Welcome
7:00am – 8:00am – Breakfast and Registration Opens (Inspiration Salon B)
8:30am – Welcome and Opening Remarks (Inspiration Salon A)
8:45am – Keynote Address: Guus ter Haar, Circle Economy, Tackling the global circularity gap
9:15am – Keynote Address: Orlando Rojas, University of British Columbia, Innovations in Bio-Based Chemicals and Materials: A Colloidal Systems Approach
9:45am – Keynote Q&A
10:00am – Break
Session 1:
12:00 p.m. – Networking Lunch (Inspiration Salon B)
Session 2:
| Time | Industry Panel (Inspiration Salon A) Moderator: Eric Dobson, University of Tennessee |
|---|---|
| 1:15pm | Corey Tyree, Trillium Renewable Chemicals Jorge Gonzalez, UL Research Institutes’ Materials Discovery Research Institute Scott Kuhlman, ReCircled Brewer Logan, Verenovo Larissa Fenn, Rayonier Advanced Materials, Inc. Sarah Sullivan, Kraton Chemical, LLC |
2:45pm – Break
| Time | Working Group 1: | Working Group 2: |
|---|---|---|
| 3:15pm | Working Group 1: Survey of Current Gaps (Inspiration Salon A) Moderated by Joe Sagues, North Carolina State University / Gopinath Munisamy, University of Georgia | Working Group 2: Survey of Current Gaps (Inspiration Salon CD) Moderated by Sam Jackson, HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology / Haibo Huang, Virginia Tech |
4:45pm – Reconvene and Report Out: Moderated by Niki Labbé, University of Tennessee (Inspiration Salon A)
5:30pm – Close of Day 1
Evening Session:
6:00pm – Reception & Poster Session (Hallway)
6:30pm – Dinner (Inspiration Salon B)
8:00pm – Poster Session, (cont.)
Session 3:
7:00am – 8:00am – Breakfast and Registration Opens (Inspiration Salon B)
10:10am – BREAK
12:00pm – Networking Lunch (Inspiration Salon B)
Session 4:
| Time | Panel Discussion: Research strategies and partnerships, and regional industry commitments for accelerating deployment of CBS Programs (Inspiration Salon A) Moderator: Brahm Verma, University of Georgia |
|---|---|
| 1:15pm | Kirsten Allen, Schmidt Sciences Brad Day, University of Tennessee Stephanie Herbstritt, Clean Air Task Force Gary Thompson, AgInnovation South Sarah Sullivan, Kraton Chemical, LLC |
3:00pm – Report Out: Moderator: Gary Thompson, AgInnovation South and Tim Rials, University of Tennessee
4:00pm – Close of Meeting
Chenxi Cao (Virginia Tech)
Development of sustainable biomanufacturing process for packaging applications
Ahmed Chennak (University of Tennessee)
On the economics of circular economy
Hyolee Choi (North Carolina State University)
Functionalization of softwood kraft lignin for ion-exchange resin
Mary Danielson (University of Tennessee)
Tunable, recyclable, and stimuli-responsive bio-derived polymers for real-world challenges
Shaikat Dey (North Carolina State University)
Biocrude derived anode material production for lithium-ion batteries
José Gonzalez-Aguirre (North Carolina State University)
Acid washing of Fe catalyst with HCl and recycling strategy in catalytic graphitization
Zunhuang He (Virginia Tech)
Development of biodegradable, bio-based bioplastic-coated paper with a novel spray coating method
Tanvir Islam (North Carolina State University)
Biomass burial: A near-term, scalable carbon removal technology
Jodi Johnson-Maynard (University of Georgia)
Sustainable biomanufacturing of materials and chemicals in circular forest bioeconomy system
Gourav Kamboj (University of Tennessee)
Siloxylated lignin coatings for enhanced water and oil barrier applications
Taylor Kanipe (North Carolina State University)
Turning Cottonseed oil into sustainable finishes: Hydrophobic and wrinkle-resistant cotton fabric
Xuan Li (University of Tennessee)
Cellulose nanofibrils as functional additives in foliar fertilizer formulation
Yilin Li (Virginia Tech)
Valorization of switchgrass into functional carbon materials and natural emulsifiers
Lilian Lower (North Carolina State University)
Bio-based battery materials for circular energy storage systems
Umesh Marathe (University of Tennessee)
Loops of circularity: Rethinking construction through circular fabrication and material design
Nicole Nunoo (University of Georgia)
Peanut value chain circular bioeconomy systems: Opportunities for optimizing resources use and biomass valorization
Sumon Reza (North Carolina State University)
Upcycling cotton-polyester textile waste into high surface area carbon for energy storage applications
Hongchen Shen (Virginia Tech)
Production of highly fermentable dietary fibers from brewer’s spent grains treated with aqueous ammonia
Rebecca Wilkes (University of Tennessee)
Harnessing bacterial metabolism for biochemical production from lignin streams
Ethan Woods (North Carolina State University)
Biomass composting with gaseous CO2 capture
Fujunzhu Zhao (Virginia Tech)
Advancing circular bioeconomy through scalable production of biodegradable polymer from waste glycerol