Recorded Sessions
Browse recorded sessions from USBI events, organised by topic. Click any session title to watch on YouTube.
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Biochar Standards – Building the Foundation for an Industry
- Biochar Standards Workshop
Myles Gray, US Biochar Initiative · Chris Wiberg, Timber Products Inspection / Biomass Energy Lab · Karl Strahl, Oregon Biochar Solutions
Biochar Business Development
- Biochar Project Finance – Options & Considerations
Matt Schmitt, Structure Climate - Carbon Credits in Focus: Pricing Shifts and Market Drivers in Carbon Removal Markets
Santiago Canel Soria, S&P Global Commodity Insights - Maximizing Grant Funding for Biochar Projects in the United States
Joel Dulin, Jozana Grant Services · Stephanie Santell, (Re)wilding LLC - 5 Ways to Make Saving the Earth Profitable
Jackie Smith, 3 Pillars Marketing
The Biochar Effect: Advancing Soil Health for a Resilient Future
- The 3Rs of Biochar
Kristin Trippe, PhD, USDA Agricultural Research Service - Designing On-Farm Biochar Demonstration Trials
Deborah Aller, Cornell University - Lessons Learned from Year 1 of a National Biochar Soil Health Demonstration Trial Program
Aysha Tapp Ross, American Farmland Trust - Insights from a 2025 National Biochar Survey
Ellen Yeatman, American Farmland Trust - Lessons Learned from Implementing NRCS 336 Practice in Northern MN on 4 Farms and Beyond
Harry Groot, Dovetail Partners, Inc · Brad Matlack, Carlton County SWCD (ret.) · Steve Risacher, Farmer · Bruce Heikes, Farmer
Biochar On Site
- Biochar on Site Introduction
John Webster, Biochar On Site · Korina Stark, Circular Spring - Biochar Markets to Support Forest Health – Will it Work?
Korina Stark, Circular Spring - Biochar-As-A-Service: An Emerging Business Model
Roger Smullen, Earth Foundries - Biochar in Natural Lands Management: Driving Industry Practice Change
Todd Rexine, Great River Greening - Modulating Wildfire-Affected Soil in Northern Arizona by Biochar Application
Dipita Ghosh, Northern Arizona University - Panel: Role of On-Site Biochar for Recovery, Mitigation & Adaptation
Korina Stark, Circular Spring · Darren McAvoy · Todd Rexine, Great River Greening · Dipita Ghosh, Northern Arizona University · Alexis Kuypers, Airburners - Global Biochar Market Survey Release Announcement
Myles Gray, US Biochar Initiative · Luisa Marín, International Biochar Initiative - Insights into the Groundbreaking Launch of SDI Biocarbon Solutions
Jeff Hansen, Steel Dynamics - Congressional Initiatives to Support Biochar & How You Can Help
Chuck Hassebrook, National Center for Appropriate Technology · Mike Werner, Qualterra Inc. · Maureen Walsh, US Biochar Coalition · Jim Doten, City of Minneapolis - Maximizing Impact and Market Appeal: How Biochar Producers Can Leverage SDGs and Co-Benefits to Attract Premium Carbon Credit Buyers and Build Long-Term Partnerships
Varsha Ramesh Walsh, Offstream · Timothee Dulac, Puro.earth · Stebin Horne, Eco-X · Alex Zarikos, Lympha
Municipal and Urban Biochar
- Going on the Offense: The Minneapolis Biochar Journey
Cole Thompson, City of Minneapolis · Jim Doten, City of Minneapolis - From Waste to Value: Scaling Biochar Production Through Municipal Partnerships
Kevin Danner, Carbon Lock Tech - Finding Value in Fallen Trees: Biochar’s Role in A Scaled Wood Economy
Jeff Carroll, Unified Wood Economy - From Promise to Practice: What We’ve Learned Working with Municipalities on Biochar
Sam Dunlap, Carbon Dynamics LLP / Carbon Harvest LLC · Nash Leef, Carbon Dynamics LLP
From Data to Trust in Carbon Markets
- Getting DMRV Done in the Real World: Lessons from Mobile Biochar Projects in the Field
Wihan Bekker, CHARR Solutions - Digitizing Carbon Workflows: How Pacific Biochar Automated Data Management to Scale its Carbon Impact
Annie Nichols, Mangrove Systems · Josiah Hunt, Pacific Biochar - The Role of Independent, Digital MRV in the Carbon Markets
Mike Railey, Carbonfuture - Automating dMRV for Carbon Credits: IoT Integration in Biochar Production for Enhanced Verification
Max Alberding, CARBO-FORCE · Darrell Huntsman, CO2-Sync · Oliver Erb, Cula Technologies
Executing Projects in the Real World
- How to Create a Top Quality Biochar Project
Ted Christie Miller, Residual · Mark Goldman, Residual - The Opportunities and Challenges Facing the Largest Biochar Producer in Europe
Cathal Fitzgerald, Arigna Group - Scaling Real-World Biochar: Lessons from Project Development to Carbon Credit Delivery
Valeria Araico, International Biochar Initiative - Unlocking Biochar’s Carbon Storage Potential Through the Voluntary Carbon Market
Jon Remucal, Climate Action Reserve · Lucy Buchan, 3Degrees Group, Inc.
Soil Health and Biochar-Enhanced Fertilizers
- Improving Soil Health through Enhanced Organic Amendments Use and pH Regulation via Microbe-Immobilized Biochar
Ryoya Nishida, TOWING Co., Ltd - Crop-residue Biochar in Agricultural Soil Can Improve Crop Production and Soil Health Indicators
Sharol Marcec, Qualterra, Inc. - Develop Biochar-based Nitrogen Fertilizers for Sustainable Precision Agriculture
Lin Wei, South Dakota State University - Enhanced Biochar for Increasing Crop Productivity and Carbon Sequestration in Controlled Environment Agriculture
Nehru Chevanan & John Kelly, Altex Technologies Corporation · Shawn Hawkins, The University of Tennessee · Syam Dodla & Kiran Pavuluri, IFDC
Permitting
- Breaking Regulatory Ground: Securing a First-of-Its-Kind Air Permit for a Biochar Reactor
Paden Voget, Catalyst Environmental Solutions Corporation - Navigating the Biochar Production Permitting Process: Traps, Pitfalls, and the Pathway to Success
Frederick Tornatore, TSS Consultants
Biochar in Stormwater Management
- Scaling Up Biochar Applications for Accelerated Stormwater Runoff Reduction in the Chesapeake Bay
Alexandria Wilkins, Center for Watershed Protection (CWP) - Using Biochar for Temporary Sediment Control and Stormwater Management – Wishful Thinking, or Future Utilization?
Dwayne Stenlund, MN Department of Transportation - Development of Biochar Specification Criteria as Soil Amendment for Slopes, Conveyances and Stormwater Treatment Systems
Tadele Haile, Natural Resources Research Institute (NRRI)
Waste-to-Biochar Innovations
- First is the Worst: Lessons from Scaling a First-of-its-kind Sewage Transformation Technology
Dario Presezzi, Bioforcetech Corporation - Remediation of Coal Ash (CCRs) Waste: Biochar as a Dewatering Agent (⚠ link needs updating – video not yet public)
Brian Barry, Natural Resources Research Institute (NRRI) - Biochar for Industrial Applications: Driving Market Value with Cost-negative Feedstocks
Thomas Trabold, Cinterest
Biochar in Concrete
- Biochar in Concrete: A Business Perspective
John Mead, Solid Carbon, Inc. - Building Consensus: The Road to an ASTM Biochar Standard for Concrete
Lori Tunstall, Colorado School of Mines
Advanced Biochar Materials
- Biochar-based Composites: Potential and Limitations
Yvan Hernandez-Charpak, Cinterest Inc. & Universidad de los Andes - Scale-up and Demonstration of a Carbon Neutral Engineered Material to Displace Fossil Carbon in Electric Arc Furnace Steel Mills
Cally Hunt, National Resources Research Institute (NRRI) - Biochar and Graphene Valley – The Future Unfolding
Mark Ritchie, Graphene Valley Global
Leadership, Strategy and Industry Updates
- USBI Leadership Update: Standards, Strategy, and the Road Ahead
Myles Gray & Tera Lewandowski, US Biochar Initiative - A Conversation with Biomass Energy Techniques (BET)
Tom Miles, T R Miles Technical Consultants · Derrick Giesbrecht & Mark Leid, BET - Expanding Biochar Production and Opportunities through USDA Forest Service Programs
Brian Brashaw, Charlie Becker & Kristen Bergstrand, USDA Forest Service · James Gaspard, Biochar Now LLC - Introductions and Insights from Maxsum Environmental
Jeff Bortniker, Maxsum Environmental - Building a Successful Biochar Project is the SUM of the Parts
Will Marquis & Brecc Avellar, PYREG - Scaling Biochar Production: A Critical Step Toward Environmental and Economical Sustainability
Don Shinn, IAC - Regional Biochar Coordination Networks
Emily Silver, Michigan State University · Sam Dunlap, Carbon Dynamics LLP / Carbon Harvest LLC · Jim Doten, City of Minneapolis - Unlocking Insetting: How Biochar Projects Can Tap Into Supply Chain Climate Goals
Tristan Springer, Valorize Systems · Mayo Ryan, Sitos Group · Jeff Hallowell, Biomass Controls PBC · Giorgio Ponte, ecoLocked GmbH - Financing the Future of Biochar: Real Capital for Real Infrastructure – Panel
Ryan Letourneau, GRAIN Ecosystems - Sustainable Substrates: Exploring Biochar’s Horticultural Market Potential
Chad Massura, Rosy Soil · Tera Lewandowski, US Biochar Initiative · Connie Johnson, Sun Gro Horticulture · Tony Marrero, Wakefield Biochar
Maximizing the Value of Energy from Biochar Production
- New Developments in Power Production from Waste Heat from Pyrolysis Plants using ORC Technology
Sven Jensen, Durr Systems AG - The Art of Risk-Reduced Biochar: Smarter Projects through Waste Heat Recovery Electrical Generation
Natalie VanDyke, ElectraTherm Inc. - Carbon Beyond Biochar: Powering the Future
Mick Jones, Woodtek Engineering Ltd · Rob Emrich, Torc Power
Mobile Units Production – Technology, Operations and Feedstock
- Mobilizing Biochar Production to Support Florida Citrus Growers
Wyatt Catron, 3Degrees Inc. · Zack Farr, Biotech Applied Research - Advanced Mobile Biochar Production Unit
Jason Aramburu, Applied Carbon - Lessons from the Field: Co-designing an MRV Procedure for a Fleet of Biochar Reactors
Kevin Kung, Takachar Ltd.
Advanced Biochar Production Technologies
- Supercharging Climate Impact with Bio-oil
Saumya Jain, Charm Industrial - Greenhouse Gas Removal through Combining Biochar Production and Carbon Capture
Joshua Dalby, Ricardo - Commercialisation of Autothermal Pyrolysis for the Production of Biochar and Biocrude
Tannon Daugaard, Rise Energy
Biochar to Support Improved Forest Management
- Scaling Mobile Biochar: California’s Largest Deployment in Action
Roger Smullen, Earth Foundries, Inc. - Unlocking Forest Value with Biochar: A Catalyst for Biomass Utilisation and Industry Revitalisation
Kaarsten Turner, North Fork Advisors, LLC - Accelerating Mobile Biochar Deployment through Loamist’s Geospatial Siting and Offtake Optimisation
Chelsea Samuelsom, Loamist
Technology and Industrial
- Biochar Processing – Air Pollution Control System Solutions
Michael Foggia, Process Combustion Corporation - BIOCHAR-LIFE-EU Project – Technical Overview
Jan Lindenberger, Next Generation Elements GmbH - Post-Production Processing of Biochar for Value-Added Carbons
Terrance Barkan, Advanced Carbons Council
