The 2010 Corn Utilization and Technology Conference (CUTC), is scheduled for June 7-9 in Atlanta and has more to offer than ever before. I’m looking forward to another CUTC and stopped in the National Corn Growers Association office recently to get a preview of the program.

CUTC has been expanded to include new topics that will be of value to many audiences, such as life cycle analysis of new technologies, land use issues, aquifers, water quality and usage and greenhouse gas emissions. “The CUTC is a very interesting conference in that it really looks at the technical issues around corn and corn milling,” says National Corn Growers Association Director of Biofuels & Business Development Jamey Cline, who is chairing the plenary session “Land Use Conundrum…Corn, an Advanced Biofuel?” which will focus on the role land use criteria played in the decision that corn does not currently meet the qualifications of an advanced biofuel. The session will include both presentations and a panel discussion and will also explore how the United States will meet its greenhouse gas reduction mandates given that corn is currently the only significant source of ethanol in today’s marketplace.

CUTC will be held at the Atlanta Hilton Hotel in downtown Atlanta, Ga. Registration information is available on-line.

Listen to my interview with Jamey talking about CUTC in general and his session in particular.