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| Sunday evening, May 2, 2010 - Speakers' reception |
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| 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. |
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| Monday morning, May 3, 2010 - Plenary session |
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| 7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. |
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| 8:00 |
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| Plenary session |
| Grand ballroom, salons A & B |
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| 8:30 |
Opening remarks |
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Mohini Sain/Mark Kortschot, University of Toronto, Canada |
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| 8:35 |
Welcome |
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| 8:45 |
Introduction by session moderator |
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Craig Clemons, USDA Forest Service, USA |
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| 8:50 |
Optically transparent nanomaterials |
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Hiroyuki Yano, Kyoto University, Japan >>> See a short bio |
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| 9:30 |
Material performance through renewable chemistry |
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Martijn Antonisse, DSM, The Netherlands >>> See a short bio |
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| 10:10 |
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| 10:30 |
Reinforced biocomposites for automotive and other applications |
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William Harney, Magna International, Canada >>> See a short bio |
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| 11:10 |
Flaxwood, premier guitar made of natural fiber composites |
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Heikki Koivurova, North Karelia University of Applied Sciences, Finland >>> See a short bio |
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| 11:50 |
Discussion & wrap-up |
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| 12:00 |
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| Monday afternoon, May 3, 2010 – Concurrent sessions |
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| Session 1A: Transition in resins and biofibres |
| Salon A |
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| 1:25 |
Introduction by session moderator |
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Nicole Stark, USDA Forest Service, USA |
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| 1:30 |
Wood chips as raw material in wood plastic composites |
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Maiju Hietala, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden |
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| 1:55 |
Green composites from engineered lignin and bioplastic for interior automotive part manufacturing |
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Amar Mohanty, University of Guelph, Canada |
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| 2:20 |
Semi-crystalline polymer-based composites with corn fiber (separated from DDGS) as an interfacial reagent |
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Sheldon Shi, Mississippi State University, USA |
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| 2:45 |
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| 3:15 |
Trends in bioplastics and biocomposites |
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Johanna Lampinen, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland |
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| 3:40 |
Cellulose nanofibrils in polyurethane wood adhesives |
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Klaus Richter, Empa, Switzerland |
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| 4:05 |
Entrepreneurship – an important “learning” for scientists & engineers – experiences of a faculty entrepreneur in the bioplastics space |
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Ramani Narayan, Michigan State University, USA |
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| 4:30 |
Modification of wood fibres surface hydrophobicity using nanoclay |
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Jieming Chen, University of Toronto, Canada |
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| 4:55 |
Discussion and wrap-up |
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| Session 1B: Design and performance |
| Salon B |
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| 1:25 |
Introduction by session moderator |
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Lorne Morrow, CRIBE, Canada |
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| 1:30 |
Development of innovative elements for windows and facades made of Wood-Polymer-Composites (WPC) - Part window elements |
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Timo Grüneberg, University of Goettingen, Germany |
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| 1:55 |
Mechanical performance of PHB-based composites for construction applications exposed to accelerated weathering |
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Sarah Billington, Stanford University, USA |
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| 2:20 |
Combined temperature and UV influences on the mechanical performance of WPCs |
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Karl Englund, Washington State University, USA |
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| 2:45 |
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| 3:15 |
Biodegradability of wood fiber/poly(lactic acid) (WF/PLA) composites |
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Wen-Jing Guo, Chinese Academy of Forestry, China |
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| 3:40 |
Utilization of low-grade woody biomass in highway related products: outline of a viability assessment method |
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Michael Karas, Oregon State University, USA |
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| 4:05 |
Performance improvement of natural fibre-composites using clay nanocomposites |
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Johanne Denault, National Research Council, Canada |
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| 4:30 |
The effect of plant fiber on the performance of potato starch based bioplastics |
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Qiang Liu, Guelph Food Research Centre, Canada |
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| 4:55 |
Discussion and wrap-up |
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| 6:00 - 7:30 |
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| Tuesday morning, May 4, 2010 – Concurrent sessions |
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| 8:00 |
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| Session 2A: Processing technology |
| Salon A |
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| 8:25 |
Introduction by session moderator |
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Craig Crawford, Ontario BioAuto Council, Canada |
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| 8:30 |
Laboratory to commercial scale – correlation in the physical properties of biofiber-polymer composites |
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Dilpreet Bajwa, Greenland Composites Inc., USA |
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| 8:55 |
Green polyurethane nanocomposites from soy polyol and bacterial nanocellulose |
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Mohammad Kazemizadeh, Arkema Inc., USA |
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| 9:20 |
Performance comparison of various short natural fibre composites |
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K. Alemaskin, Alberta Research Council, Canada |
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| 9:45 |
New possibilities to process natural fibre reinforced plastics in pultrusion technology by using water based resins |
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Ulrich Riedel, German Aerospace Center, Germany |
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| 10:10 |
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| 10:35 |
Foaming behaviour of natural fiber reinforced polylactic acid biocomposites |
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Takashi Kuboki, University of Toronto, Canada |
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| 11:00 |
Continuous extrusion of microcellular foamed PLA/cellulosic-fiber composites |
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Laurent Matuana, Michigan State University, USA |
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| 11:25 |
Handling and feeding ingredients for biocomposites into a twin screw extruder – reliably and accurately |
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Andy Kovats, Brabender Technologie Inc., Canada |
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| 11:50 |
Discussion and wrap-up |
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| Session 2B: Economic and environmental issues |
| Salon B |
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| 8:25 |
Introduction by session moderator |
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Adrien Pilon, National Research Council, Canada |
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| 8:30 |
Integrated biorefining for wood-plastic composites and bioenergy production |
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Omid Hosseinaei, University of Tennessee, USA |
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| 8:55 |
Recent development of WPC in China |
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Toland Lam, CPPIA, China |
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| 9:20 |
Advanced properties by the modification of nanocellulose materials |
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Anne-Christine Ritschkoff, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland |
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| 9:45 |
Biofibre bioplastic biocomposites |
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Martin Markotsis, SCION, New Zealand |
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| 10:10 |
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| 10:35 |
Biopolymer database - evaluating availability, quantity, quality and comparability of biopolymer materials |
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Andrea Siebert-Raths, Endres University of Applied Sciences, Germany |
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| 11:00 |
Development of injection moldable composites utilizing annually renewable wheat straw |
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Paul Hardy, A.Schulman, USA |
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| 11:25 |
Economic production and processing of agricultural raw materials to reinforcing fibres for composites for high quality applications in industry |
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Thomas Hoffmann, Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering Potsdam-Bornim, Germany |
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| 11:50 |
Discussion and wrap-up |
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| 12:00 |
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| 12:40 |
Luncheon talk: Green chemistry and biocomposites |
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Bernard West, Chemical Value Chain, Canada |
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To be Introduced by Anne-Christine Ritschkoff, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland |
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| Tuesday afternoon, May 4, 2010 – Plenary session |
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| Session 3: Product demonstration panels |
| Grand ballroom, salons A & B |
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| 1:25 |
Green additives |
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Moderator Patrick Diebel, Canadian General Tower, Canada |
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Green plasticizers and bio coatings for use in automotive interior coverstock |
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Patrick Diebel, Canadian General Tower, Canada |
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Environmentally-friendly flame retardants for ABS-based wood/plastic composites |
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Rakesh Gupta, West Virginia University, USA |
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Novel bio-based emulsions for reduced formaldehyde and improved dimensional stability in composite wood panels |
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Larry Sinnige, Norjohn Ltd, Canada |
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| 2:25 |
Biofibre to market |
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Moderator Patrick Diebel, Canadian General Tower, Canada |
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Recent development in WPC window profile |
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Wayne Song, Futuresoft Technologies Inc, USA |
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Development of a “green” bus door using hemp fibre mat |
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Zhi-Cheng Yu, Composites Innovation Centre, Canada |
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Case study in commercializing new materials: NCell™ high-performance bio-fiber composites and applications |
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Vince Yan, GreenCore Composites Inc., Canada |
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| 3:20 |
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| 3:35 |
Closing session |
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Moderator: Kristiina Oksman, Sweden |
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Renewable macroporous cellulose nanocomposites |
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Alexander Bismarck, Imperial College London, U.K. |
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Current and past lawsuits in the WPC industry: lessons for manufacturers, customers, and decision-makers |
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Anatole Klyosov, MIR International Inc., USA |
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| 4:35 |
Discussion and closing remarks |
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