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Program
Monday, June 21
09:00 – 10:00: Registration
10:00 – 10:25: 1.1 Introduction / Welcome notes: Elvy Söderström (Örnsköldsvik Kommun); Björn Sundberg (Umeå Plant Science Centre, Sweden)
1.1: Introduction / Industrial perspective Chair: Sune Wännström (SEKAB, Sweden)
10:25 – 10:40: Clas Engström (Processum Biorefinery Initiative, Sweden): Biorefinery of the Future
Session 2: Feedstock supply. Breeding and biotechnology tools Chair: Bengt Andersson (Skogforsk, Sweden)
10:40 – 11:15: Rishikesh Bhalerao (Umeå Plant Science Centre, Sweden): Genomics approach to identify genes regulating growth and biomass production in trees using hybrid aspen as a model
11:15 – 11:50: Pär Ingvarsson (Umeå Plant Science Center, Sweden): Emerging conifer genomics - The Swedish Spruce genome project
11:50 – 13:20: Lunch
13:20 – 13:50: Dario Grattapaglia (EMBRAPA and Catholic University of Brasilia, Brazil): More and better wood faster: Genomic Selection in tropical Eucalyptus
13:50 – 14:20: Jerry Tuskan (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN, USA): Cell Wall and Wood Characterization within the Context of Genome-based Gene Discovery
14:20 – 14:40: Lunch
13:20 – 13:50: Ross Whetten (Tree Improvement Program, NC State University, Raleigh, NC, USA): Applications of SNP markers in tree breeding
14:40 – 15:10: Steve Strauss (Oregon State University, OR, USA): Field trials of GM trees - An essential research and development tool
15:10 – 15:25: Break
Session 1.1: Introduction / Industrial Perspective Chair: Sune Wännström (SEKAB, Sweden)
15:25 – 15:50: Ola Hildingsson (Domsjö Fabriker, Sweden): Domsjö Fabriker - The Biorefinery
Session 1.2: Introduction / Research programme presentations Chair: Sune Wännström (SEKAB, Sweden)
15:50 – 16:10: FuncFiber, BioImprove, Bio4Energy
16:10 – 16:30: Break with sandwiches
16:30 – 19:30: Session 3: Site visits to local biorefinery and forest industries Chair: Clas Engström (Processum Biorefinery Initiative AB, Sweden)
19:30: Dinner
Tuesday, June 22
Session 4: Structure and chemical composition of wood Chair: Geoffrey Daniel (WURC, Sweden)
08:30 – 09:00: Bjarne Holmbom (Åbo Akademi, Finland): Lignans and other bioctive polyphenols in wood and bark of Nordic trees09:00 – 09:30: Lennart Salmén (Innventia, Sweden): The wood fibre – a heterogeneous assembly of biopolymers
Session 5: Pretreatment and enzymatic conversion for wood biorefining Chair: Leif Jönsson (Umeå University, Sweden)
09:50 – 10:30: Jack Saddler (University of British Columbia, Canada): How can pretreatment aid in determining the key substrate factors which limit the hydrolysis of biomass by cellulases?
10:30 – 10:50: Juergen Puls (vTI Institute of Wood Technology and Wood Biology, Hamburg, Germany): Hardwood component separation and further use of individual wood fractions
10:50 – 11:10: Carlos Martín (Bioresource Technology Group, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Matanzas, Matanzas, Cuba): Acid prehydrolysis, acetosolv delignification and enzymatic hydrolysis of marabou (Dichrostachys cinerea) wood
11:10 – 11:30: Björn Alriksson (Processum Biorefinery Initiative AB, Örnsköldsvik, Sweden): Strategies for improving the fermentability of inhibitory lignocellulose hydrolysates
11:30 – 12:50: Lunch
12:50 – 13:30: Merja Penttilä (VTT, Finland): Enzymes for plant biomass hydrolysis
13:30 – 14:00: Emile van Zyl (University of Stellenbosch, South Africa): Cellulosic ethanol: From revolutionary Consolidated Bioprocessing idea to Proof of Concept
14:00 – 14:20: Adnan Cavka (Department of Chemistry, Umeå University, Sweden): Towards on-site enzyme production in forest biorefineries through sequential fermentation with yeast and filamentous fungi
14:20 – 14:50: Break with coffee
Session 6: Wood polymers - Green products and chemicals. Cellulose
Session 6.1: Biosynthesis and genetic engineering Chair: Björn Sundberg (Umeå Plant Science Centre, Sweden)
14:50 – 15:30: Herman Höfte (INRA Versailles, France): Cellulose synthesis in higher plants
15:30 – 16:00: Shawn Mansfield (University of British Columbia, Canada): Sink-source relationships - a route to altering plant growth and cell wall chemistry
16:00 – 16:20: Vincent Bulone (Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), School of Biotechnology, AlbaNova University Centre, Stockholm, Sweden): Biochemistry of cellulose biosynthesis in higher plants
16:20 – 16:40: Miron Abramson (The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, Rehovot, Israel): The "Trojan Horse": A Novel Approach To Increase Cell Wall Saccharification For Efficient Biofuel Production
16:40 – 16:50: Break
Session 6.2: Biopolymer-based Products Chair:Lars Berglund (KTH, Sweden)16:50 – 17:30: Herbert Sixta (TKK, Finland): Recent Trends in Manufacturing and Application of Cellulose-based Materials
17:30 – 18:30: Poster session (odd numbers)
18:30 – 19:30: Poster session (even numbers)
19:30: Dinner
Poster Session and dinner
Wednesday, June 23
Session 6.2: Biopolymer-based Products - Continued Chair:Lars Berglund (KTH, Sweden)
08:30 – 09:00: Hiroyuki Yano (Kyoto University, Japan): Potential of wood-based nanofiber materials
09:00 – 09:20: Qi Zhou (School of Biotechnology, Royal Institute of Technology, AlbaNova University Centre, Stockholm, Sweden): Cellulose Nanocrystals: Preparation, Self-Assembly, and Applications
09:20 – 09:40: Kristiina Oksman (Luleå University of Technology, Sweden): Nanofibers and crystals extracted from different bioresidues and their use in composite materials
09:40 – 10:00: Break with coffee
Session 7: Wood polymers - Green products and chemicals. Hemicellulose
Session 7.1: Biosynthesis and genetic engineering Chair: Hannele Tuominen (Umeå Plant Science Center, Sweden)
10:00 – 10:40: Markus Pauly (University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA): Genetic engineering of hemicelluloses, a major component of lignocellulosic biomass
10:40 – 11:10: Paul Dupree (University of Cambridge, UK): Modification of plant cell wall sugar composition for biorefining and bioenergy
11:10 – 11:30: Ewa Mellerowicz (Umeå Plant Science Center, Sweden): Hemicelluloses in wood development
11:30 – 12:50: Lunch
Session 7.2: Biopolymer-based products Chair:Nils-Olof Nilvebrant (Borregaard, Norway)12:50 – 13:30: Paul Gatenholm (Chalmers, Sweden): From Biomass to Advanced Biomaterials
13:30 – 14:00: Harry Brumer (KTH, Sweden): Polysaccharide functionalization: XG and beyond
Session 8: Wood polymers - Green products and chemicals. Lignin
Session 8.1 Biosynthesis and genetic engineering Chair: Wout Boerjan (VIB, Belgium)
14:20 – 15:00: John Ralph (University of Wisconsin - Madison, WI, USA): Altering lignin biosynthesis for improved biomass processing
15:00 – 15:30: Vincent Chiang (NC State University, NC, USA): Regulation and modeling of lignin biosynthesis
15:30 – 15:50: John Carlson (School of Forest Resources, Pennsylvania State University, PA, USA; Department of Bioenergy Science & Technology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Korea): Transgenic Hybrid Poplar with Enhanced Accessibility of Cellulose and Hemicellulose
15:50 – 16:10: Armand Séguin (Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service): Gene regulation in white spruce: Functional analyses of transcription factors in the context of wood formation.
16:10 – 16:30: Edouard Pesquet (Umeå Plant Science Centre, Sweden): Microtubules and xylem vessels cell wall organization
Session 8.2 Biopolymer-based Products Chair: John Ralph (University of Wisconsin - Madison, WI, USA)
16:50 – 17:30: Dimitris Argyropoulos (NC State University, NC, USA): Supramolecular chemistry using nature’s most abundant template; the cellulose nanocrystal
17:30 – 18:00: Gudbrand Rødsrud (Borregaard, Norway): Experiences from running a profitable biorefinery and future development trends
18:00 – 18:20: Arnon Heyman (The Robert H Smith Institute for Plant Science and Genetics, The Faculty of Agriculture Food and Environmental Sciences. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel): BondX; activated transgenic fibers, as wet strength agent
18:20 - 18:30: Concluding remarks
Conference Dinner (from ca. 19:00)
This dinner will pre-celebrate midsummer in the traditional Swedish ways, at a rural community centre. You can find more information about Swedish midsummer celebrations here.
