WSU's 2012 International Wood Composites Symposium
The International Wood Composites Symposium, hosted by Washington State University (WSU) in collaboration with the Northwest Advanced Renewable Alliance (NARA), presented "Managing the Woody Biomass Supply Chain - Impact on Your Business" in Seattle on April 11-13, 2012. It offered an industry-driven forum for producers, suppliers, and researchers to focus on competing demands and opportunities in the woody biomass supply chain that impact business success. Resource managers, regulators, harvesters, recyclers, primary and secondary manufacturers in both wood and wood-based composite products and biofuel/bioenergy industries discussed the latest developments in their fields. This year's symposium focused on competing demands and opportunities in the woody biomass supply chain that impact business success.
This project is part of the Northwest Advanced Renewables Alliance (NARA), supported by the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grant no. 2011-68005-30416 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Future Demands for Woody BiomassMike Jostrom (Keynote Speaker)Director of Renewable Resources, Plum Creek Timber CompanyResolving feedstock conflicts between traditional and emerging industries Laurel HarmonVice President−Government Relations, LanzaTech Inc.International policy development for biofuels and bioenergy industries Dwight AndersonBioconversion Lead, Catchlight Energy, LLCValue chain development in the emerging biofuel industry Jamie BarbourProgram Manager, Focused Science Delivery and Goods, Services, and Values Programs, USDA Forest Service, PNW Research StationOpportunities from Forest Service biomass policy and management approaches Bruce LippkeProfessor Emeritus, University of Washington College of EnvironmentEnvironmental impacts and policy conflicts between biofuels and engineered wood products Christopher WrightManager, Idaho National Laboratory Biofuels & Renewable Energy TechnologiesExpanding our thinking of woody feedstock supply systems for bioenergy production Michael WolcottProfessor; Director, Institute for Sustainable Design, Washington State UniversityWoody biomass supply chain dynamics for integrated technologies Biofuels and Bioenergy: New Products, Markets, and ProcessesDavid SjodingEnergy Program Coordinator, Washington State University Energy ProgramBioenergy policies Tom MilesPresident, T.R. Miles Technical ConsultantsSecuring and handling biomass feedstocks John CrouchDirector of Public Affairs, Pellet Fuels Institute and HPBABiomass supply and markets for the pellet fuel industry Michael RushtonCOO, Lignol Innovations Inc., CanadaLignol's flexible biorefinery technology Christian RoyPresident, Pyrovac Inc., CanadaWhat future for biomass pyrolysis? Rachael JamisonEnergy/Climate Policy Specialist, Washington State Dept. of Natural ResourcesEnsuring sustainability in the emerging forest biomass market: DNR's proactive approach Composites: New Products, Markets, and ProcessesGeoff RhodesPresident, Geoff Rhodes Associates, United KingdomLearning and innovation go hand-in-hand William MitchellVice President, The Beck GroupLessons learned from benchmarking studies of composite industries John BowserPresident/CEO, NewWood ManufacturingSecuring a reliable, long-term supply of recycled biomass for manufacturing: A case study of New-Wood Manufacturing Karl EnglundAssociate Research Professor and Extension Specialist, Composite Materials and Engineering, Washington State UniversityPyrolytic Lignins as a Thermoplastic Resin for Wood Composites Patrick GovangPresident and CEO, e2e MaterialsRe-thinking the commodity supply model to create sustainable value Mathias FischerSales Director, GreCon, GermanyPreventive fire and explosion protection with effective spark detection and extinguishment Redefining Your Biomass SupplyWilliam MitchellVice President, The Beck GroupFiber supply for bioenergy (co-gen) Bruce SummersHarvesting and Product Sales Manager, GreenWood Resources, Inc.Hybrid poplar: A tree for all reasons Terry GillisGeneral Manager, Recovery 1Accessing wood in our municipal solid waste streams Jim DooleyCTO, Forest Concepts LLCBeneficiation of chipped and shredded woody biomass Donald BissonVice President, Government and Industry Affairs, Composite Panel AssociationThe Federal biomass debate and the importance of wood products manufacturing to the US economy Biomass logistics and utilizationBill HermannCEO, Hermann Brothers Logging and ConstructionWoody biomass harvesting and transportation Han-Sup HanProfessor, Humboldt State UniversityCollection and transportation of forest residuals for energy production Ed TolanPurchasing Executive, Nippon Paper IndustriesBiomass utilization for bioenergy Biofuels and Bioenergy: Pretreatment and Conversion StrategiesTom AmidonProfessor & Director of ESPRI, SUNY-ESFAutocatalytic pretreatment of woody biomass for extraction of hemicelluloses for biofuels and biopolymers Joel HowardCEO, Applied Biorefinery Sciences LLCEconomic advantages of ABS Process™ Biorefinery Technology for wood fuel pellets and composites: Answers and questions Tom ElderResearch Technologist, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research StationGasification of woody biomass as a route to energy and fuels Vicky PutscheSr. Process Engineer, Gevo Inc.Biobutanol: Fueling the next generation biorefinery Richard BerryVP and Chief Technology Officer, CelluForce, Inc., CanadaNanocrystalline cellulose (NCC) from wood for high-value downstream products Muhammad MoniruzzamanAsst. Professor, Dept. of Material and Energy Science, Okayama University, JapanIonic liquids in pretreatment of woody biomass: An efficient approach for cellulose separation Composites: Advances in TechnologyTomas JoscakCEO, Dascanova GmbH, AustriaThree-dimensional rearrangement of the wood-based panel density in one press process David HarmonLab & NA Wood Fiber, Technical Manager, Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc.Low formaldehyde emission challenges in composite wood products Tony FerranteSales and Service Manager, Columbia Forest ProductsCommercialization of a new protein-based adhesive system Michael RushtonCOO, Lignol Innovations Inc., CanadaUse of HP-L™ Lignin as an ingredient in wood composite adhesives Ray RobertsConsultant Physicist, RJ Roberts Consulting, AustraliaCore blending efficiency improvements achieved in continuous pressing of particleboard Ning YanAssociate Professor, University of Toronto, CanadaBark biorefinery: Conversion of bark residue to bark-based PF adhesives and PU foams
Stakeholder Engaging Opportunity
NARA Stakeholder Engaging OpportunityOrganizing CommitteeVikram Yadama, Washington State Univ. Download all symposium documents (zip - 183MB) CopyrightWashington State University is the copyright holder in the compilation entitled Proceedings of the 2012 International Wood Composites Symposium: Managing the Woody Biomass Supply Chain – Impact on Your Business. Washington State University is authorized to and does grant permission to copy any paper contained herein this page with proper attribution upon request. The authors also retain their individual copyrights. Permission to copy is granted for non-profit educational use. DisclaimerThe views expressed in the articles of this page are not to be understood as views of Washington State University. 
Keynote Speaker Mike Jostrom, Director of Renewable Resources, Plum Creek Timber Company
Jillian Moroney with her poster Clearwater Basin Bioenergy Survey during the technical poster session |
