The final workshop in Sweden

Description

Agenda

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  13:00 - 12:00 (BST)
  📍 Location: Uppsala, Sweden Dates: Wednesday 19 November – Friday 21 November 2025 Participants: ~50 Venue: Clarion Hotel Gillet, Dragarbrunnsgatan 23, 753 20, Uppsala Room: Aros (with on-line connection) 📅 Wednesday, November 19, 2025 11:30 – 12.00 Arrival & Registration 12:10 – Lunch 13:00 – Opening Session (Mehrdad Arshadi)

  • Welcome & introduction
  • Aim of the meeting and expected outcomes

  13:15 – Thematic Session 1: [Tannins applications] (Risto Korpinen)

  • Presentations from Project Partners 1, 4, 6, 9
  • Interactive discussion (10 min)

  15:00 – Coffee/tea Break and poster session 15.30 – Thematic Session 2: [Stakeholders and target groups] (Ilona Vanaga)

  • Ilona Vanaga (PP7) …………..

  • Presentations from Target groups:

  • Sami Selkälä (Innomost) Innomost offers alternatives for the chemical industry (by teams)
  • Olof Ögren (Pulp and Paper Industry), Battling Biohazards: Biocides in Wastewater Management for Enhanced Quality in the Pulp & Paper Industry
  • Ann-Sofie Fonsen () Bridging Heritage and Innovation: Bark-Based Tanning Agents for the Leather Industry (by Teams)
  • Hanna Nore (traditional master tanner) The potential of bio-based tannins in leather tanning (by Teams)

  • Questions and discussion (10 min)

  17:30 – Wrap-up and key takeaways (Day 1) (Michael Finell)

  • Summary of the day (10 minutes)

  17:40 – Hotel check-in / Free time 18:30 – Welcome Dinner

  • Restaurant Domtrappkällaren, S.t Eriks Gränd 15

  📅 Thursday, November 20, 2025 08:30 – Thematic Session 3: [Needles applications and forest owners] (Māris Kļaviņš)

  • Presentations from Project Partners 2 and 3
  • Presentation from Partner 10

  • Interactive discussion (15 min)

  10:00 – Coffee/tea Break and poster session 10:30 – Thematic Session 4: [Innovation / Collaboration Area] (Dariusz Wloka)

  • Presentations from Target groups

  • Uģis Klētnieks (SIA “Silv EXPO”, LV) by Teams (Food supplements industry)
  • Līga Brūniņa (SIA “Labrains”, LV) by Teams (Cosmetics industry)
  • Vytautas Suchockas from Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry

  • Panel discussion + facilitated group reflections (30 min) (Jaroslaw Osiadacz)

  12:30 – Lunch 13:25 – Cultural Excursion: “Science, Heritage & Uppsala” https://destinationuppsala.se/en/tourist-information-2/maps-brochures/ Walking Tour – Central Uppsala start to walk from hotel at 13.25

  • Uppsala Cathedral (the oldest church in Sweden) 13.40-14.40
  • Coffee and cake at Guldrummet 14.45-15.15
  • Museum Gustavianum (Uppsala University) 15.25-16.25
  • Carolina Rediviva (University Library – Silver Bible) 16.30-17.30

  17:30 – Free Time / Optional Activities

  • Relaxation or personal time

  18:30 – Dinner

  • Clarion Hotel Gillet

  📅 Friday, November 21, 2025 08:30 – Thematic Session 5: [CE-business model and Techno-economic feasibility] (Dickson Rofice)

  • Presentations from Project Partners 5, 11 and 12

   

  • "Closing the loop: CE business model for forestry biomass residues" (PP12)
  • "From forest to future: Education Roadmap for the social acceptance of forest biomass" (PP5)
  • Techno-economic assessment of valuable compounds from forestry biomass (PP11)

  • Presentations from Target groups

  • Magnus Matisons, Biofuel Region, Bio Boosters project, a BSR project (by teams)

  • Interactive discussion (10 min)

  10:00 – Short break with coffee/tea

  • Policy Brief (leena Faven)

  • Sustainable Utilization of Forestry Side Streams to Promote Circular Bioeconomy

  10:45 – 11.05 Economy issues (Kristina Åberg) 11:05 – Reflections & Outcomes (Dimitris Athanassiadis)

  • Summary of thematic sessions
  • Action points and collaboration planning

  11:30 – Final Remarks & Open Floor (Christer Borglin)

  • Feedback, commitments
  • Three best posters selected by the evaluation committee

  11:50 – Closing Remarks (Mehrdad Arshadi) 12:00 – 13.00 Farewell Lunch & Departure