Second Forest Bioeconomy Presentations

Day 1

Introduction

Mark Rudnicki, Executive Director – Michigan Forest Biomaterials Institute

Keynote Speaker

Mary Draves, Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer, Dow

Plenary Session

Christian Lenges, Business Development for Biomaterials, DuPont Industrial BioScience – DuPont’s BioMaterial Strategy – Sustainability and Innovation

Alper Kiziltas – Research Scientist, Sustainable Biomaterials and Plastic Research Group, Ford Motor Company

Sharon Tracy Strategic Materials Development, Steelcase

Dave Meyer, Senior Business Development Manager, LanzaTech

Creative Design

Cezanne J. Charles, Creative Many Michigan – rootoftwo x Design is…Design Does... 

Ash Arder – Artist, University of Rochester

Alison Catalano, Cranbrook Academy of Art – Design for Sustainability Through a Fine Art Context

Wood Conversion

Rick Tabor, Resinate Materials Group – Flame Retardant Performance of Lignin Based PET Polyols for Rigid Foam Applications 

Mojgan Nejad, Michigan State University – Lignin: The Brown Gold of Bioeconomy Era

Eric Hegg, Michigan State University – Alkaline Oxidative Pretreatment followed by Reductive Lignin Depolymerization 

Wood Energy

Ezra Bar-Ziv, Michigan Technological University – Forest-Residues Blended with Plastic Waste for Upcycling and Biopower 

Bill Cook, CF, Michigan State University Extension – The Elephant in the Closet: Wood-based Thermal Energy 

Gary Melow, Michigan Biomass – Biomass in Michigan’s energy and wood fiber markets 

Supply Chain

John Hatfield, Michigan State University Axia Institute – From Supply Chain to Value Chain, The Axia Institute Approach 

Bahar Aliakbarian, Michigan State University Axia Institute – Integrated Biorefinery of Industrial Food Solid Waste

George Berghorn, Ph.D., School of Planning and Design Michigan State University – Closing the Loop on Salvaged Lumber: Is There a Role for Automation?

Brian Bradshaw, US Forest Service Forest Products Laboratory – Mass Timber: 2019 Production and Supply Chain Update

Green Chemistry

Gurminder Minhas, Performance Biofilaments – Nanocellulose in Plastic Composites

Kevin Barnett, Ph.D., Pyran LLC – A New Catalytic Pathway to Bio-based 1,5 Pentanediol 

Ray Chrisman, Ph.D., Norse Biotech – The Need for and Approaches for the Valorization of Lignin to Achieve a Successful Biorefinery Download

Non-Timber Forest Products

Scott Herron, Ph.D., Ferris State University – Emerging markets of wild and cultivated mushrooms in Michigan Download

Judy D. Pamp, Ziibiwing Center of Anishinabe Culture and Lifeways – Anishinabe World View: We Are All Connected Download

Gerald Jondreau, Michigan Technological University – Anishinaabeg Stories of Place and Consideration for a Holistically Sustainable Bioeconomy

Day 2

Keynote Speaker

John Warner, President and CTO, Warner-Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry – The Mechanisms to Achieve a Circular Bioeconomy 

Breakout Sessions

Mass Timber

Matt VanSweden, Catalyst-Partners –Discovering Abundance: A Guide to Designing with the Bioeconomy

Kevin Marshall, Integrated Design Solutions – The STEM Teaching and Learning Facility: Adaptive Innovation

Xinfeng Xie, Ph.D., Michigan Technological University – The Bonding Strength Properties of Cross Laminated Northern Hardwoods

Brian Craig, Ferris State University Kendall College of Art and Design – Michigan Mass Timber: Exploring Architectural Design Opportunities

Policy

Rich Bowman, The Nature Conservancy – Policy Options to Grow Forest Based Bioeconomies

Stephen Rapundalo, Ph.D., Michigan Biosciences Industry – Experiences Creating a Wood Composite Circular Economy

Peter Adriaens, Ph.D., University of Michigan – Investment Strategies in the Forestry Value System: A Great Lakes Regional Perspective

John Dulmes, Michigan Chemistry Council – Sustainability and Chemistry in State Policy

Circular Economy

Bill Stough, Sustainable Research Group – Backcasting the Circular Economy

David Shonnard, Ph.D., Michigan Technological University – Understanding Sustainability Through Systems Analysis of the Circular Economy

Jason Hayes, Mackinac Center for Public Policy – Encouraging Michigan’s Forest Economy: Market and Policy Options

Duane Roskoskey, Michigan DEQ – Regulation of Scrap Wood

Closing Plenary Session

Pia Qvintus, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland – VTT– From Forest Bioeconomy Research Towards Sustainable Innovations

Jack Shinderle, Michigan DEQ – From End of Pipe to Circular Economy