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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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| P l e n a r y S e s s i o n |
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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 |
The route to 100% bio based composites: Developments in the use of bio-based building blocks for thermosetting and thermoplastic composites |
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Martijn Antonisse, DSM, The Netherlands >>> See a short bio |
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| 10:10 |
Coffee break |
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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 |
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| 1:25 |
Introduction by Session Moderator |
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Nicole Stark, USDA |
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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 DDGS as an Interfacial Reagent |
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Sheldon Shi, Mississippi State University, USA |
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| 2:45 |
Coffee Break |
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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 |
Nanocomposite based on natural rubber reinforced with coir fibers nanocellulose |
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Morsyleide Rosa, Embrapa Agroindústria Tropical, Brazil |
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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 |
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| 1:25 |
Introduction by Session Moderator |
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| 1:30 |
Development of innovative elements for windows and facades made of Wood-Polymer-Composites (WPC) |
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Timo Grüneberg, University of Goettingen, Germany |
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| 1:55 |
Mechanical Performance of PHB and PHB-Hemp 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 WPC’s |
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Karl Englund, Washington State University, USA |
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| 2:45 |
Coffee Break |
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| 3:15 |
X-ray Tomographic Characterization of Natural Polymer Composites |
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Paul Mainwaring, Gatan Inc, USA |
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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 Vegetable Fibre-Thermoplastic 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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| Session 2A: Processing Technology |
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| 8:25 |
Introduction by Session Moderator |
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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 |
Mechanical Properties and Morphology of Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene Copolymer/ Pulp Composites |
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Jin-San Yoon, Inha University, Korea |
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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 |
Coffee Break |
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| 10:35 |
Foaming Behaviour of Natural Fiber Reinforced Polylactic Acid Biocomposites |
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C. B. Park, University of Toronto, Canada |
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| 11:00 |
Continuous Extrusion of Microcellular Foamed PLA/Wood-Flour 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 |
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| 8:25 |
Introduction by Session Moderator |
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Gilles Labat, France |
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| 8:30 |
Integrated biorefinary for wood-plastic composites and bioenergy production |
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Omid Hosseinaei, University of Tennessee, USA |
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| 8:55 |
Light weight potentials of vegetable fibre reinforced biofoams |
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Juergen Steger, SachsenLeinen GmbH, Germany |
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| 9:20 |
Environmentally Beneficial NTs - Case studies - Cellulose Nano Fibres |
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Anne-Christine Ritschkoff, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland |
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| 9:45 |
Biopolymer Biofibre Biocomposites |
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Martin Markotsis, SCION, New Zealand |
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| 10:10 |
Coffee Break |
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| 10:35 |
A new Biopolymer Database |
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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 Fibers |
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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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Ralf Pecenka, 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: Global Perspectives of Platform Green Chemicals and Green Additives |
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Bernard West, Chemical Value Chain, Canada |
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| Tuesday afternoon, May 4, 2010 – Plenary Session |
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| Session 3: Product Demonstration Panels |
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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-coating |
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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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Thermoplastic Composite Laminates made from Non-Woven Natural Fibre Mats |
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K. Alemaskin, Alberta Research Council, Canada |
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Development of a “green” bus door using hemp fibre mat |
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Sean McKay, 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 |
Coffee Break |
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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 |
Call for Papers
