| 8:30 |
Registration |
| 9:00 |
Opening Session: International cooperation
Room 201
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9:00-
9:05 |
Welcome address: Kaarlo Niskanen, President, KCL, Finland
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Chair: Lars Gädda, Research Director, Forestcluster Ltd, Finland
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9:05-
9:25
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Theodore H. Wegner, Assistant Director, USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, USA
Forest Service activities including nanotechnology and biomass
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9:25-
9:45
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Xinshu Wang, Head of Kemira's Asian Technology Center, China
Establishing R&D operations in China
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9:45-
10:05 |
Andreas Kleinschmit von Lengefeld, Project Secretary, European Forest-Based Sector Technology Platform, Brussels
European funding for Forest-Based Products and Technologies |
10:05-
10:30
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Coffee and networking
outside Room 201 |
10:30-
10:50 |
(John Cowie, Director, Technology Management) G. Ronald Brown, Executive Director, Agenda 2020 Technology Alliance, USA
Agenda 2020 visions for the forest industry
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10:50-
11:10 |
Eva Färnstrand, Chairman, Forest department, IVA, Sweden
Innovation in forest industry - a Swedish perspective
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11:10-
11:40
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Paul Strebel Professor, IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland
Smart Big Moves: Avoiding the ego-traps that can lead to disaster |
11:40-
13:00
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Lunch and networking
outside Room 201 |
| 13:00 |
Materials
Room 206 |
Chemicals
Room 207 |
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Chair: Markku Karlsson, Senior Vice President, Technology, UPM, Finland
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Chair: Johan Grön, Executive Vice President, Technology, Kemira, Finland
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13:00-
13:20
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Olli Ikkala, Professor, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
Long and entangled native cellulose I nanofibers allow flexible aerogels and hierarchially porous templates for functionalities |
Bjarne Holmbom, Professor, Åbo Akademi University, Finland
Forest biochemicals - why and how? |
13:20-
13:40
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(Erkki Hellén, Senior Scientist and Group Leader, KCL)Thad Maloney, Vice President Science and Consulting, KCL, Finland
Re-engineering paper |
Dr. Rosa Carceller, Senior Scientist, Kemira, Finland
Nanostructures in aqueous dispersions for surface sizing
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13:40-
14:00
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Ali Harlin, Professor, VTT, Finland
Advanced wood products with functional surfaces |
Rauno Luttinen, Managing Director, Arizona Chemical Oy, Finland
Using crude tall oil (CTO) to full potential as a sustainable raw material |
14:10-
14:30 |
Coffee and networking
outside Rooms 206 and 207
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| 14:30 |
Nanotechnology
Room 206 |
Energy & Biorefining
Room 207 |
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Chair: Olli Ikkala, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
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Chair: Jarmo E. Heinonen, Tekes, Finland
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14:30-
14:50 |
Leila Pohjola, Senior Adviser, UPM-Kymmene, Finland
Finnish nanotechnology vision from forest point of view |
Dr. Joseph M. Cleary, Center Director, National Renewable Energy Lab, US Department of Energy, USA
Biomass conversion technologies and DOE/NREL biomass program
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14:50-
15:10 |
Janne Laine, Professor, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
What is nanocellulose? |
Dr. Yaman Boluk, Program Leader, Alberta Research Council, Canada
Opportunities of biomass based chemicals and polymers in Alberta |
15:10-
15:30 |
Lars Berglund, Professor, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Nanocellulose opportunities |
Dr. Peter Axegård, Research Director, STFI-Packforsk, Sweden
Biorefining of wood into chemicals and materials |
15:30-
16:30 |
Theodore H. Wegner, Assistant Director, USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, USA
Nanotechnology R&D at the U.S. Forest Service
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Harri Turpeinen, Vice President, Neste Oil, Finland
Opportunities in biofuels |
| 16:30 |
Closing |
