Wiles, Panels Business Unit Manager, Arauco Wood Products; Sam Glass, Research Scientist, USDS FS Forest Products Lab; Pete Walker, Product Manager, Grant Forest Products; David Harmon, North American Technical Manager, Hexion Specialty Chemicals; Mark Salt, Commercial Director, BM TRADA; Robert Hill, Director of Laboratory and Certification Services, NAHB Research Center; Steve Winistorfer, Chairman & CEO, TECO; Gregory McCue, attorney, Steptoe & Johnson LLP; Johnny Leggett, Project Manager, Hunt, Guillot & Associates; Dr. Al Landers, Vice President of research and development, Huber Engineered Woods; Kari Simolin, Managing Director, Dieffenbacher Panelboard; Tony Pugel, Sr., Senior Research Scientist-EWP, Louisiana-Pacific; Stuart Clarke, President, Clarke Veneers; Darrell Keeling, Vice President-Composite Manufacturing, Roseburg Forest Products; Andre Klemarewski, LVL Technology Manager, Raute North America; Dick Baldwin, Managing Partner, Oak Creek Investments; Thomas Peter, Sales Manager, Dieffenbacher System-Automation; Jim Davis, President, Davis & Associates; Ken McFadden, Product Manager, Stiles Machinery; Fran Eck, President, Wood Resources Specialty Panels; Dr. Rakesh Govind, President, PRD Tech, Inc.; Brian Martin, General Manager, Westmill Machine & Automation; Steven Mays, President, EWS North America; David Parker, President & CEO, StrongWood Technologies; Desmond Smith, Vice President, BRUKS Rockwood; James Teaford, President, The Teaford Company; Tom Julia, President, Composite Panel Assn.; Manojit Das, Manager R&D, Samling Plywood Sdn Bhd; Douglas Reiter, President, The Douglas Reiter Company; Edward Spink, CEO, Turbosonic; Steve Simonsen, Senior Consultant, Trinity Consultants; Manuel Zichlin, President, Groupo Bajaplay; Hardikkumar Shah, Applications Engineeer, Southern Environmental; James Boswell, Senior Scientist, BioReaction Industries; Elwin Grassl, General Manager, Scheuch; Rodney Schwartz, Business Director, Megtec Systems; Tim Putala, Environmental Manager, Langboard, Inc.; David Baily, Market Manager, Bayer Material Science; Peter Gibson, Raute North America; Wayne Miller, President and CFO, Madillste Group International; Dominique Jannssens, Technical Director, Madillste Group International

The PELICE pre-conference Bio-Energy, Fuels and Products Symposia also released its schedule and evolving list of speakers.

February 4, 2010
8-9:50  General Session
10-10:25  Break with Exhibitors
10:30-12:00 Concurrent Sessions
Resource, Product and Market Developments
Process Technology
12:15-1:45 Lunch, Speaker and Exhibits
2-3:20 General Session
3:20-3:50 Break with Exhibitors
3:50-5:10 Concurrent Sessions
Resource, Product and Market Developments
Process Technology

Speakers include: Ross Harding, Vice President of Business Development, Herty Advanced Materials Development Center; Brooks Mendell, President, Forisk Consulting; Jill Stuckey, Director of Alternative Fuels, Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority; Saritha Peruri, Business Development, Ceres; Don Kaiser, Executive Director, Pellet Fuels Institute; Valery Detzel, Director, GEE Energy Gmbh; Elene Neel, CEO, Pellet Fuel Technologies; Greg Heck, Principal Research Engineer, Southern Company; M.D. Collins, Principal, Pineland, Inc.; Ken Muehlenfeld, Director, Forest Products Development Center, Auburn University; Steven Taylor, Professor and Head of the Dept. of Biosystems, Auburn University; Gunter Natus, Technical Director, Dieffenbacher; Bernie O’Connor, Vice President, Andritz; Desmond Smith, Vice President, BRUKS Rockwood; Harold Arnold, President, Fram Renewable Fuels; Derek Templeton, Senior Consultant, Poyry Forest Industry Consulting; Rick LeBlanc, CEO, Chemrec; Trotter Hunt, Market Manager, Hunt, Guillot & Associates; Randy Queen, Manager, General Motors; Dirk Koltz, Executive VP, Siempelkamp NA; James Teaford, President, The Teaford Company; Michael Jungblut, Product Specialist, Stiles Machinery; Steven Mays, President, EWS North America.