Thursday February 13, 2025 / Detailed program

BIOFOR Detailed Program

(On-Line)

08:00 – 10:30

Bioeconomy Business and Innovation Ecosystems : Lessons Learned and Factors for Success

Session Chair: TBC

Keynote Presentation

“Title TBC”, Niklas von Weymarn, CEO at Metsä Spring

10:00 – 10:30

Networking Break

10:30 – 12:00

PW Energy & BIOFOR JOINT SESSION —
Advancing Pulp & Paper Industry Decarbonization
in a Net-Zero Carbon Economy

Session Chair: Victor Padilla

12:00 – 13:30
Networking and Lunch Break

13:30 – 15:00

Simulation and Digitalization for Sustainable Operation

Session Chair: TBC

Keynote Presentation

“Digital Intelligence Meets Human Ingenuity: Autonomy, Agility, and Environmental Renewal”, Mariana Sandin, Industry Principal at Seeq Corporation

15:00 – 15:30
Networking Break

15:30 – 17:00

What’s New in Substitution Materials?

Session Chair: TBC

15:30 “Advancing Standardization within the Bioeconomy”, Bailey Smith, Project Manager, Natural Resources at CSA Group
16:00 “Cellulosic foam for packaging and insulation products”, David Myja, Researcher at Innofibre
16:30 “Development of bio-based barrier coatings for paper packaging”, Kimberly Osten, Scientist at FPI

*Please note all schedule is set on Eastern Time

PaperWeek Detailed Program

(On-Line)

10:30 – 12:00

Papermaking – Barrier Applications

Session Chair: Javad-Reza Saberian, Kruger

10:30 “Bio-based Barrier Solutions – Barriers Enabling Plastics to Paper Transformation in Packaging”, Adam Tonzi, Kemira
10:50 “Barriers”, Lyne Cormier, FPInnovations
11:10 “Next Generation Nano-structured Material Derived from Ocean Water”, Spencer Pieczonka & Aaron Guan, Neptune
11:30 “Solvitose Green Melt”, TBC, TBC

PW Energy & BIOFOR Joint Session — Advancing Pulp & Paper Industry Decarbonization in a Net-Zero Carbon Economy

Session Chair: Serge Bédard, Natural Resources Canada and Victor Padilla, FPInnovations

  • IET
  • FPInnovations: Roadmap for Canadian Kraft Pulp Mill Decarbonization
  • CE-V Net-zero Modeling – Energy Efficiency

12:00 – 13:30
Networking and Lunch Break

13:30 – 15:00

Tissue – Innovation in Tissue Manufacturing – III

Session Chair: Stéphane Larivière, Valmet

13:30 “New Update for EMTEC”, Alexander Gruner, Industrial Physics
14:00 “Title to be confirmed”, Brian Hayes, Andritz

14:30 “Yankee Chatter Resolution Using Vibration Analysis”, Gary Furman, Ecolab

Pulping

Session Chair: TBC

15:00 – 15:30
Networking Break

15:30 – 17:00

Bleaching

Session Chair: TBC

Process Automization

Session Chair: TBC

*Please note all schedule is set on Eastern Time
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