Biocharists,

There are SIX (6)  webinar events on this Thursday 12 Nov 2020.   I list them here in order, using USA CENTRAL TIME ZONE (includes Chicago and Dallas).

A.    7:00 AM  

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B.   8:00 AM     MY presentation starts at about 8:30.

Info From: WURZER Christian <C.Wurzer@...>
Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2020 3:08 AM
Subject: 12th November - Green Carbon Webinar

Dear all,

Our next session will start this Thursday 12^th November at 3 PM – Central European Time / 2 PM – Greenwich Mean Time / 9 AM New York, US. Each session will feature two 25 mins presentations followed by Q&A sessions.

This time we will see talks from:

       15:00 (CET) – Krishna Hara Chakravarty (Mash Energy, Denmark): Biocarbon utilization challenges from large scale production

       15:30 (CET) – Paul Anderson (Woodgas Pyrolytics Inc., USA): RoCC n’ Roll kilns for woodlot, field and residential biochar production

Instructions to join the webinar:

• The webinar will use the free ‘Zoom’ software (instructions further below)
• To sign up they can either just send to Christian W.  an email writing sign up to c.wurzer@... or go to www.greencarbonwebinar.org. On the homescreen on the website is a “register now” button and additionally a tab termed “registration” with both leading to the registration site.
• In both ways they will get the sign in information after I processed their details manually and send out the invitation mail (I o that every 2 days unless there are a lot of registrations or at the day of the webinar where I send it out immediately
• They can join the webinar without registration if you provide them with the link and password. But due to the common issues of “Zoom-bombing” by people crashing into meetings with the purpose of disturbing everyone we are NOT distributing the password with mailing lists .

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C.    9:00 AM 

Eastern Biochar group.   Open to all.   Contact person is Tina Metzer, but I cannot find the link at this time.  Sorry.

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D.   10 AM     

US Forest Service     Biochar and Climate  

NOTE: During the live webinar ONLY, you can listen to the audio portion of the webinar via the following conference call number:  888-251-2949 or 215-861-0694   Access Code: 3292883#

The Speaker is Carlos Rodriguez Franco from the USDA Forest Service Research and Development. Carlos is a Senior Forester; He earned a doctorate degree in Forest Sciences from Yale University, a master’s degree in Silviculture from Colegio de Postgraduados and a bachelor’s degree in Forest Engineering from Chapingo

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E.    11 AM   

A session from California.   Sorry, I again do not find the link.   Some meetings are announced but are for small groups with instructions to enter sent on the day of the event.  I believe this was about the fire hazard in the forests.

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F.  4 PM   

This is on the second day of the 4 days (Tues and Thursdays) webinar series by Cornell University.

Info and registration is at:

https://enych.cce.cornell.edu/event.php?id=1478

Topic  on the 12^th

The Science Behind Biochar

Description

This webinar will feature three presentations that will review the unique properties of biochar and how these properties are affected by feed stock and production techniques.

Properties of Biochar and Torrefied Biomass: The Science in the Analytical Black Box
Jillian Goldfarb, PhD, Assistant Professor - Cornell University

Advances in biochar production
Bernardo Del Campo, PhD, President - ARTi (Advanced Renewable Technology International)

Valorization of biochar: Applications in nutrient recycling from animal manure
Chumki Banik, PhD, Research Associate - Iowa State University

Continuing Education Credits:
LA Credits: 2.5 HSW credit hours in horticulture
CNLP and ISA Arborist: credits pending
NYSDEC pesticide credits: none available for this webinar.

Time

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I will be busy on Thursday.   Maybe some of you will join me at these virtual meetings.

Paul