4th annual Biorefining for the Pulp and Paper Industry 2011

 This year's, 4th annual conference will be collocated with Fibre Engineering and will provide an ideal platform for papermakers to get up to speed with the latest research, innovations and case studies.

The 2011 programme contains a far greater number than ever of case-study contributions from biorefineries all over the globe demonstrating that biorefining has matured from a blue-sky technology into a viable commercial reality. The agenda also has a leitmotif which can be found in presentations from Europe, Asia, Africa and North America: collaboration.

It will feature presentations from Borregaard, Chemtex, British Sugar Group, TNO Quality of Life, Wood K Plus, Covey Consulting, Avantium Chemicals, VTT Technical Research Centre, Alberta Innovates - Technology Futures and many

Biorefining calls for industries and partners to work together on developing projects which transcend corporate constraints and what better place to make contacts and explore potential partnerships than Pira's Biorefining for the Pulp and Paper Industry 2011 in Barcelona!

5 reasons to attend the conference

• Hear from the most exciting new biorefinery projects from around the Globe including US, Africa, Italy, Norway, Austria, UK and Germany
• Hear from leaders in the field on how they are venturing into the biorefining arena and finding new markets for bioproducts
• Understand the different business models for commercial biorefinery success
• Hear about biorefining technology improvements and optimisation in Southern Europe
• Compare how fibre based biorefining compares with alternative biomass raw materials like sugar beet
• Update yourself with key developments at the must-attend annual event in the biorefining industry
  

Who should attend

Pira's Biorefining conference programme attracts delegates from the entire pulp and paper industry biorefinery supply chain. If you work for a pulp and paper mill, a technology provider, a government agency, a raw materials provider, an energy company or are a consultant, researcher or academic in this field, this conference is not to be missed. Typically, senior level staff with responsibility for business development, technical,process engineering or R&D have found the programme of utmost significance and benefit.

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Pira's 4th Biorefining Conference & 3rd Fibre Engineering conference programmes have been fully researched and updated with input and direction from:

Dr Annita Westenbroek, Program Manager, Dutch Centre of Competence Paper & Board, & Director, THE DUTCH BIOREFINERY CLUSTER, The Netherlands

Dr Graham Moore, Strategy Manager
PIRA INTERNATIONAL, UK

Dr Charlie Clarke
Technology Centre Manager - Pretoria Technology Centre
SAPPI, Southern Africa

Dr Nigel Jopson, Chief Consultant and Technical Manager Paper and Board
PIRA INTERNATIONAL, UK

Dr Ulla-Britt Mohlin, Senior Project Manager - Process & Product Innovation
INNVENTIA, Sweden

Dr Angeles Blanco
COMPLUTENSE UNIVERSITY OF MADRID, Spain

Pre-conference workshop:
Hemicelluloses and the wood based biorefinery
Tuesday 24 May 2011
2pm - 5pm

The workshop will cover:

• extraction
• separation
• concentration
• conversion
• potential new products
• uses of residual extracted wood

Led by:
Dr. Thomas E. Amidon Professor SUNY ESF and Director of the Empire State Paper Research Institute (ESPRI) and the Biorefinery Research Institute (BRI)
Tom has been Professor and Chair of the State University of New York's department of Paper and Bioprocessing, College of Environmental Science and Forestry since 2000. Prior to that, he worked at International Paper for over twenty five years and during this time participated in developing and patenting numerous novel approaches to papermaking as well as achieving significant corporate cost savings. Tom facilitates at least twenty teams each year on multi-group, multi-business and multi-company problems and is consistently rated an outstanding speaker and leader in technology and strategy.

Wednesday 25 May 2011 - Conference day 1

09.00
Opening remarks from the Chair
Dr Annita Westenbroek, Program Manager, Dutch Centre of Competence Paper & Board, & Director, THE DUTCH BIOREFINERY CLUSTER, The Netherlands

Keynote Addresses

09.10
State of the industry address: Biorefinery - the paper mill of tomorrow?
- why the growing interest
- what are the opportunities
- where are the developments taking place?
- how successful are these developments
- when will the potential be realised
Dr Graham Moore, Strategy Manager, PIRA INTERNATIONAL, UK

09.40
Southern Europe's first 2G biorefinery - economics, technology experiences & opportunities
- commercial viability of a second generation biorefinery
- lignocellulosic technology enabling a new biorefinery concept
- 2G ethanol: an industrial reality - lessons learnt
- transforming cellulosic feedstocks into bio-based chemicals
Dario Giordano, Corporate Director, M&G FINANZIARA SRL - GRUPPO MOSSI E GHISOLFI, & CTO, CHEMTEX, Italy

Biorefining Around The Globe: Case Studies

10.10
New efficient ways to make chemicals and biofuels out of most of the biomass - new biorefinery concepts that work
- Borregaard's R&D strategy for further development of the biorefinery concept
- a new pretreatment process for combinded production of lignocellulosic bioethanol and specialty chemicals
- industrial production of MFC in dry form and some selected applications
- some novel applications for lignins from biorefineries
Gudbrand Rødsrud, Technology Director Business Development, BORREGAARD, Norway

10.40
Maximising the revenues from sugar beet processing
- introduction to the British Sugar Group
- the description and development of the world's largest beet based biorefinery
- other global biorefining activities in the group
- future developments and opportunities
Tony Sidwell, Technology Research Manager, BRITISH SUGAR GROUP, UK

11.10 Morning refreshments will be served

11.40
A case study of a 300 dt/d hot water extraction based commercial hardwood biorefinery in the USA
- best use of biomass is not for fuel
- scale down to 300 DT/D are viable
- multiple products are critical for economics
- pellets, pulp, reconstituted wood products alternatives
- co-location, brownfield, repurposing, etc.
Dr Thomas E. Amidon, Professor, SUNY ESF and Director, Empire State Paper Research Institute (ESPRI) and theBiorefinery Research Institute (BRI), US
Co-authors: Dr. Joel Howard, CEO of Applied Biorefinery Sciences (ABS), and
Christopher Wood, Engineer, ABS, Dr Shijie Liu, SUNY ESF

12.10
Biorefinery: adding economic value to organic side streams
- comparing technologies developed over the last five years
- strategies to develop these technologies
- examples and case studies of potato steam peels, keratine organic side streams and pineapples in Ghana
Dr Ted Slaghek, Product Manager Ingredients & Functionality, Business Unit Food & Biotechnology Innovations, TNO QUALITY OF LIFE, The Netherlands

12.40 Lunch will be served for all delegates and speakers

14.00
30 years of biorefining wood at Lenzing, Austria - status quo and future concepts
- can one commericalise other products than acetic acid, furfural and xylose from a hardwood pulp production?
- where to start with the separation of wood components?
- challenges to analytical chemists
- what can one afford to sell?
- what are consumers willing to buy?
Dr Hedda Weber, Manager - Wood & Cellulose Chemistry, KOMPETENZZENTRUM HOLZ GMBH (WOOD K PLUS), Austria

14.30
Bioregional minimills: small scale pulp production and black liquor technology
- biorefinery process concept to enable sustainable local use of resources for cellulose fibre production
- low temperature gasification of black liquor: latest results of lab trials in Manchester
- opportunities to produce wood pulp on a smaller, local scale report on recent pulping trials
- future prospects for minimill technology
Sue Riddlestone, Managing Director, BIOREGIONAL MINIMILLS, UK

15.00 Afternoon refreshments will be served

15.30
Engineering aspects on the way to biorefineries
- scale-up of processes
- demonstration facilities
- integrative plant concepts
- commercialisation of selected processes
Dr Marcus Wolperdinger, Business Development Industrial Biotechnology, LINDE-KCA-DRESDEN, Germany

16.00
Biorefining and bioproducts: multiple methodologies for harnessing the opportunity - an Australian perspective
- case studies from Australia
- on the bigscale: size of the market that biofuels might fill, scale of forestry and processing plants to accomplish this
- on the medium scale: finding and processing enough forest waste to supply an economical biorefinery
- on the small scale: a small volume, natural product plant which is using a by-product to fuel its entire process and is working
towards converting its entire waste into solid fuel for sale
- off to the side: how a pulp mill is looking at using surplus pulping capacity to facilitate the production of bio-ethanol
Dr Geoff Covey, Chairman, COVEY CONSULTING, Australia

16.30
Commercial Scale BTL
- CHOREN's Carbo-V Process
- from Lab to commercial Scale
- status BTL plant Freiberg
- CHOREN's approach towards new revenue streams for the Pulp & Paper industry
- future prospects
Esa-Matti Aalto, Business Development Manager, CHOREN Industries GmbH, Germany

17.00 Closing remarks from the Chair

16.40 Networking drinks reception

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Thursday 26 May 2011 - Conference Day 2

08.30
Opening remarks from the Chair
Dr Graham Moore, Strategy Manager, PIRA INTERNATIONAL, UK

Global Biorefining Collaboration for The Paper Industry

08.35
The paper industry in the biobased economy
- the consequence of the biobased economy for the pulp and paper industry
- the position of the paper sector in the future biobased sector
- what raw materials will be used and what products will be produced?
- how to act now in order to stay competitive?
- the opportunities of cooperation with the agricultural, chemical and energy sector
Dr Annita Westenbroek, Program Manager, DUTCH CENTRE OF COMPETENCE PAPER & BOARD, & Director, THE DUTCHBIOREFINERY CLUSTER, The Netherlands

09.05
Competitors united? Lessons from new collaborative approaches in European R&D
- the Star-COLIBRI project
- Europe in the world, some general particularities of the European biorefinery arena
- collaborative frameworks: public-private partnerships, R&D programmes, R&D projects
- creating role model collaborations: StarClusters, Star projects and Comets
- conclusions and recommendations
Johan Elvnert, Coordinator of the Star-COLIBRI Project and Management Group Member, FOREST-BASED SECTOR TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM, Belgium

Biorefining for Plastics and Chemicals

09.35
Emerging bio-based chemical platforms: drivers, value chains, issues and enablers
- development of biorefineries: bioresource considerations, new production volumes and added value products for existing
industries
- issues to consider: waste management, customer preference, performance in use and fields where bio-replacement is
necessary
 - understanding which the actual platform chemicals enabling new markets for bio-based materials are
- thresholds for the development of chemical platforms
Jussi Manninen, Development Manager, VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE, Finland

10.05
Biomass conversion into YXY (furan) building blocks for biofuels and biomaterials applications
- existing assets
- competing on price and performance
- feedstock flexible
- carbohydrate conversion
- YXY Building Blocks - Furanics
Dr Ed de Jong, Vice President Development, AVANTIUM CHEMICALS, The Netherlands

10.35
A novel thermocatalytic technique for refining of lignocellulose
- discussion of the process technology and brief comparison with other biorefining techniques
- major platform intermediate products: levulinic acid, formic acid, furfural and bio-char
- wide range of cellulosic feedstocks
- chemical derivatives of interest including substitutes for phthalates, BPA and NMP
- gasoline, diesel and heating oil additive derivatives
-projected economics showing competitiveness with present-day crude oil- derived products
- present status of development and future plans
Dr Stephen W. Fitzpatrick, Managing Member, BIOFINE TECHNOLOGY, US

11.05 Morning refreshments will be served

11.35
Transforming a kraft pulp mill into a biorefinery. Application for the production of bioethanol and bioproducts
- definition(s) of a biorefinery
- a quick description of a today's kraft pulp mill
- why and how could hemicelluloses be valorised better
- two examples of hemicelluloses valorisation :
- second generation bioethanol
- surface active agents
- conclusion and perspectives
Dr Christine Chirat, Associate Professor - Pulping, Bleaching and Biorefinery Processes, GRENOBLE INP - PAGORA ECOLE INTERNATIONALE DU PAPIER, DE LA COMMUNICATION IMPRIMÉE ET DES BIOMATÉRIAUX, France

12.05
Ammonia-based pulping: an agro-centric biorefinery concept
- cooking and bleaching conditions, yields and properties of pulps produced using ammonia-based chemistry vs. soda or kraft
pulping
- ammonia recovery from spent liquor for improved environmental and economic performance
- properties and use of ammoniated lignin from spent liquor as a slow-release fertilizer
- current status and future vision for ammonia-based pulping in rural Canada
Wade Chute, Team Leader - Pulp & Paper, ALBERTA INNOVATES - TECHNOLOGY FUTURES, Canada

12.35 Lunch will be served for all speakers and delegates

Opening remarks from the Chair:
Johan Elvnert, Coordinator of the Star-COLIBRI Project and Management Group Member, FOREST-BASED SECTOR TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM, Belgium

Latest Advances in Biofuels

14.00
Clean bio-fuel production through gasification of woody biomass
- BTL process consisting of gasification to synthesis gas
- gas cleaning by tar cracking & removing, F-T synthesis from CO/H2 and hydrocracking /isomerisation of wax products to
increase diesel fraction in gasification of woody biomass, a bench plant was found to be effective for BTL application in
combination with gas cleaning, storage and F-T slurry phase catalytic reactor
Dr Kinya Sakanishi, Director, Biomass Technology Research Centre, AIST, Japan

14.30
R&D biofuel development in a biorefinery
- introduction: biorefinery concepts
- case studies of biorefinery for biofuels production
- Cener´s biorefining activities
- R&D projects
- 2nd generation Biofuels Pilot plant
Inés Echeverría Goñi, Director of Biomass Department, CENER: NATIONAL, RENEWABLE ENERGY CENTRE OF SPAIN, Spain

15.00
Key factors in synthesis of biodiesel catalyzed by immobilized biocatalysts
- continuous reactors
- immobilised ipases
- biodiesel from waste oils
- methanol versus ethanol
Dr Cristina Otero, Senior Researcher, Institute of Catalysis & Petrochemistry, SPANISH RESEARCH COUNCIL, Spain

15.30
Integrated forest biorefineries for biomass valorisation: concept and applications
- creating additional revenues and diversifying pulp and paper products and markets to remain competitive
- transforming mills into integrated forest biorefineries: major research needs, technological challenges and potential products
derived from IFBR platforms
- models for using biomass for fuels, biochemicals and pulp and paper products
- practical applications from our group research: woody biomass valorisation via pre-treatment with ionic liquids and microwave-
assisted pyrolisis to bio-oils and high value-added chemicals
Dr Rafael Luque, Assistant Professor & Ramon y Cajal Fellow, Departamento de Química Orgánica, UNIVERSIDAD DE
CÓRDOBA, Spain

16.00 Closing remarks from the Chair

16.10 Close of conference, refreshments will be served

Venue

Pira's Biorefining conference will be collocated with 3rd Fibre Engineering conference at the Hotel Barcelo Sants in Barcelona. Barcelo Sants, a popular venue with Pira delegates due to its convenient location and outstanding conference facilities, is situated on top of the Central Train Station Sants Estacio in the heart of Barcelona and has a direct connection to Barcelona International Airport. The Barcelo Sants offers gourmet cuisine, arguably the best meeting facilities in Barcelona, free wifi, a gym and sauna, a shopping centre and is four minutes from Catlunya Square making it an ideal venue to explore the city.

Delegates are responsible for booking their own travel and accommodation. To reserve your accommodation at a discounted rate by 20 May 2011, visit our agent Origin Events on www.origineventsaccommodation.co.uk

Directions

About Barcelona

Set on a plain rising gently from the sea to a range of wooded hills, Barcelona is Spain's most cosmopolitan city and one of the Mediterranean's busiest ports. Restaurants, bars and clubs are always packed, as is the seaside in summer. You might get the impression it's dedicated exclusively to hedonism, but it's a hard-working, dynamic place hoping to place itself in the vanguard of 21st-century Europe with a heavy concentration of hi-tech and biomedical business. To find out more, visit links listed below:
www.lonelyplanet.com/spain/barcelona
www.timeout.com/barcelona/
www.barcelonaturisme.com/

Media partner or supporting association

If you would like to become a media partner or supporting association for this event please contact Veronika Fricova on +44 (0)1372 82017 or contact us online.

Delegates:

• Early Bird price: £899 (valid until 22 March 2011)
• Standard price: £999
• Please note that a late booking fee of £100 will apply to all bookings made after 8 May 2011

NOTE - All delegates automatically get access to the co-located event, Fibre Engineering 2011.

Exhibitors and sponsors:
A range of sponsorship and exhibition based packages are available to organisations looking to develop their business within the biorefining sector. Participating in the conference will not only provide an excellent platform for your business in terms of raising company profile and offering excellent networking opportunities with industry leaders, it will demonstrate that your business is serious about biorefining and is at the forefront of the latest developments within the field.

For more information on how this conference can benefit your company, please contact Paul Squires on +44 (0) 1372 802051 or contact us online by clicking on the Enquiris icon.

Cancellations
Cancellations will be accepted and fees refunded (less 20% handling charge) only if made in writing and received ten working days before the event. Bookings cannot be cancelled nor fees refunded thereafter. If an invoice has been issued but funds have not been received, the above cancellation policy still applies. Substitutions may be made at any time, please notify the Operations Manager, Jo Stone +44 (0) 1372 802 044 or contact us online.