The deadline is approaching to submit abstracts for International Conference on Wood Adhesives to be held October 25-27, 2017, in Atlanta, Ga., USA. This conference is designed to bring together industry professionals, academics, and consultants with a special interest in adhesives for wood and biomass. 

 

Topics include:

• Structure and properties
• Bio-based and novel raw materials; adhesive systems; resin chemistry
• Fundamental understanding of wood bonding and adhesive substrate interactions
• Bonding nontraditional substrates
• Issues with commercial implementation of new adhesives 
• Composites
• Modeling
• New wood-based bonding products
• Impact of regulations and consumer preference
• Engineering wood 
• Analytical and testing methodology
• Energy concerns and opportunities.

 

 Confirmed speakers and topics include:

• Venla Hemmilä - Project Leader - Adhesives, IKEA (Current and Future Adhesive Needs of Wood Based Furniture Industry)
• Dr. Tony Pizzi - Professor, LERMAB, University of Lorraine, Epinal, France (Urea-glyoxal and Melamine-glyoxal Adhesives for Wood panels and Other Applications by Total Elimination of Formaldehyde)
• Professor John A. Nairn, Richardson Chair, Oregon State University (Analysis of Adhesive Bonds Under Tension Using Coupled 3D X-ray Computer Tomography and Numerical Modeling)
• Michael J. Birkeland, Senior Staff Scientist, Solenis (Discovery to Validation: Closing the Gap from Lab to Commercial Reality).

...More speakers and plenary topics to come

 

The deadline to submit abstracts is April 1.This is the 11th in a series organized every four years by the U.S. Forest Service Products Laboratory, the Forest Products Society, and the Wood Based Composites Center. For information on the International Conference on Wood Adhesives, including full program and sponsorship opportunities, visit the website.