Monday morning, May 3, 2010 - Plenary Session
 
7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.   Registration
 
8:00 Complimentary Continental Breakfast
 
P l e n a r y     S e s s i o n
 
 
8:30 Opening remarks
  Mohini Sain/Mark Kortschot, University of Toronto, Canada
   
8:35 Welcome
   
   
8:45 Introduction by Session Moderator
  Craig Clemons, USDA Forest Service, USA
   
8:50 Optically transparent nanomaterials
  Hiroyuki Yano, Kyoto University, Japan >>> See a short bio
   
9:30 The route to 100% bio based composites: Developments in the use of bio-based building blocks for thermosetting and thermoplastic composites
  Martijn Antonisse, DSM, The Netherlands >>> See a short bio
   
10:10 Coffee break
   
10:30

Reinforced Biocomposites for Automotive and other Applications

  William Harney, Magna International, Canada >>> See a short bio
   
11:10 Flaxwood, Premier guitar made of natural fiber composites
  Heikki Koivurova, North Karelia University of Applied Sciences, Finland >>> See a short bio
   
11:50 Discussion & wrap-up
   
   
12:00 Complimentary Luncheon, Suppliers' Showcase & Poster Session
   
   
Monday afternoon, May 3, 2010 – Concurrent Sessions
   
Session 1A: Transition in Resins and Biofibres
 
   
1:25 Introduction by Session Moderator
  Nicole Stark, USDA
   
1:30 Wood Chips as Raw Material in Wood Plastic Composites
  Maiju Hietala, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
   
1:55 Green Composites from Engineered Lignin and Bioplastic for Interior Automotive Part Manufacturing
  Amar Mohanty, University of Guelph, Canada
   
2:20 Semi-Crystalline Polymer-Based Composites with DDGS as an Interfacial Reagent
  Sheldon Shi, Mississippi State University, USA
   
2:45 Coffee Break
   
3:15 Trends in Bioplastics and Biocomposites
  Johanna Lampinen, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland
   
3:40 Cellulose nanofibrils in polyurethane wood adhesives
  Klaus Richter, Empa, Switzerland
   
4:05 Nanocomposite based on natural rubber reinforced with coir fibers nanocellulose
  Morsyleide Rosa, Embrapa Agroindústria Tropical, Brazil
   
4:30 Modification of Wood Fibres Surface Hydrophobicity Using Nanoclay
  Jieming Chen, University of Toronto, Canada
   
4:55 Discussion and wrap-up
   
   
Session 1B: Design and Performance
 
   
1:25 Introduction by Session Moderator
   
   
1:30 Development of innovative elements for windows and facades made of Wood-Polymer-Composites (WPC)
  Timo Grüneberg, University of Goettingen, Germany
   
1:55 Mechanical Performance of PHB and PHB-Hemp Composites for Construction Applications Exposed to Accelerated Weathering
  Sarah Billington, Stanford University, USA
   
2:20 Combined Temperature and UV Influences on the Mechanical Performance of WPC’s
  Karl Englund, Washington State University, USA
   
2:45 Coffee Break
   
3:15 X-ray Tomographic Characterization of Natural Polymer Composites
  Paul Mainwaring, Gatan Inc, USA
   
3:40 Utilization of Low-grade Woody Biomass in Highway Related Products: Outline of a Viability Assessment Method
  Michael Karas, Oregon State University, USA
   
4:05 Performance Improvement of Vegetable Fibre-Thermoplastic Composites Using Clay Nanocomposites
  Johanne Denault, National Research Council, Canada
   
4:30 The effect of plant fiber on the performance of potato starch based bioplastics
  Qiang Liu, Guelph Food Research Centre, Canada
   
4:55 Discussion and wrap-up
   
   
6:00 - 7:30 Sponsor's Display, Suppliers' Showcase & Poster Judging
Complimentary evening refreshment
   
   
Tuesday morning, May 4, 2010 – Concurrent Sessions
   
Session 2A: Processing Technology
 
   
8:25 Introduction by Session Moderator
   
   
8:30 Laboratory to Commercial Scale – Correlation in the Physical Properties of Biofiber-Polymer Composites
  Dilpreet Bajwa, Greenland Composites Inc., USA
   
8:55 Green Polyurethane Nanocomposites from Soy Polyol and Bacterial Nanocellulose
  Mohammad Kazemizadeh, Arkema Inc., USA
   
9:20 Mechanical Properties and Morphology of Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene Copolymer/ Pulp Composites
  Jin-San Yoon, Inha University, Korea
   
9:45 New possibilities to process natural fibre reinforced plastics in pultrusion technology by using water based resins
  Ulrich Riedel, German Aerospace Center, Germany
   
10:10 Coffee Break
   
10:35 Foaming Behaviour of Natural Fiber Reinforced Polylactic Acid Biocomposites
  C. B. Park, University of Toronto, Canada
   
11:00 Continuous Extrusion of Microcellular Foamed PLA/Wood-Flour Composites
  Laurent Matuana, Michigan State University, USA
   
11:25 Handling and Feeding Ingredients for Biocomposites into a Twin Screw Extruder – Reliably and Accurately
  Andy Kovats, Brabender Technologie Inc., Canada
   
11:50 Discussion and wrap-up
   
   
Session 2B: Economic and Environmental Issues
 
   
8:25 Introduction by Session Moderator
  Gilles Labat, France
   
8:30 Integrated biorefinary for wood-plastic composites and bioenergy production
  Omid Hosseinaei, University of Tennessee, USA
   
8:55 Light weight potentials of vegetable fibre reinforced biofoams
  Juergen Steger, SachsenLeinen GmbH, Germany
   
9:20 Environmentally Beneficial NTs - Case studies - Cellulose Nano Fibres
  Anne-Christine Ritschkoff, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland
   
9:45 Biopolymer Biofibre Biocomposites
  Martin Markotsis, SCION, New Zealand
   
10:10 Coffee Break
   
10:35

A new Biopolymer Database

  Andrea Siebert-Raths, Endres University of Applied Sciences, Germany
   
11:00 Development of Injection Moldable Composites Utilizing Annually Renewable Fibers
  Paul Hardy, A.Schulman, USA
   
11:25 Economic production and processing of agricultural raw materials to reinforcing fibres for composites for high quality applications in industry
  Ralf Pecenka, Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering Potsdam-Bornim, Germany
   
11:50 Discussion and wrap-up
   
   
12:00 Complimentary Lunch
   
   
12:40 Luncheon talk: Global Perspectives of Platform Green Chemicals and Green Additives
  Bernard West, Chemical Value Chain, Canada
   
   
Tuesday afternoon, May 4, 2010 – Plenary Session
 
Session 3: Product Demonstration Panels
 
   
1:25 Green Additives
  Moderator Patrick Diebel, Canadian General Tower, Canada
   
  Green Plasticizers and Bio-coating
  Patrick Diebel, Canadian General Tower, Canada
   
  Environmentally-Friendly Flame Retardants for ABS-based Wood/Plastic Composites
  Rakesh Gupta, West Virginia University, USA
   
  Novel Bio-Based Emulsions for Reduced Formaldehyde and Improved Dimensional Stability in Composite Wood Panels
  Larry Sinnige, Norjohn Ltd, Canada
   
   
2:25 Biofibre to Market
  Moderator Patrick Diebel, Canadian General Tower, Canada
   
  Thermoplastic Composite Laminates made from Non-Woven Natural Fibre Mats
  K. Alemaskin, Alberta Research Council, Canada
   
  Development of a “green” bus door using hemp fibre mat
  Sean McKay, Composites Innovation Centre, Canada
   
  Case Study in Commercializing New Materials: NCell™ High-Performance Bio-Fiber Composites and Applications
  Vince Yan, GreenCore Composites Inc., Canada
   
3:20 Coffee Break
   
3:35 Closing Session
  Moderator: Kristiina Oksman, Sweden
   
  Renewable Macroporous Cellulose Nanocomposites
  Alexander Bismarck, Imperial College London, U.K.
   
  Current and Past Lawsuits in the WPC Industry: Lessons for Manufacturers, Customers, and Decision-makers
  Anatole Klyosov, MIR International Inc., USA
   
4:35 Discussion and Closing Remarks