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Don’t miss this unique opportunity to meet with world-renowned experts in lignin. Join the entire supply chain in our objectives to:

• Develop an international platform for networking
• Review the current state-of-the-art for:
  • sources of lignin production
  • lignin characterization and quality control
  • advanced lignin conversion and upgrading technologies
  • product and market opportunities
• Focus on several key application areas, including:
  • resins
  • polymer additives
  • carbon fibres

Conference cost = CDN$500 (CDN$250 for students)

PROGRAM | Top

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Agenda

Wednesday, November 17th

8:45 - 9:00        Opening remarks and introductions
Craig Crawford, President & CEO, Ontario BioAuto Council (Guelph, Ontario)

Overview

9:00 - 9:30        "Lignin - today and tomorrow"
Frank Dottori, Chair, Centre for Research and Innovation in the Bio-economy CRIBE (Thunder Bay, Ontario)

Lignin Sources

9:30 - 10:00       "Lignin precipitation demonstration plant in Northern Ontario"
Dr. Thomas Browne, Program Manager, Sustainability, Mechanical Pulping, FPInnovations (Pointe-Claire, Quebec)

10:00 - 10:30     “Lignol's biorefining technology - a new source for high purity lignin”
Michael Rushton, Chief Operating Officer, Lignol Innovations Ltd. (Burnaby, British Columbia)

10:30 - 11:00      BREAK (30 minutes)

11:00 - 11:30      "LignoBoost a process for high quality kraft and soda lignin"
Dr. Peter Axegard, Director Business Area Biorefining, Innventia AB (Stockholm, Sweden)

11:30 - 12:00      "Entropic control in materials design:  the frontier of biomaterials"
Dr. John Warner, Founder, President and Chief Technology Officer, Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry (Wilmington, Massachusetts), Partner of Pure Power Global (Ngee Ann City, Singapore)

Lignin Characterization

12:00 - 12:30      "Lignin, a biobased substituent for production of industrial polymers:  tools for characterization"
Dr. Jalal Hawari, Principal Research Scientist, Head of the Environmental & Analytical Chemistry Group, Biotechnology Research Institute, National Research Council Canada (Montreal, Quebec), Co-authors Dr. Fanny Monteil-Rivera and Dr. Benji Ahvazi

12:30 - 1:30        LUNCH (60 minutes)

Lignin Conversion Processes

1:30 - 2:00         “Valorisation of lignin for optimal lignocellulosic biorefinery - achievements of the LignoValue project”
Richard Gosselink, Research Scientist, Food & Biobased Research Institute, Wageningen University and Research Centre (Wageningen, The Netherlands)

2:00 - 2:30         “Developing technologies to better utilize lignin: the role of the NSERC Biomaterials and Chemicals Strategic Network”
Dr. John Kadla, Professor, Canada Research Chair in Advanced Biomaterials, Scientific Director - NSERC Biomaterials and Chemicals Strategic Research Network, University of British Columbia (Vancouver, British Columbia)

2:30 - 3:00         "New perspectives on lignin conversion"
Dr. Wolfgang G. Glasser, Professor Emeritus of Wood Science, Department of Wood Science & Forest Products, Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, Virginia)

3:00 - 3:30         BREAK (30 minutes)

Lignin Utilization

3:30 - 4:00        "Organosolv-lignin derived from a biorefinery as raw material for phenolic resins"
Dr. Elke Fliedner, Senior Chemist, Research Department, Dynea Erkner GmbH (Erkner, Germany)

4:00 - 4:30        “Utilization of lignin in plastic applications”
Dr. Minh Tan Ton-That, Research Officer, Industrial Materials Institute, National Research Council Canada (Boucherville, Quebec)

4:30 - 5:00        “Utilization opportunities for biorefinery lignins: an industrial perspective”
Dr. Jairo H. Lora, Senior Vice President, GreenValue S.A. (Media, Pennsylvania)

5:00 - 6:30        NETWORKING SESSION (cash bar)

Thursday, November 18th

Lignin Carbon Fibre

8:30 - 8:45
Craig Crawford, President & CEO, Ontario BioAuto Council (Guelph, Ontario)

8:45 - 9:15        “Utilization of lignin for production of carbon fiber materials for structural and energy efficient applications”
Dr. Frederick S. Baker, Distinguished R&D Staff, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Materials Science and Technology Division, Carbon Materials Technology Group (Oak Ridge, Tennessee)

9:15 - 9:45        “A vision for carbon fiber composites in automotive”
Dr. Kalyan Sehanobish, Sr Research Fellow, Basic Plastics R&D, The Dow Chemical Company (Midland, Michigan)

9:45 - 10:15      "Magna-NRC Composites Centre of Excellence"
David Dyke, Director of Advanced Engineering, Magna Exteriors and Interiors (Troy, Michigan)

10:15 - 10:30    BREAK (15 minutes)

10:30 - 11:00    "Carbon fiber composites - reclaim, reenigneer, reuse"
Jim Stike, Founder & CEO, Materials Innovation Technologies (Fletcher, North Carolina)

11:00 - 12:00    "Lignin commercialization roundtable"
Chaired by Dr. Mohini Sain, Chief Science Officer - Ontario BioAuto Council, Professor and Director, Centre for Biocomposites and Biomaterials Processing, University of Toronto (Toronto, Ontario)

12:00 - 12:15    Closing remarks
Dr. Hamdy Khalil, Global Director of Corporate Research & Product Development, Woodbridge Foam Corporation (Woodbridge, Ontario)

12:15 - 1:15       LUNCH (60 minutes)

1:15 - 5:00         Tour of Centre of Biocomposites and Biomaterials Processing (University of Toronto)
Time approximate, including transportation

LOCATION & ACCOMMODATIONS | Top

Sheraton Toronto Airport Hotel & Conference Centre
801 Dixon Road
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
M9W 1J5

For accommodations reservations at the Sheraton Airport Hotel, please call:
Hotel Tel: +1 416 675 6100
Toll free: 1 800 325 3535

Be sure to refer to the booking code “Ontario BioAuto Council” when making room reservations.

Hotel Fax: +1 416 675 4022

SPONSORS | Top

Ontario BioAuto Council – Gold Sponsor & Co-host
www.bioautocouncil.com

Centre for Research and Innovation in the Bio-economy (CRIBE) – Gold Sponsor & Co-host
www.cribe.ca

   Sustainable Chemistry Alliance (SCA) - Silver
   sponsor
   www.suschemalliance.ca

                                       Auto 21 - Bronze sponsor
www.auto21.ca

REGISTRATION | Top

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