Please note all schedule is set on Eastern Standard Time (EST)

POLICY OF THE PULP AND PAPER TECHNICAL ASSOCIATION OF CANADA IN RELATION TO THE CANADIAN COMPETITION ACT
All who participate in PAPTAC activities share the obligation of ensuring that those activities do not contravene the Act. Subjects which should not be discussed are: the price of industry products; the allocation of markets; the terms and conditions of sales; and company production plans, operating rates, marketing plans, and strategies.
POLITIQUE DE L’ASSOCIATION TECHNIQUE DES PÂTES ET PAPIERS DU CANADA QUANT À LA LOI SUR LA CONCURRENCE
Tous ceux qui participent aux activités de PAPTAC partagent cette obligation d’assurer que ces activités ne contreviennent pas à la loi. Certains sujets ne doivent pas être discutés, dont les prix des produits de l’industrie, la répartition des marchés, les modalités de ventes et les programmes de production des sociétés, de même que leur taux d’exploitation, leurs programmes de commercialisation et leurs stratégies.

Please note you need to log in MSTeams using your PaperWeek credentials. You will NOT BE ALLOWED in the meeting sessions if you are connected with your personal or corporate MSTeams account.

*Preliminary Program Subject to Change / Programme préliminaire sujet à changement

MONDAY FEBRUARY 5, 2024 (On-Line)

Morning

  • 08:00 – 09:00: BIOFOR Keynote (How) Turning everything green is a gold rush for the millennia  / Case Studies of Bioeconmy Successes in Europe and RISE Vision
  • 09:30 – 10:00: Networking Break
  • 09:00 – 11:30: BIOFOR RISE Presentations on “What to do with all this cellulose” and Roundtable on “Driving Forces for Bioeconomy Growth in EU”
  • 10:00 – 11:30: Technical Sessions
    • Papermaking – Innovations in Paper Chemistry
    • Environment
  • 11:30 – 12:30: Networking and Lunch Break

Afternoon

  • 12:30 – 14:00: Technical Sessions
    • Energy
    • Pulping
    • BIOFOR Roundtable: Textiles – One Year Later!
  • 14:00 – 14:30: Networking Break
  • 14:30 – 16:00: Technical Sessions
      • Tissue Making – Bamboo Pulp for Tissue Making
      • Bleaching
      •  BIOFOR Panel – First Nations and the Bioeconomy

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 6, 2024 (On-Site + On-Line)

Morning

  • 08:00 – 09:00: BIOFOR FlexSNG Session
    • Keynote Biomass Gasification
  • 08:30 – 10:00: Technical Sessions
    • Energy
  • 08:30 – 17:00: Reliability Workshop
  • 09:00 – 10:30: BIOFOR FlexSNG Session presentations
  • 10:00 – 10:30: Coffee Break & Tradeshow
  • 10:00 – 11:30: Mill Managers Forum – VIRTUAL
  • 10:30 – 12:00: Technical Sessions
    • Papermaking  – New Product Development Roundtable
    • BIOFOR Roundtable  – Derisking FlexSNG
  • 12:00 – 13:30: Networking and Lunch Break

Afternoon

  • 13:30 – 15:00: Technical Sessions
    • Tissue : Safety Creating a Culture of Safety
    • BIOFOR : Carbon Management – The Value of Carbon
  • 15:00 – 15:30: Coffee Break & Tradeshow
  • 15:30 – 17:00: Technical Sessions
      • Advances in Papermaking Technology – I
      • BIOFOR : Carbon Management – CCUS in the Forest Products Industry
  • 17:00 – 19:00: Welcoming Reception

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 7, 2024 (On-Site + On-Line)

Morning

  •  08:00 – 10:00: BIOFOR Keynotes
  • 08:30 – 10:00: Technical Sessions
    • Process Optimization & Reliability – I
    • Energy Workshop
  •  10:00 – 10:30: Coffee Break & Tradeshow
  • 10:00 – 11:30: Mill Managers Forum – VIRTUAL
  • 10:30 – 12:00: Technical Sessions
    • Papermaking : Advances in Papermaking  Technology II
    • Energy
    • BIOFOR Session: Tomorrow’s Talent
  • 12:00 – 13:30: Networking and Lunch Break

Afternoon

  • 13:30 – 15:00: Technical Sessions
    • Innovations in Tissue
    • BIOFOR: Innovation made real – visit to FPInnovations (13h-16h)
    • Management
  • 15:00 – 15:30: Coffee Break & Tradeshow
  • 15:30 – 17:00: Technical Sessions
      • Process Optimization & Reliability – II

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 8, 2024 (On-Line)

Morning

  • 08:00 – 10:00: Lignin Session Keynote and Lignin Products Presentations
  • 09:30 – 10:00: Networking Break
  • 10:00 – 11:30: Technical Sessions  
    • Papermaking  – AI & Process Control
    • Sustainability
    • BIOFOR  Session – NRCan/Fiber Futures Project
  • 11:30 – 12:30: Networking and Lunch Break

Afternoon

  • 12:30 – 14:00: Technical Sessions
    • BIOFOR : Workshop – I-BIOREF
  • 14:00 – 14:30: Networking Break
  • 14:30 – 16:00: Technical Sessions
    • Tissue 101 : Refresher Course
    • Bleaching