Confirmed Members of the Scientific Committee of the First PAPTAC International Lignin Conference
LIGNIN SYSTEM SUPPLIERS
Jim Wearing, NORAM, Canada
Michael Lake, Lignin Enterprises, LLC, USA
Henrik Wallmo, Valmet Power AB, Sweden
LIGNIN PRODUCERS or
POTENTIAL LIGNIN PRODUCERS
Bruno Marcoccia, Domtar, USA
Maria Björk, Stora Enso, Sweden
Dr. Eddie Peace, West Fraser, Canada
John Kadla, Fibria, Brazil
Niklas Von Weymarn, Metsa Group, Finland
RESEARCH INSTITUTES
Peter Axegård, RISE Bioeconomy, Sweden
Tarja Tamminen, VTT, Finland
Marzouk Benali, NRCAN, Canada
Michael Paleologou, FPInnovations, Canada
Tom Browne, Tom Browne & Associates, Canada
Behzad (Benji) Ahvazi, InnoTech Alberta, Canada
Richard Gosselink, Wageningen Food & Biobased Research, Netherlands
Lew Christopher, Biorefining Research Institute, Lakehead University, Canada
UNIVERSITIES
Adriaan van Heiningen, University of Maine, USA
Pedram Fatehi, Lakehead University, Canada
Charles Xu, Western University, Canada
Dmitry Evtyugin, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Song Won Park, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Organizing Committee
Michael Paleologou, FPInnovations (Conference Chair)
Jean Hamel, FPInnovations
Cristina Murciano, PAPTAC
Carmie Lato, PAPTAC
Gordon Giles, Alberta Innovates
Matthew Schacker, NRCAN, Canada
Rod Albers, West Fraser