Treesearch progress 2022
Register for Treesearch Progress 2022. After almost two years of online meetings and events, we are excited to announce the next Treesearch Progress conference May 11 – 12, 2022.
The conference will bring together participants from academia, industry, and institutes and highlights groundbreaking research on new materials and specialty chemicals from the forest. Listen to the latest scientific advances, meet old and new contacts, and take the opportunity to present your own research!
The conference fee is free for you who are associated to Treesearch or are working at a Treesearch partner.
Read the whole program and register to Treesearch Progress 2022.
Program
The program and speakers may be updated.
Wednesday May 11
11:30 Registration and lunch
12:30 Welcome and start of the conference
Treesearch – 5 years of collaboration on the research on new materials from the forest
Daniel Söderberg, Treesearch
Mikael Hannus, Stora Enso
13:00 Keynote presentations
Circularity and sustainability in an international perspective and the importance of research collaboration
Orlando Rojas, BioProducts Institute, University of British Columbia
The forestry sector’s role for the future bioeconomy – sustainability from a research perspective
Tomas Lundmark, Swedish University for Agricultural Sciences
14:15 Coffee break
14:45 Perspectives from Industry and Academia – From research to practice
Bridging the gap between industry and academia – Vinnova’s mission for a sustainable future
Karoliina Junka, Vinnova
Collaboration for a sustainable future – Examples from industry and academia
FibRE – Design for Circularity
Anette Larsson, Chalmers
Pro2BE – Processes and Products for a circular Bioeconomy
Agne Swerin, Karlstad University
Panel discussion: Collaboration for innovation – how industry and academia solve challenges together
Karoliina Junka, Vinnova
Peter Dahlén, Holmen Paper
Ola Wallberg, Lund University
Anette Larsson, Chalmers
16:00 Science fair and mingle
Meet the partners in Treesearch in a science fair
19:00 Dinner
Thursday May 12
Note that there is a separate program for the Highlights from the research within Treesearch. Click on the link to access the program.
08:30 Introduction Day 2
09:00 Highlights from the research within Treesearch 1
10:00 Coffee break
10:30 Highlights from the research within Treesearch 2
11:30 Lunch
12:30 Highlights from the research within Treesearch 3
14:00 Coffee break
14:30 Research and education for the future bioeconomy
WWSC 3.0 – New materials from trees for a sustainable future
Eva Malmström, WWSC
FORIC – Forest as a Resource Industrial College
Per Engstrand, Mid Sweden University
15:00 Research infrastructure for the future bioeconomy
ForMAX at MAX IV – a unique tool for the research on materials from the forest
Kim Nygård, MAX IV
RISE Örnsköldsvik – Sweden’s new center for bioeconomy
Payam Ghiaci, RISE Processum
15:30 Wrap-up and summary of the conference