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BFJ.com Q & A Podcast With Studium Conferences President Peter Cook on the 2008 Ethanol Logistics Conference to be Held Sept. 25-26 in St. Louis, MO

The Ethanol Logistics Conference will be Sept. 25-26, at the Ritz Carlton, St. Louis, MO.

Peter Cook, President of Studium Conferences, based in Walkerton, IN, said the conference came about due to feedback from a biomass logistics conference held earlier this year.

Highlights from podcast with Peter Cook:

Who is Studium Conferences?

"Studium Conferences specializes in conferences where two growing industries come together—in this case—transportation and ethanol."

How did this conference come about?

"We put on another conference in Nashville on biomass supply chain and logistics. Attendees requested we put on a similar conference to expand to include ethanol industry and drop supply chain side and focus exclusively on logistics."

This will include a panel discussion on tariffs?

"We've had feedback from both sides of those arguments, people in favor of the tariff on foreign ethanol and those who think it would ease the strain on logistics providers if that tariff was lifted. It promises to be a lively discussion."

Facts About Conference

Representatives from the following industries will be present:

•Rail.

• Ethanol marketing firms.

• Producers.

• Petroleum.

• Trucking.

• Barge.

• Pipeline.

The conference will also include information about the Renewable Indentification Numbers.

Registration is $875 before Aug. 25.

For more information, call 888-906-9898.