Conference content

Sessions

 

Session 1
MARKETS : whare are the current trends for the markets of hardwoods (temperare, tropical) with a view on the different continents ? North America, Europe, Tropical areas…

Communications and presentations ppt :
- Wood Products Marketing and Design in Canada: From Humble Potato to Gratin Dauphinois (Article / Présentation ppt)
- Sources of variability of red heartwood in paper birch (Betula papyrifera Marsh.) wood and its impact on grade recovery and lumber value. (Article / Présentation ppt)
- Market trends for tropical woods (Article)
- Consumer perception of mass customized furniture (Article / Présentation ppt)
- The North American Hardwood Market: Past, Present, and Future (Article / Présentation ppt)
- Potential of European Birch species for product development of veneer and plywood - recovery, grades and mechanical properties and future market requirements (Article / Présentation ppt)

 

Session 2
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT : which products are new in construction, packaging, furniture, pulp and paper, and also in “speciality products” (medecine…) ? What are the new trends in green chemistry and nanotechnology ?

Communications and presentations ppt :
- OSB panel as substrate for engineered wood flooring (Article / Présentation ppt)
- Les arbres à parfums (Article / Présentation ppt)
- Simplified strength properties assessment for tropical hardwoods in view to CE marking (Article / Présentation ppt)
- Fracture energy along the grain of teakwood under mode I loading after selected drying schedules (Article / Présentation ppt)
- Customization of parquet production by naturally designed hardwood floors (Article / Présentation ppt)

 

Session 3
PROCESS OPTIMIZATION : what are the improvements in different processings specific to hardwoods for all industries (forest, harvesting, drying, machining, wood modification, furniture…)

Communications and presentations ppt :
- Reducing shrinkage defaults and/or drying time thanks to oscillating drying conditions (Article / Presentation ppt)
- Surface process effect on PVAc glued joints (Article / Presentation ppt)
- Hardwood Log CT Scanning - Proof of Concept (Article / Presentation ppt)
- Working centres for the primary and secondary transformation of solid wood (Article / Presentation ppt)
- Water-based Nanocrystals Cellulose Coatings (Article / Presentation ppt)
- Effect of High Temperature on Wood Properties of Canadian Boreal Hardwood
Species: Case Study of Black Ash from northwestern Ontario (Article / Presentation ppt)
- "New joining techniques for hardwood species" (Article / Presentation ppt)
- Dowel welding of Canadian wood species (presention ppt)

 

Session 4
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT : how can we counteract climate change issues through integrating sustainable development research ?

Communications and presentations ppt :
- Promoting sustainable Forest Industry Development - Forest Products web community (Article / Présentation ppt)
- Forest Certification in the context of sustainable development (Article / Présentation ppt)
- Greenhouse gas dynamics of different forest management and wood use scenarios in Switzerland (Article / Présentation ppt)

Keynote Speakers

Dr Ed Pepke : Forest Certification in the context of sustainable development

Dr Frank Werner : Impact of forests on climate change (carbone storage…)

Dr Tony Pizzi : New processes for assemblies (welding, gluing…)

Dr Jean-Pierre Haluk : Perfume trees

Dr William Luppold : North American Hardwood Market Trends

Dr Attilio Griner: Working centres in primary and secondary transformations of solid wood