Agenda
Sustainability & Forest Biorefinery IV

8:00 am - 12:00 pm

Registration

8:00 - 8:30 am

Continental Breakfast

8:30 - 9:00 am

Introduction and opening statement by SUNY-ESF President Neil Murphy

9:00 - 9:40 am

 Forest Biorefinery USA – Ronald Brown, Agenda 2020

9:40 - 10:00 am

Break

10:00 - 10:40 am

 Wood Resources, Regional Perspective – Joel Howard, ABS

10:40 - 11:20 am

 Willow and Biomass Crop -  Timothy Volk, SUNY ESF

11:20 am - 12:00 pm

Hot-Water Extraction and Reconstituted Wood – Timothy Chaffee

12:00 - 1:30 pm

Lunch

1:30 - 2:10 pm

Hot-Water Extraction Process Configuration & Extract Separation – Thomas E. Amidon, SUNY ESF

2:10 - 2:50 pm

Wood Extract Processing – Shijie Liu, SUNY ESF 

2:50 - 3:10 pm

Break

3:10 - 3:50 pm

 Wood Extract Hydrolysate Utilization: Butanol and Ethanol – Shijie Liu, SUNY ESF

3:50 - 4:30 pm

 Wood Extract Hydrolysate Utilization: PLA and PHA – Shijie Liu, SUNY ESF

8:00 - 9:45 am

Registration

8:00 - 8:30 am

Continental Breakfast

8:30 - 9:10 am

 Hot-Water Extraction and Pulp Production – Shijie Liu, SUNY ESF

9:10 - 9:50 am

 Hot-Water Extraction and Paper / Pulp – Biljana Bujanovic, SUNY ESF

9:50 - 10:10 am

Break

10:10 - 10:50 am

 Hot-Water Extraction and Reconstituted Solid Wood Products – Thomas E. Amidon, SUNY ESF

10:50 - 11:30 am

 Hot-Water Extraction and Pellets & CHP – Joel Howard, ABS

11:30 am - 12:10 pm

 Novel Cellulose-Lignin Separation – Y.Z. Lai, SUNY ESF

12:10 - 1:20 pm

Lunch

1:20 - 2:20 pm

 Commercialization Efforts – Scott  Christiansen, New Forest Industries (NFI)

2:20 - 2:40 pm

Break

2:40 - 3:20 pm

 VPP Follow-Up – John Cowie

3:20 - 4:00 pm

4:00 pm