Program-at-a-glance / Aperçu du programme

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

Tuesday February 10, 2026 Mardi 10 février 2026

Morning

  • • BIOFOR / Energy Joint Session
    Setting Bioeconomy Strategies
  • • Keynote: Jussi Manninen (VTT)
  • • BIOFOR & Energy joint presentations
  • • Papermaking – Innovation in Papermaking Chemistry
    • BIOFOR
    Leveraging Biocarbon beyond Forest Ecosystems

Afternoon

  • • Mills for Mills – Session 1
  • • BIOFOR
    Forest Carbon: A New Form of Value, Core to our Business
  • • Tissue / Energy – Electrification, Water
    Reduction & Decarbonization of Tissue
  • • Papermaking – Paper, Packaging & Process: Driving Efficiency (barriers)
  • • Energy
    • BIOFOR
    Digitilization Technology Supporting the Forest Sector

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Wednesday February 11, 2026 Mercredi 11 février 2026

Morning

  • • BIOFOR
    Setting Bioeconomy Strategies
  • • Fireside Chat – Comparing and Contrasting between Canada and Finland’s Forest Bioeconomy
  • • BIOFOR Presentations
  • • Papermaking – Roundtable: Taking the Mystery out of AI
    • BIOFOR
    Reimagining the Forest Sector: Innovation, Bottlenecks and Bold Futures

Afternoon

  • • Mills for Mills – Session 2
  • • BIOFOR
    Keynote + Panel Session SVP Sustainability for Domtar
  • • Tissue – Intelligent Manufacturing and AI Integration
  • • Bleaching
    • Energy

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Thursday February 12, 2026 Jeudi 12 février 2026

Morning

  • • BIOFOR
    Launching a new round of IFIT support for the transformation of Canada’s forest products industry
  • • Keynote: Joyce Henry
  • • Success stories supported by the Federal Government
  • • Papermaking – Advances in Papermaking Technology I
    • BIOFOR
    Funding for the Pulp & Paper Industry

Afternoon

  • • Mills for Mills – Session 3
  • • BIOFOR
    Carbon Capture Storage/Utilizing Financing: What are private/public investors looking for in these products?
  • • Tissue – Sustainability through Process Integration, Efficiency Improvements & Bioenergy
  • • Papermaking – Advances in Papermaking Technology II
    • Bleaching / Pulping
    • BIOFOR
    Derisking CCS/CCU across the Project Lifecycle: A Blueprint for Success

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Friday February 13, 2026 Vendredi 13 février 2026

Morning

  • • BIOFOR
  • • Keynote
  • • Lignin Session Fireside Chat
  • • Environment
  • • Reliability / Sustainability
    • BIOFOR
    The Value Proposal of Sustainability and Bioproducts

Afternoon

  • • Maintenance
  • • BIOFOR
    Alternative Fibre Panel: Discuss the next generation of fibre inputs and their synergetic benefits in matrices of traditional feedstocks
  • • Chemical Recovery
  • • Process Control
    • BIOFOR
    Student Session — University Research Pertinent to the Industry

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