As the biofuels sector has expanded rapidly over the last several years, there has been increasing interest in further developing additional feedstocks and their practical use as a bioenergy crop. Sorghum has significant potential as a feedstock.

The objective of the International Conference on Sorghum for Biofuel is to further evaluate the potential of sorghum as a biofuel feedstock, identify needed scientific advances and propose strategies to address them.

Discussion topics will include current applications and research in:

• Conversion technology
• Potential for biomass production and impact, including economic viability,environmental sustainability and utilization for fuel
• Crop genetic and agronomic issues, including available varieties, genomics,breeding and transgenics to enhance biofuel and bioproduct application