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For the global forest industry, moving away from fossil fuels is an economic necessity due to the high energy costs for the industry in recent years. Biorefineries are seen as a very promising route to meet aims for sustainability and preserving the environment. The biorefinery concept has the potential to provide maximum economic and environmental returns by efficiently utilising all components of the wood.
IntertechPira's second annual conference on Biorefining for the Pulp and Paper Industry 2008 will provide an excellent forum for developing and discussing the concept of biorefining with the leading users, developers, and researchers of biorefining technology across the globe.
This conference will present the industrial perspectives of current and future biorefineries and identify opportunities for the pulp and paper industries.
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The programme will explore the forest biorefinery platform and its promises and progress to date, as well as examine how today’s existing technologies can be modified and adapted to use in new and different ways to achieve the many benefits of forest biorefining. It will focus on updating the audience with novel case studies, initiatives and pilot projects from different parts of the world.
Speakers include
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Reasons to attend
- Discover the core opportunities and challenges that biorefining presents for pulp and paper manufacturers
- Understand market drivers, trends and policies for biorefinery development
- Hear from leading papermills including Norske Skog, Stora Enso and Neste Oil JV, Processum and Lenzing about their activities, successes and challenges in establishing their biorefinery businesses
- Get an exclusive update on the abundance of initiatives in North America and a handful of first hand experiences at biorefinery businesses by TAPPI and Tembec
- Get an understanding of the importance of policies and European directives by EuropaBio
- Listen to Professor Dimitris S. Argyropoulus from North Carolina State University share his latest research on the opportunities with dissolved wood for the forest biorefinery
- Hear Professor Liisa Viikarii from Helsinki University give an introduction to biotechnology for lignocelluloses biorefineries
- Find out which biotechnology products to be developed though biorefineries are to be the most promising and learn how to capitalise on the output
- Meet with leading researchers from Åbo Akademi University, Umeå University, Finnish Forest Research Institute, NC State University and the University of Jyvaskyla to learn about the latest research breakthroughs
- Capitalise on exceptional networking opportunities with major users and developers of biorefining technology globally
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BOOK NOW!
(Your booking will be processed on the IntertechPira website)
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You may also be interested
in attending:
Sustainability for Papermakers
Thursday, 4 - Friday, 5 December 2008
Radisson SAS Royal Hotel
Helsinki, Finland
Attend both conferences for the
special rate of £1599!
Call Paul Squires on
+44 (0) 1372 802051 for more information.
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