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Chemical & Biochemical Wood Valorization:
Solutions for New Materials and Products?
A “Wood Intelligence” conference
and a Chemistry for a sustainable development® Project
3 & 4 February 2009
Epinal, France


 TUESDAY 3 FEBRUARY 2009
09:30 ▪ Political welcome
▪ Objectives of the Cluster – Karl GEDDA (Pôle Fibres, France
Session 1: Background
▪ Beyond Petrol Issues – Daniel MARINI (UIC, France)
▪ Wood Availability
   ▫ Overall mass balance of the chain – Ludovic GUINARD (FCBA, France)
   ▫ New supply sources – Fleur LONGUETAUD (INRA, France)
   ▫ Paper chain – Art RAGAUSKAS (Georgia Tech, USA)
▪ Debate
12:30 Lunch
Session 2: Bioextraction
14:15 ▪ Pre-treatment – Naceur BELGACEM (PAGORA, France)
▪ Biorefineries – Art RAGAUSKAS (Georgia Tech, USA)
▪ Swedish example – Peter AXEGÅRD (SFTI, Sweden)
▪ Japanese example – Bunichiro TOMITA (University of Tsukuba, Japan)
15:30 Coffee Break & Poster session
Session 3: Transformation and use of wood constituents
16:00 ▪ Cellulose acetate – Paul RUSTMEYER (Rhodia, France)
▪ Hemicellulose – Alessandro GANDINI (University of Aveiro, Portugal)
▪ Lignin Elisabeth SJÖHOLM (SFTI, Sweden)
▪ Nanofibers Denilson DA SILVA PEREZ (FCBA, France)
▪ Resins, terpenes, essential oil – Jean-Claude POMMIER (Institut du Pin, France)
▪ Tannins – Afidah ABDUL RAHIM (University of Malaysia)
19:30 Gala Dinner
WEDNESDAY 4 FEBRUARY 2009
Session 4: New materials (needs and expectations)
08:30 ▪ Wood Polymers – Kari KOLPPO (Tampere University of Technology, Finland)
▪ Polymers reinforcement – Philippe TINGAUT (EMPA)
▪ New adhesives – Antonio PIZZI (University of Nancy - LERMAB, France)
▪ Wood protection –– Silham El KASMI (LAPEYRE, France)
▪ Wood-Polymers composites
▪ New Polymers – Luc AVEROUS ((University of Strasbourg, France)
▪ Life Cycle Assessment – Sylvain CAILLOL (CNRS/ENSCM, France)
Round Table
12:00 ▪ Wood: Raw Material for Tomorrow’s Materials.
Managed by Nicolas BROSSE (University of Nancy - LERMAB, France).
With the participation of Philippe GERARDIN (University of Nancy - LERMAB, France),
Armand KLEM (Norske Skog, Norway).
13:30 Lunch