Webinar: Skills and talents for the future bioeconomy

Hear the pitches of the brightest young Finnish researchers!

Warmly welcome to our webinar "Skills and talents for the future bioeconomy" jointly organized by FinnCERES and the Finnish Forest Products Engineers’ Association - PI. You will have the opportunity to hear the pitch presentations of the Finnish candidates in the Marcus Wallenberg Young Researcher Challenge.   Webinar is scheduled for Tuesday, October 24th from 14.45 - 16.00 EET.

PROGRAM

14:45 - 16:00

KEYNOTE: Upskilling for sustainable Europe, Tiina Nypelö, Aalto University

PITCH PRESENTATIONS by the Marcus Wallenberg Prize Event Young Researcher Challenge candidates

• Advancements in three-dimentional (3D) forming of fiber-based materials using thermoforming process, Sanaz Afshariantorghabeh, LUT University
• Overcoming manufacturing challenges of biobased nanofilms, Hamidreza Ahadian, VTT
• Simulating the impacts of climate change and forest disturbances on forest ecosystem services and resilience, Katharina Albrich, Natural Resources Institute Finland, LUKE 
• Unlocking the unique, climatic, and physiological signal from hydrogen isotopes in trees, Charlotte Angove, Natural Resources Institute Finland, LUKE 
• Controlling lignin structure during biomass processing to obtain highperformance bio-based materials, Stefania Bertella, VTT 
• AI-guided biorefinery optimization for the targeted production of lignin carbohydrate complexes with tunable properties, Daryna Diment, Aalto University
• Wood hemicellulose derivatives with tailored surface activity towards aqueous dispersion coating, Minette Kvikant, Åbo Akademi University 
• Bio-waxes used as a barrier formulation material in coating fibre-based substrates. Bio-waxes used as a barrier formulation material in coating fibre-based substrates, Sai Li, Helsinki University
• Water vapour sorption behaviour of wood under load, Mikko Valkonen, Aalto University
• Sustainable, low-cost route to cellulose nanocrystals by electrochemical oxidation, Neptun Yousefi, Aalto University
• Highly graphitized lignin-derived carbon with hierarchical N/O co-doping “coreshell” superstructure for advanced supercapacitor performance, Ha Zhang, Åbo Akademi University

Register no later than October 23, 2023