Programme
By clicking on the toggles below, you can see the entire live programme of NWBC 2020. Click the name of any speaker to find out more about their presentation.
Tuesday 13 October
- Day 1 - Opening -
Join us live - 12:00-12:05 Welcome
- Per Tomani, RISE
- 12:05-12:45 The largest Nordic research institutes concentrates efforts in Bioeconomy
- Magnus Hallberg, RISE
Jussi Manninen, VTT - 12:45-13:15 Q&A Session 1: Biorefinery concepts
- Heli Antila, Fortum - Fortum biorefinery concept
Rene Backes, BASF - BASF’s Efforts to Increase Sustainability in the Chemical Industry
Florent Héroguel, Bloom Biorenewables Ltd - The value of stabilised lignin and C5 sugars
Sudhanshu Pawar, RISE - A multipurpose wood-biorefinery and its environmental services - 13:15-13:30 Introducing matchmaking tool
- 13:30-14:00 Q&A Session 2: Biorefinery concepts
- Agi Brandt-Talbot, Lixea Ltd -A second life for wood: Lixea’s BioFlex technology for converting waste wood into clean cellulose and lignin using low-cost ionic liquids
Lari Vähäsalo, CH-Bioforce Oy - A novel method for the production of high- purity pulp, polymeric hemicellulose and sulphur-free ligninconcept
Eemeli Hytönen, VTT - R&D 4.0 for forest biorefinery
Jenni Rahikainen, VTT - Softwood tannin biorefinery - 14:00-14:15 Break
- 14:15-14:45 Q&A Session 3: Cellulose and hemicellulose
- Ruut Kummala, Åbo Akademi University - Nanocellulose coatings in biological interfaces
Feng Chen, Aalto University - Ductile cellulose nanopaper with high strength and ultrahigh toughness
Brita Peltokoski, Kemira - Valorizing a biorefinery side stream for paper and board applications
Mari Kallioinen, LUT University - Valorisation of sawdust to improve resource efficiency in mechanical forest industry - 14:45-15:00 Break
- 15:00-15:45 Panel discussion: What are the future like, successes and challenges, for bioeconomy and biobased products
- Johanna Mossberg, RISE
Lauri Lethonen,Stora Enso
René Backes, BASF
Virginie Chambost, EnVertis Consulting Inc - 15:45-16:45 Mingle hour (Zoom)
Wednesday 14 October
- Day 2 - Join us live
- 12:00-13:30 Lignocity
- Jens Otterstedt, Nordic Paper - Presentation followed by Q&A
- Maria Ölmhult, Robert Gustavsson, Stefan Andersson, RISE - Lignocity visit followed by Q&A
- Thomas Roulin, Rencom - Presentation followed by Q&A
- Video presentation Lignocity
- Maria Ölmhult, Robert Gustavsson, Stefan Andersson, RISE - Summary and Q&A
- 13:30-14:00 Q&A Session 4: Lignin
- Richard Gosselink, Wageningen Food & Biobased Research - LignoCOST – Pan-European Network on the Sustainable Valorisation of Lignin (CA17128)
Ewellyn Capanema, RISE - Toward structural models of native and technical lignins
Henrik Wallmo, Valmet - Lignin production upgraded – industry-specific qualities to broaden the commercial potential
Kurt Woytiuk, FP Innovations - Integrated bioproduct platforms in the Canadian forest sector - 14:00-14:15 Break
- 14:15-14:45 Q&A Session 5: Lignin
- Paul Stuart, Polytechnique Montréal - Potential of lignin-based Thermoplastics
Francis Loiseau, Ruetgers Polymers ltd - Concrete Dispersants Based on Modified Kraft Lignins. A Polymer Producer’s Perspective
Philipp Schlee, Imperial College London - From Waste to Wealth: From Kraft Lignin to Mobile Energy Storage
Andreas Bengtsson, RISE - Carbon fibres from dry-jet wet spun lignin-cellulose precursors - 14:45-15:00 Break
- 15:00-15:30 Q&A Session 6: Fuels and chemicals
- Martin Hedberg, RISE - Conversion of lignocellulosic feedstocks to transport fuels
Omar Abdelaziz, Lund University - Towards enhancing the versatility of the lignin biorefinery: Insights into batch and continuous mode depolymerisation processes
Erik Furusjö, RISE - Drop-in Fuels from Black Liquor – Combining Increased Pulp Capacity with Production of Sustainable Biofuels - 15:30-16:30 Poster hour
- Poster Q&A session
- 16:30-16:45 Competition finalists announcement
Thursday 15 October
- Day 3 - Join us live
- 12:00-13:00 Competition: Finalists present
- 13:00-13:30 Q&A Session 7: Thermochemical conversion
- Monique Bernardes Figueirêdo, University of Groningen - Towards a pyrolysis biorefinery: Valorization strategies for the pyrolytic lignin fraction
Mikhail Balakshin, Aalto University - Green and cost efficient hydrothermal treatment (HTT) biorefinery to produce high-value lignins
Travis Robinson, Bioenergy Systems Group - Integration of acid streams from biomass carbonization into bio-carbon ash reduction
Peter Axegård, C-Green Technology AB - HTC Biocoal from sludge – A new pulp mill product - 13:30-13:45 Break
- 13:45-14:15 Q&A Session 8: Biorefineries in a circular economy
- Johanna Mossberg, RISE - IEA Bioenergy Task 42 – Biorefineries in the Nordic context
Ed de Jong, Avantium NV - Bio-Based Chemicals, A 2020 Update
Geoffrey Bell, Microbiogen Pty Ltd - Alternative sustainable carbon sources as substitutes for metallurgical coal - 14:15-14:30 Break
- 14:30-15:00 Q&A Session 9: Biorefineries in a circular economy
- Franziska Hesser, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences - TEE assessment of integrated biorefineries
Virginie Chambost, EnVertis Consulting Inc - Concretizing the Bioproduct Value Proposal through Open Innovation
Linda Sandström, RISE - IEA Bioenergy Task 34 – Direct Thermochemical Liquefaction
Paul Stuart, Polytechnique Montréal - Industry-based biorefineries: Path forward for evaluating bioeconomy transformation strategies - 15:00-15:30 Award show
- Johan Gullichsen & Troedsson, Jury
- 15:30 Closure of NWBC 2020
- Next NWBC, Eemeli Hytönen, VTT
Final reflections NWBC 2020, Per Tomani, RISE
Programme Advisory Committee
- Per Tomani, RISE, Sweden (Chairman)
- Eemeli Hytönen, VTT, Finland
- Adriaan van Heinigen, University of Maine, USA
- Paul Stuart, U. Montreal, EnVertis, Canada
- Peter Axegård, C-Green, Sweden
- Roxana Barbieru, Stora Enso, Sweden
- Christian Kugge, SCA, Sweden
- Niklas von Weymarn, Metsä Spring, Finland
- René Backes, BASF, Sweden
- Magdalena Titirici, Imperial College, UK
- Hanne Wikberg, Fortum, Finland
- Silvana Sommer, Klabin, Brazil