Virtual after-work with FinnCERES & PI
You are warmly welcome to our virtual after-work event on 13 September, jointly organized by FinnCERES and the Finnish Forest Products Engineers’ Association (PI). You will hear how the FinnCERES Flagship has progressed during the first years of operation – What is coming out from the research pipeline? Moreover, you will find out how Aalto University is promoting sustainability in education. You will also hear about the ExpandFibre ecosystem and how it supports the translation of scientific breakthroughs into sustainable innovations.
Additionally, we will have the pleasure to hear short research pitches from the Finnish candidates attending the Young Researchers’ Challenge of the Marcus Wallenberg Prize event later in October 2021.
Additionally, we will have the pleasure to hear short research pitches from the Finnish candidates attending the Young Researchers’ Challenge of the Marcus Wallenberg Prize event later in October 2021.
When
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Where
Online
Registration period:
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Event language(s)
English
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
15.20 Streaming opens
15.30 Opening of the event
- Welcome speech, Antti Lindqvist, Managing Director, Finnish Forest Products Engineers’ Association (PI)
15.35 Finnish excellence boosting the sustainable materials bioeconomy
- Aalto CHEM boosting the bioeconomy
Kristiina Kruus, Dean, School of Chemical Engineering, Aalto University
- FinnCERES research highlights
Monika Österberg & Tekla Tammelin, FinnCERES Scientific Principal Investigators
- ExpandFibre: Accelerating the development of sustainable bioproducts
Katariina Kemppainen, VP, Group R&D at Metsä Spring, ExpandFibre Programme Manager
16.30 Pitches by the Marcus Wallenberg Prize Event Young Researcher Challenge candidates
- Facilitator, Antti Viitanen, Deal Flow Manager, FiBAN
17.20 Wrap-up and closing the live event
17.30 Video stories about forest-based bioeconomy applications
17.45 Event and streaming ends
More information at the website of Finnish Forest Products Engineers' Association
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