As ethanol industry leaders meet in the Midwest next week, biofuels will be the focus of another conference in Georgia at the same time.

The third annual Southeast Bioenergy Conference will be held August 12th-14th at the UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center. Keynote speaker for the event is Ron Fagen, president and CEO of Fagen, Inc, one of the world’s foremost ethanol plant design-builders. Other speakers include Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue and Gale Buchanan, USDA’s Under Secretary for Research, Education, & Economics.

The conference will focus on the potential for the southeast to be a leader in biofuels production.