Plenary Lectures PL-1  PERSPECTIVES FOR THE INDUSTRIAL USE OF BIODEGRADABLE AND BIOBASED POLYMERS A. Künkel PL-2  STARCH-BASED NANOCOMPOSITES A. Dufresne PL-3  HYDRO-AND OXO-BIODEGRADABLE PLASTICS. IS PARTNERSHIP OR MARRIAGE POSSIBLE? E. Chiellini PL-4  BIOINSPIRED NANOCOMPOSITE MATERIALS FOR THE FUTURE O. Shoseyov PL-5  BIOBASED POLYMERS AND COMPOSITES R. Wool PL-6  MICROBIAL PRODUCTION AND MATERIAL DESIGN OF POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES (PHAs) Y. Doi
Key Lectures KL-1  PROCESSING AND PROPERTIES OF NANOCELLULOSES EXTRACTED FROM DIFFERENT NATURAL RESOURCES AND THEIR USE IN COMPOSITES K. Oksman KL-2  LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA) OF BIO-BASED PRODUCTS: A PERSPECTIVE R.J. Murphy KL-3  UNDERSTANDING INTERFACES IN CELLULOSE NANOWHISKER-BASED NANOCOMPOSITES S. Eichhorn KL-4  ACCELERATION OF THE INJECTION MOLDING CYCLE OF SEMI-CRYSTALLINE PLA BY CELLULOSE NANOFIBER REINFORCEMENT H. Yano KL-5  INTERFACIAL BEHAVIORS OF ULTRATHIN FILMS AND MATERIALS FROM CELLULOSE, LIGNIN AND THEIR DERIVATIVES O. Rojas KL-6  CELLULOSE NANOFIBER NETWORKS L.A. Berglund KL-7  MAKING COMPOSITES WITHOUT MATRIX T. Peijs KL-8  PLANT OILS: THE PERFECT RENEWABLE RESOURCE FOR POLYMER SCIENCE ?! M.A.R. Meier KL-9  SOY PROTEIN BASED ADHESIVES AND THEIR APPLICATIONS X.S. Sun KL-10  MOISTURE CONTENT AND DIMENSIONAL CHANGES OF NATURAL FIBRE COMPOSITES B. Madsen KL-11  BIO-BASED POLYMERS: STILL AN EMERGING AREA? M.M.G. Antonisse KL-12  LEAN, MEAN AND GREEN K. Kirwan KL-13  POLYMER SYNTHESIS USING RENEWABLE RESOURCES Ch.K. Williams
Invited Lectures IL-1  NANOFIBRILLATED CELLULOSE FOR HYDROGEL, AEROGEL, AND MEMBRANE APPLICATIONS T. Zimmermann IL-2  A BROAD APPROACH TO IMPROVE THE SURFACE HYDROPHOBICITY OF WHEAT GLUTEN MATERIALS USING ELECTROSPINNING/SPRAYING, CROSSLINKING AND PLASMA TECHNIQUES M.S. Hedenqvist IL-3  BIOETHANOL FROM CELLULOSIC BIOMASS D. Wang IL-4  MARKET ORIENTATED BIOPLASTICS DEVELOPMENT AT FRAUNHOFER UMSICHT Th. Wodke IL-5  TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOUR OF WATER-IN-OIL EMULSIONS STABILISED BY HYDROPHOBISED BACTERIAL CELLULOSE NANOFIBRILS R. Murakami IL-6  NEW FUNCTIONAL DEGRADABLE POLYMERS BY FREE-RADICAL POLYMERIZATION S. Agarwal
Oral Presentations OP-1  COMPOSITES BASED ON BACTERIAL CELLULOSE (BC) - FIRST RESULTS ACCORDING TO TECHNICAL PROCESSES K. Mueller OP-2  MULTIFUNCTIONAL NANO-BIOCOMPOSITES FROM BIOBASED RESIN SYSTEMS FOR STRUCTURAL APPLICATIONS M. Misra OP-3  HOW TO DESIGN THIN BIO-BASED FILMS WITH LIGNIN AND CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTALS? V. Aguié-Béghin OP-4  HIGHLY STABLE SUPERCAPACITOR ELECTRODE MATERIALS BY TEMPLATING ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTING POLYMERS ON CELLULOSE NANOWHISKERS W. Thielemans OP-5  OXO-BIODEGRABLE POLYMERS FOR PACKAGING AND AGRICULTURE APPLICATIONS A. Corti OP-6  BIOBASED PACKAGING FILMS FROM POLY(LACTIC ACID)/TALC COMPOSITES: THERMAL, MORPHOLOGICAL AND RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR S. Jain OP-7  DEVELOPMENT OF A THERMOPLASTIC STARCH FOR CO-INJECTED THIN PACKAGES F. Marti OP-8  BIODEGRADABILITY AND BARRIER PROPERTIES OF ATOMIC LAYER-DEPOSITED BIOPOLYMERS FOR PACKAGING APPLICATIONS J. Hartman OP-9  ENHANCEMENT OF THE PROPERTIES OF SPRUCE GALACTOGLUCOMANNAN-BASED FILMS BY USING BLENDED POLYMERS, NANO-SIZED CELLULOSE, OR A CROSSLINKING AGENT K.S. Mikkonen OP-10  3D-FABRICATION OF BIODEGRADABLE POLY(VINYL ALCOHOL)-BASED PHOTOPOLYMERS FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS M. Schwentenwein OP-11  EFFECT OF HYDROXYAPATITE CONTENT ON THE MECHANICAL, THERMAL PROPERTIES AND DEGRADATION MECHANISM OF PLA-HYDROXYAPATITE COMPOSITES S. Kumar OP-12  MELT SPUN FIBRES OF POLY(LACTIC ACID) AND HYDROXYAPATITE NANOPARTICLES FOR USE AS TISSUE ENGINEERING SCAFFOLDS S.-W. Cho OP-13  GALACTARIC ACID BASED MICROSPHERES H. Wutzel OP-14  L-CYSTEINE: A NEW STRATEGY TO DESIGN NON-TOXIC ANTIMICROBIAL TEXTILES I.C. Gouveia OP-15  RECYCLING OF PLA/MMT NANOCOMPOSITES M. Kozlowski OP-16  EFFECT OF NANOCELLULOSE PREPARATION ON REINFORCEMENT OF POLY(VINYL ALCOHOL) NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS S. Fu OP-17  NANOCOMPOUNDING AT SURFACES: PHOTOASSISTED IMMOBILIZATION OF NANOPARTICLES W. Kern OP-18  DESIGNING BIO-INSPIRED POLYMER ASSEMBLIES TO UNRAVEL LIGNOCELLULOSES PROPERTIES B. Chabbert OP-19  LIGNOSULFONATES – FROM WASTE MATERIAL TO ADVANCED SPECIALTY POLYMERS M. Andresen OP-20  WEALTH OUT OF WASTE - BIOPOLYMERS FROM LIGNIN DEGRADATION S.R. Coles OP-21  THE ENZYME REFINERY: FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS BASED ON LIGNOCELLULOSE MATERIAL G.St. Nyanhongo OP-22  LIGNIN-BASED ARTIFICIAL HUMIC SUBSTANCES: APPLICATION POTENTIAL AND UNRESOLVED ISSUES F. Liebner OP-23  MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF LIGNIN/POLYMER COMPOSITES S. Nakamura OP-24  BIO-BASED POLYMERS AND END-OF-LIFE VEHICLES J. Stagner OP-25  A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO DESIGN SUPPORT FOR BIO-POLYMER BASED PACKAGING J.A. Colwill OP-26  IS THERE A GENERIC ENVIRONMENTAL ADVANTAGE FOR BIOPOLYMERS OVER PETROCHEMICAL POLYMERS? M. Guo OP-27  END-OF-LIFE OF SILICONE ELASTOMERS AND THEIR CATALYSTS: ASSESSMENT OF CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEGRADATION B. Laubie OP-28  ADVANCED CALORIMETRY OF POLYMERS AND POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES Ch. Schick OP-29  DESIGN OF HIGH-PERFORMANCE CARBON NANOTUBE/POLY(L-LACTIDE) (NANO)COMPOSITES MEDIATED THROUGH SUPRAMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS J.-M. Raquez OP-30  BIOMIMETIC NANOCOMPOSITES FOR IMPROVING BARRIER PROPERTIES OF BIOPOLYMERS M. de Geus OP-31  NANOCOMPOSITES BASED ON POLYESTER-GRAFTED CELLULOSE NANOWHISKERS: TOWARD FULLY BIOBASED MATERIALS Y. Habibi OP-32  FORMATION OF Ag/CHITOSAN HYBRID NANOFIBERS VIA ELECTROSPINNING TECHNIQUE V. Jacobs OP-33  MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF ALIGNED AND CELLULOSE-REINFORCED ELECTROSPUN PMMA FIBERS R.L. Andersson OP-34  SPUN GLUTEN/STARCH: AN ALTERNATIVE CARBON FIBRE PRECURSOR? P. Bharadia OP-35  A GREEN APPROACH FOR PRODUCING REGENERATED CELLULOSE FIBER AND FILM J.Y. Chen OP-36  MODELLING, DESIGN AND OPTIMISATION OF A CONTINUOUS REACTOR FOR BIOMASS PRETREATMENT M.P. Patel OP-37  VALUE-ADDED INDUSTRIAL USES OF CO-PRODUCTS FROM BIOFUEL INDUSTRIES: A NEW PARADIGM TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY A. Mohanty OP-38  MARKET ORIENTED INNOVATION MANAGEMENT IN WOOD BIOREFINERY RESEARCH T. Stern OP-39  THERMOCHEMCIAL BIOREFINERIES - R&D IN AUSTRIA R. Rauch OP-40  NANOCELLULOSE RESEARCH AT VTT P. Qvintus OP-41  UREA-FORMALDEHYDE-BOUND PARTICLE BOARDS WITH CELLULOSE REINFORCEMENT S. Veigel OP-42  BARRIER PROPERTIES OF BIOHYBRID STRUCTURES FROM SUGAR BEET PULP PECTIN AND NANOCLAY J. Pere OP-43  NANO-FIBRILLATED CELLULOSE VS BACTERIAL CELLULOSE: REINFORCING ABILITY OF NANOCELLULOSE OBTAINED TOP-DOWN OR BOTTOM-UP A. Bismarck OP-44  MAKING COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS FROM BIO-BASED COMPOSITE MATERIALS: 10 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, THE ISSUES AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVE T. Gustafsson OP-45  EFFECT OF POLAR AND AMPHIPHILIC PLASTICIZERS ON QUILL KERATIN-BASED THERMOPLASTICS A. Ullah OP-46  STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF A HYBRID NATURAL FIBER COMPOSITE MATERIAL PROCESSED THROUGH VACUUM ASSISTED RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING S. Bavan OP-47  FILAMENT WINDING OF FLAX AND VISCOSE ROVINGS P. Lehtiniemi OP-48  HYBRID BIOMATERIALS FROM MODIFIED NATURAL POLYMER AND SYNTHETIC BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER J.H. Wang OP-49  PROPERTIES AND MORPHOLOGY OF POLY(AZELAIC ANHYDIRDE) COMPATIBILIZED STARCH/POLY(LACTIC ACID) BLENDS E.E. Petinakis OP-50  IMPACT MODIFICATION OF POLY(LACTIC ACID) WITH POLYURETHANE ELASTOMERS B. Imre OP-51  IMPROVEMENT OF PLA PROPERTIES WITH DIFFERENT ADDITIVES AND VERIFY THE POTENTIALITY A. Mamun OP-52  POLY(3-HYDROXYBUTYRATE-CO-3-HYDROXYVALERATE) AND POLY(BUTYLENE ADIPATE-CO-TEREPHTHALATE) BLENDS: THERMAL, MECHANICAL AND RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES N. D'Souza OP-53  IMPROVING THE DRAWABILITY OF CELLULOSE NANOFIBRIL SHEETS BY TEMPO MODIFICATION W. Gindl-Altmutter OP-54  SEPARATION PROCESS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF CELLULOSE NANOFIBERS EXTRACTED FROM INDUSTRIAL BIORESIDUE M. Jonoobi OP-55  SIMULTANEOUS DEGRADATION AND CRYSTALLIZATION OF NATIVE CELLULOSE WITH GASEOUS HYDROGEN CHLORIDE E. Kontturi OP-56  A STUDY OF RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF MICROFIBRILLATED CELLULOSE SUSPENSION J. Salmela OP-57  THE CHALLENGES OF NATURAL FIBRES AS AN ENGINEERING COMPOSITE REINFORCEMENT J. Thomason OP-58  A STUDY ON INJECTION MOLDED NATURAL FIBER AND GLASS FIBER HYBRID REINFORCED POLYPROPYLENE H. Hamada OP-59  INTERFACES IN NATURAL FIBRE COMPOSITES A.W. van Vuure OP-60  MICROFRACTURE BEHABIOUR OF ABACA FIBRE REINFORCED STARCH-BASED GREEN COMPOSITES H. Takagi OP-61  BACTERIAL CELLULOSE AS THE BINDER FOR SISAL FIBRES TO PRODUCE GREEN BIO-BASED NANOCOMPOSITES WITH IMPROVED PROPERTIES K.-Y. Lee OP-62  A RECYCLABLE AND BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER: POLY(p-DIOXANONE) Y.-Z. Wang OP-63  BIOSYNTHESIS OF POLYHYDROXYALKANOATE BY NOVEL MARINE FACULTATIVE ANAEROBE K. Numata OP-64  FROM THE BIOPOLYMER CHITIN TO A HIGHLY VALUABLE, PHARMACEUTICALLY RELEVANT FINE CHEMICAL: APPLYING AN INTEGRATED BIOPROCESS TECHNOLOGY APPROACH TO TRICHODERMA A.R. Mach-Aigner OP-65  PRESENT STATUS OF BIOMASS COMMODITIES AND THE "BIOMASS MARK" REGISTRATION SYSTEM IN JAPAN H. Mori OP-66  CONDUCTIVE CELLULOSE I. Filpponen OP-67  FUNCTIONALISED CELLULOSE NANOWHISKERS W. Thielemans OP-68  SURFACE ACCESSIBILITY AND SURFACE MODIFICATIONS OF NANOFIBRILLATED CELLULOSE T. Tammelin OP-69  INORGANIC NANOPARTICLE DECORATION OF WOOD-BASED CELLULOSE NANOFIBERS TO FORM STRONG MAGNETIC NANOCOMPOSITE MEMBRANES R.T. Olsson OP-70  FROM BACTERIAL CELLULOSE TO FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS: A VERSATILE ROUTE TO SYNTHESIZE BIOINORGANIC NANOHYBRIDS A. Abbott OP-71  BIOSOURCED COPOLYMERS “CLICKED” WITH IONIC LIQUID FOR FINE TUNING OF CARBON NANOTUBE DISPERSION R. Mincheva OP-72  NATURAL FIBRE COMPOSITE ENERGY ABSORPTION STRUCTURES J. Meredith OP-73  INFLUENCE OF CHEMICAL MODIFICATION ON THE WATER UPTAKE PROPERTIES OF WOOD PLASTIC COMPOSITES Ch. Burgstaller OP-74  THE IMPLICATIONS OF HYGROTHERMAL AGEING ON FLEXURAL PROPERTIES OF GLASS REINFORCED LINSEED AND CASTOR OIL BASED POLYMER COMPOSITES M. Malmstein OP-75  ELABORATION PROCESS INFLUENCE ON MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF COMMINGLED FLAX-POLYMER FABRIC COMPOSITES L. Bizet OP-76  RHEOLOGICAL INVETIGATION OF WOOD-POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITE IN SLIADING PLATE RHEOMETER E. Soury OP-77  GREENER FOAM: GLOBAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND COMMERCILIZATION M. Sain OP-78  BIOCOMPATIBLE AND BIODEGRADABLE 2-HYDROXYETHYL METHACRYLATE BASED POROUS POLYMERS P. Krajnc OP-79  MECHANICALLY FROTHING HIGH INTERNAL PHASE EMULSIONS: DEVELOPING HIERARCHICAL MACROPOROUS NANOCOMPOSITES THE GREEN WAY L. Wong OP-80  RENEWABLE FREEZE-DRIED WHEAT GLUTEN FOAMS T.O.J. Blomfeldt OP-81  AIR TEMPLATED BIO-BASED POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE FOAMS J.J. Blaker OP-82  WATER SORPTION BEHAVIOUR OF NATURAL MATERIALS D. Williams OP-83  THE EFFECT OF CHAIN EXTENDER ON POLY(3-HYDROXYBUTYRATE-CO-3-HYDROXYVALERATE): THERMAL DEGRADATION, CRYSTAALIZATION, AND RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIOURS S. Duangphet OP-84  BIO-BASED THERMOSET RESINS FROM SOYBEAN AND LINSEED OILS FOR STRUCTURAL COMPOSITES K.F. Adekunle OP-85  EFFECT OF HOT WATER IMMERSION ON THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF JUTE AND JUTE HYBRID REINFORCED COMPOSITES H. Hamada OP-86  DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF FULLY BIODEGRADABLE PRODUCTS F. Julián OP-87  MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE OF POLYMER COMPOSITES REINFORCED WITH NON-LINEAR CELLULOSIC FIBERS R. Joffe OP-88  REGENERATED MAN-MADE CELLULOSE RAYON FIBRES AND THEIR COMPOSITES A. Mader OP-89  PHOTOCROSSLINKING OF AN ACRYLATED EPOXIDIZED LINSEED OIL – KINETICS AND ITS APPLICATION FOR OPTIMIZED WOOD COATINGS G. Wuzella OP-90  CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS AND NEW MATERIALS FROM CORN OIL A.W. Myers