Speakers

Some of the topics of high national and international importance that will be discussed include:

  • Current status of the National Bioeconomy Strategy
  • Economic and technological factors of the forest value chain that impact the large scale deployment of the Bioeconomy
  • Biomass availability and the need for more R&D on biomaterial applications
  • The need for a coordinating body to help deliver on the Bioeconomy framework
  • European view for Biorefinery and biotechnological research
  • Iberoamerican view of lignocellulosic Biorefinery
     

Confirmed plenary speakers:

Dr. David Nanang
Director General
Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service

Mr. Sandy Marshall
CEO
Bioindustrial Innovation Canada

Dr. Matti Heikkilä
Metgen, Finland

Dr. Juan Carlos Villar
Forest Research Institute, Spain

Dr. Song Won Park
University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

 

Confirmed keynote speakers

Dr. Adriaan van Heiningen
University of Maine

Dr. Ludo Diels
University of Antwerp

Dr. Rintu Banerjee
Indian Institute of Technology

Dr. Kyosti Ruuttunen
Aalto University

Dr. Warren Mabee
Queens University

Dr. Paul Stuart
Ecole Polytechnique

Dr. Theo van de Ven
McGill University

Dr. Charles Xu
Western University

Dr. Zhirun Yuan
FPInnovations

Dr. Ning Yan
University of Toronto

Dr. Robert Brown
Iowa State University