The Future Needs of the Paper Industry
17 November 2009 - 17 November 2009
Belgium
COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology), one of the longest-running European instruments supporting cooperation among scientists and researchers across Europe, is pleased to announce a brand new initiative to promote much needed, focused research for the European Paper Industry. Leading, established researchers in the Pulp, Paper & Board sector, along with Young Researchers embarking on a career in the Paper Industry, will meet with Industry partners in Brussels on 17 November 2009, to address the short to medium term challenges facing the Industry.
The one day event, forming a part of CEPI’s European Paper Week, has already attracted registrations from across Europe and is designed to encourage links between researchers in different institutions and links between the research sector, industrial Research & Development organisations and the Manufacturing Sector of the Pulp,Paper & Board. In the past few years, the European Industry has faced a series of new challenges as governments & legislation have responded to public opinion on matters surrounding ‘Sustainability’. Cellulose fibre, the fundamental raw material for nearly all paper products, is potentially one of the most sustainable biomaterials available for industrial scale use, yet the industries dependence on energy, water and fossil fuel derived chemicals must be reduced.
Close links must be forged between industry & researchers to develop new research groups and activities addressing these new challenges, develop new competitive, fit for purpose products & find solutions for a 21st Century Sustainable Pulp, Paper & Board Industry; an industry capable of producing not only paper, but also raw materials for a wide range of emerging industrial processes and, perhaps most importantly of all, energy!
This innovative COST sponsored ‘Strategic Research Workshop’ provides a two way forum to ‘kick start’ the research process, in line with the ’Forest-based Sector Technology Platform Strategic Research Agenda’, whilst engaging industrial partners from the outset and introducing early stage researchers to the Pulp, Paper & Board Industry.
Full details of the event, the programme and accommodation details can be found on the Workshop’s Website (http://www.paper-research.eu(opens in new window)) or by contacting the organisers via the Paper Industry Technical Association in the UK
Special funding arrangements have been put in place to encourage the attendance of Young Researchers; both from Industry and Academia, and full details can be obtained from the web site.
The one day event, forming a part of CEPI’s European Paper Week, has already attracted registrations from across Europe and is designed to encourage links between researchers in different institutions and links between the research sector, industrial Research & Development organisations and the Manufacturing Sector of the Pulp,Paper & Board. In the past few years, the European Industry has faced a series of new challenges as governments & legislation have responded to public opinion on matters surrounding ‘Sustainability’. Cellulose fibre, the fundamental raw material for nearly all paper products, is potentially one of the most sustainable biomaterials available for industrial scale use, yet the industries dependence on energy, water and fossil fuel derived chemicals must be reduced.
Close links must be forged between industry & researchers to develop new research groups and activities addressing these new challenges, develop new competitive, fit for purpose products & find solutions for a 21st Century Sustainable Pulp, Paper & Board Industry; an industry capable of producing not only paper, but also raw materials for a wide range of emerging industrial processes and, perhaps most importantly of all, energy!
This innovative COST sponsored ‘Strategic Research Workshop’ provides a two way forum to ‘kick start’ the research process, in line with the ’Forest-based Sector Technology Platform Strategic Research Agenda’, whilst engaging industrial partners from the outset and introducing early stage researchers to the Pulp, Paper & Board Industry.
Full details of the event, the programme and accommodation details can be found on the Workshop’s Website (http://www.paper-research.eu(opens in new window)) or by contacting the organisers via the Paper Industry Technical Association in the UK
Special funding arrangements have been put in place to encourage the attendance of Young Researchers; both from Industry and Academia, and full details can be obtained from the web site.
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