Getting Fibrillated about the Future
Lectures given at the 2015 Marcus Wallenberg Prize Symposium held in Stockholm on 29 September, 2015
Moderator: Ms. Lydia Capolicchio
Welcome and Opening remarks
Mr. Marcus Wallenberg, Chairman of the Board of the Marcus Wallenberg Foundation
Nature’s own Nano-materials bring New Life to International Collaboration — An Introduction
Mr. Lennart Stenberg, Senior Advisor, International Cooperation & Analysis, VINNOVA, Stockholm, Sweden
The Cellulose Microfibril: A Universal Building Block of Plant Biomass
Dr. Yoshiharu Nishiyama, Co-recipient of the 2015 Marcus Wallenberg Prize, CERMAV, Grenoble, France
TEMPO-mediated Oxidation as a Tool for producing Nanofibrillated Cellulose
Associate Professor Tsuguyuki Saito, Co-recipient of the 2015 Marcus Wallenberg Prize, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Exploiting Nanofribrillated Cellulose in Composites Materials
Professor Lars Berglund, Director, Wallenberg Wood Science Center, Stockholm, Sweden
Novel Filaments and Yarns from Nanofibrillated Cellulose
Professor Ali Harlin, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd., Helsinki, Finland
Challenges on the Road to Markets
Dr. Petri Vasara, Pöyry Management Consulting Oy, Helsinki, Finland
Questions and Answers — Speakers interact with the audience
Moderated by Ms. Lydia Capolicchio
