The Annual ACE Conference
ACE looks forward to hosting you at our 35th annual conference in August 2022!
Sponsor the conference!
To show your support through sponsorship, contact Katie Muckenhirn at kmuckenhirn@ethanol.org or 605-306-6107.
Your sponsorship will include signage, recognition in event materials, a thank-you in Ethanol Today magazine, and more.
2022 Sponsorship Guide
34th Annual ACE Conference | August 18-20, 2021 | Minneapolis, Minnesota
Speaker Bios
Get to know our outstanding roster of guest speakers right here throughout the week.
2021 Sponsors
Meet the sponsors whose generous support makes this event possible.
Newsroom
Listen to interviews, view photos, and read more about this year's conference.
Speaker Presentations:
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General Session
- Accelerate: Updates from ACE Leadership
- Speaker: Dave Sovereign, ACE President (representing Golden Grain Energy)
- Speaker: Brian Jennings, ACE CEO
- Speaker: Ron Lamberty, ACE Senior Vice President & Market Development Director
- Special Address: U.S. Representative Angie Craig (MN-2)
- Status of Clean Fuel Policies
- Balancing Act: Risk Management, Capital Investment Planning, and Profitability
- Moderator: Dave Sovereign, ACE President/Chairman of the Board, Golden Grain Energy
- Speaker: Mike Blackford, Risk Management Consultant, StoneX
- Speaker: Jason Johnson, Managing Director, Compeer Financial
- EVs, Low Carbon Fuels, and a Technology-Neutral Playing Field
- Credit Makers and Credit Takers
- Accelerating Demand for Ethanol.
- Dr. BJ Johnson, CEO, ClearFlame Engine Technologies
- From Net-Zero to Net-Negative Carbon: Accelerating Ethanol's Advantage
- Moderator: Brian Jennings, CEO, American Coalition for Ethanol
- Speaker: Ron Alverson, ACE Board Member/Director, Dakota Ethanol
- Speaker: Jim Pirolli, Chief Commercial Officer, Summit Carbon Solutions
- HEFF: Hybrid Electric Flex Fuel Vehicle - Ron Lamberty, American Coalition for Ethanol
- Expanding Ethanol Use Around the World
Breakout Sessions
- Planning for the Future: Boards, Employees, Products
- Insights on Carbon: Navigating Verification and Measuring Project Value
- Destination Biocampus
- Neal Jakel, Partner, Strategy & Technology, Fluid Quip Technologies
- Timothy Bauer, General Manager of Growth Ventures, Fluid Quip Technologies
- Dustin Schulz, VP Operations, Optimal Aquafeed
- Leading in an Era of Exponential Change
- Speaker: Shaunna Jones, ACC, HR Success Strategist, KCoe Isom
- Developing a Carbon Strategy - Now
- Speaker: Bernie Hoffman, Vice President, P&E Solutions LLC
- Speaker: James Knight, President, Bioleap Inc.
- Speaker: Paul Kamp, VP Sales & Business Development - North America, Whitefox
- Efficient Operational Strategies for Feed Diversification and Lower Carbon Intensity Score for Ethanol Biorefineries
- Speaker: Matt Durler, Vice President of Feed Development, ICM, Inc.
- Cutting Through The Noise with Compelling Communication Strategies
- Calculating Your Carbon Intensity
- Moderator/Speaker: Nick Fosheim, Director of Member & Industry Relations
- Speaker: Ron Alverson, ACE Board Member/Director, Dakota Ethanol
- Balancing Efficiency and Economics Through Optimization and Process Improvements
- Tara Naman, Lab Manager, CTE Global, Inc.
- Jenny Forbes, Vice President, Products & Services, Phibro Ethanol
