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AGENDA

(subject to change)

May 6, 2025 
TBDTours will be organized to local mills and industry for a hands-on perspective of wood residuals challenges and opportunities.
  

May 7, 2025

 
   
8:15 AM – 9:00 AM
Continental Breakfast & Exhibits

9:00 AM – 9:30 AM
Opening Session

9:30 AM – 10:15 AM

Framing the residual challenge for high value applications

Identify the challenges of developing economical and sustainable markets for wood residuals, including a comparison between Michigan and Finland.

10:15 AM – 10:45 AM

Producers' Pitch

Hear from producers of wood residuals.  Learn about the materials they have available - the form, volume, compostion - and the types of collaboration they may seek.

10:45 AM – 11:10 AM

Networking Break & Exhibits

11:10 AM – 12:00 PM

Building a wood products ecosystem

Explore co-located forestry industry and innovation centers designed to accelerate new business opportunities in sustainable forestry and circular economy. 

12:00 PM – 12:30 PM

A case study from the Metsä Spring portfolio

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM

Lunch and Exhibits

1:30 PM – 2:15 PM

Exploring new market potential

Discuss opportunities for wood residuals across a variety of sectors and how to accelerate the pipeline.

2:15 PM – 2:45 PM

A case study highlighting new markets

2:45 PM – 3:15 PM

Networking Break & Exhibits

3:15 PM – 4:45 PM

Innovators' Pitch Session

Connect with innovators with pilot or commercial scale technologies seeking to expand collaborations.

4:45 PM – 5:00 PM

Summary Remarks
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Networking Reception



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 








May 8, 2025  
   
8:00 AM – 8:30 AM

Continental Breakfast & Exhibits

8:30 AM – 8:45 AM

Opening Session

8:45 AM – 9:30 AM

Exploring the feasibility of wood-based Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF)

Examine collaborations commercializing SAF from woody biomass.

9:30 AM – 10:00 AM

Accelerating tech transfer

Discover attributes of collaborations with continual success transitioning academic research to market commercialization.

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Networking Break & Exhibits

10:30 AM – 11:20 AM

Extraction methods to open new markets & applications
Gain insight on the potential for extraction methods to open new markets applications for wood residuals. 

11:20 AM – 11:50 AM

A case study highlighting advances in extraction methods

11:50 AM – 12:50 PM

Lunch and Exhibits
12:50 PM – 1:30 PM

Financing Wood Residual Innovation

Position for investment. Hear perspectives from various funders on the characteristics aligned with successful ventures and investments in wood residuals innovation.

1:30 PM – 2:10 PM

Future Directions: Highlights from research labs

Discover research findings that may help shape the outlook for wood residuals.

2:10 PM – 2:30 PM
Concluding Remarks

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CONTACT

Michigan Forest Biomaterials Institute (MIFBI)
101 West Washington, Suite 11
C/o Innovate Marquette
Marquette, MI 49855 USA

For all inquiries, please email institute@mifbi.org and we will respond
as soon as possible.




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