Breaking Down Cellulose Fibres to Create High Value Products (2013)
Lectures given at the 2013 Marcus Wallenberg Prize Symposium held in Stockholm on 24 September, 2013
Moderator: Mr. Ulf Wickbom
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Professor Göran Sandberg, Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden.
Member of the Board of the Marcus Wallenberg Foundation
Introduction
Professor Johanna Buchert, VTT, Member of the Prize Selection Committee
Evolution and Potential Uses of Nanocrystalline Cellulose
Professor Derek G. Gray, Recipient of the 2013 Marcus Wallenberg Prize McGill University, Department of Chemistry, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Production and Processing of NCC
Dr. Richard Berry, Vice President and CTO, CelluForce Inc., Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Nanocelluloses for Templates for Functional Matter
Professor Olli Ikkala, Helsinki University of Technology/Aalto University, Espoo, Finland
Requirements on the Cellulose Fibres from the Composite Industry
Professor Jan-Anders Månson, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
Safety Assessment of Engineered Nanomaterials: Revisiting the Pathogenic Fibre Paradigm
Professor Bengt Fadeel, Head of Division of Molecular Toxicology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
What is the Future for Nanotechnology in the Forest Industry?
Professor Tom Lindström, KTH Royal Institute of Technology/Innventia, Stockholm, Sweden
Panel Discussion
