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• Green Gold: Wood Residuals Summit 2025 (Registration will open soon!)

  • Start
    May 06, 2025
  •  
    9:00 AM
  • End
    May 08, 2025
  •  
    4:00 PM
  • Location
    Hagerty Conference Center, Traverse City, MI

  Purpose & Objectives

  To build global commercialization bridges across sectors to realize the value of wood residuals for a profitable and sustainable economy.

  • Demonstrate the value proposition for wood residuals
  • Identify challenges facing wood residual market development
  • Build a global network to accelerate development, tech transfer and commercialization of wood residuals.

  Agenda (subject to change)

  May 6, 2025

  Tours will be organized to local mills and industry for a hands-on perspective of wood residuals challenges and opportunities.

  May 7, 2025 

  7:45 AM – 8:30 AM Continental Breakfast & Exhibits

  8:30 AM – 9:15 AM Opening Session

  9:15 AM – 10:15 AM Framing the Residual Challenge (P)

  10:15 AM – 10:45 AM Networking Break

  10:45 AM – 11:35 AM Case Study 1

  11:40 AM – 12:30 PM Case Study 2

  12:30 PM – 1:30 PM Lunch and exhibits

  1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Innovators Pitch Session

  3:00 PM – 3:30 PM Networking Break

  3:30 PM – 4:45 PM Exploring new market potential

  4:45 PM – 5:00 PM Summary Remarks

  5:00 PM – 7:00 PM Reception

  May 8, 2025

  7:45 AM – 8:30 AM Continental Breakfast & Exhibits

  8:30 AM – 8:45 AM Opening Session

  8:45 AM – 10:00 AM Reverse Pitch Session

  10:00 AM – 10:30 AM Networking Break

  10:30 AM – 11:20 AM Research/Industry Collaboration

  11:20 AM – 12:00 PM Facilitated Group Discussions 

  12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Lunch and exhibits

  1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Financing & Funding Models

  2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Accelerating Tech Transfer

  3:00 PM – 3:30 PM Concluding Remarks

  Sponsorship
  

  Opportunities are available starting at just $750.

  Contact institute@mifbi.org for more information.

  Travel information

  Transportation: https://www.traversecity.com/plan/transportation/

  Hotels: https://www.traversecity.com/hotels/

  
  

  About the host and facilitator

  Michigan Forest Biomaterials Institute (MIFBI) is a non-profit organization focused on catalyzing innovation and use of materials from forests for a healthy economy and environment. MIFBI convenes stakeholders and incubates collaboration across sectors including academia, government, non-profits and across industries to address complex issues expanding applications and markets for forest materials.

  
  

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