SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (March 4, 2008) – Doug Berven, Director of Corporate Affairs for POET, will be a featured speaker at the 4th National 25x'25 Renewable Energy Summit, set for March 11-13 in Omaha, Neb. He will discuss with summit participants the future of the ethanol industry.

The 25x'25 Goal, which was included in energy legislation signed into law by President Bush last December, calls on America's farms, ranches and forestlands to meet 25 percent of the nation's energy needs with renewable resources - biomass, biofuels, wind energy, solar power, geothermal energy and hydropower - by the year 2025, while continuing to provide an abundant, safe and affordable supply of food, feed and fiber.

In addition to Berven, other speakers include Dr. Steven Chu, Nobel laureate and director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Dr. Lowell Catlett, a Regents Professor at New Mexico State University and renowned futurist; Charles Zimmerman, Wal-Mart Vice President; Susan Sloan, communications specialist with the American Wind Energy Association; Melinda Kimble, Senior Vice President, United Nations Foundation; Former Rep. Charlie Stenholm, 26-year veteran of the House of Representatives; Jay Wolf, past president of Nebraska Cattlemen and a current member of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association board, and Terry Francl, senior economist with the American Farm Bureau Federation.


About POET
POET, the largest ethanol producer in the world according to the Renewable Fuels Association, is an established leader in the biorefining industry through project development, design and construction, research and development, plant management, and marketing. The 20-year old company currently operates 22 production facilities in the United States with five more in construction or under expansion. The company produces and markets more than 1.2 billion gallons of ethanol annually. For more information, go to http://www.poetenergy.com.

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