The University of Wisconsin-Superior will play host to the upcoming Bio-Fuels and Energy Independence Symposium, bringing together researchers from laboratories, universities and businesses around the Midwest to talk about the latest work in biofuels technology.
This story from KBJR-TV in Duluth, Minnesota says the symposium runs from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3, at UW-Superior’s Rothwell Student Center:
The symposium is organized by American Science and Technology, based in Chicago.
Scientists from AST and UW-Superior are working collaboratively on federally funded research to develop cold-tolerant bio-fuels using plants from northern Wisconsin and northern Minnesota.
Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton will deliver the symposium’s keynote address.
The symposium will be held in the Rothwell Student Center Ballroom and rooms 217 and 218.
The event is free and open to the public.
Go to the meeting’s Web site, www.amsnt.com/BEIS.htm, for more information.