TAPPIProfessionalDevelopmentCourse
DesigningtheForestBiorefinery
InConjunctionWith:
Overview The biorefinery course targets forestry company decision‐making, and will address a
wide range of key issues for biorefinery strategy and design. The theme of Day 1 is
AdvancedBiorefineryFundamentals,theDay2themeisSettingBiorefineryStrategy,
and the Day 3 theme is Biorefinery Techno‐Economics and Case Studies. Expert
instructors from across North America and Europe will share their experience, including
numerousindustryandothercasestudies.
Who Should Attend? Thisisacriticaltimeforthebiorefinerydevelopmentintheforestrysector–companiesare
at different points in setting their strategies, and any number of biorefinery product‐
processoptionsarebeingconsidered.Whatisthebestsolution,andhowcantechnologies
besystematicallyevaluatedforcompetitiveadvantage?Thereisnosilverbulletbiorefinery
solution, and many questions must be addressed by companies considering successful
biorefineryimplementation.Thiscoursewillseektoaddresssomeofthese,including:

Whichbiorefineryproductswillprovidesustainablygoodmarginsoverthelongterm?

Which emerging biorefinery processes are the most promising for making these
products?

What are process efficiencies and operating costs today, and what might they be in 5
yearsfromnowaftertheprocesstechnologieshavematured?

Howdowebestuseexistingmillinfrastructurewhenimplementingthebiorefinery?

Can we implement the biorefinery, and at the same time lower the unit costs of our
wood,pulpandpaperproducts?Whatistheprofitabilityofapulpmillintegratedwitha
biorefineryprocess,comparedtoonethatisnotintegrated?
TAPPIProfessionalDevelopmentCourse
DesigningtheForestBiorefinery
InConjunctionWith:
Thiscourseisintendedforcorporatepersonnelinforestrycompanieswhowishtobecome
more knowledgeable about biorefinery implementation strategy and design methods, as
wellasmillmanagersandtechnicalstaffwhoseektoidentifyandselectthebestbiorefinery
strategy at the mill level. This course will also seek to provide knowledge for biorefinery
technology providers and consultants to assist them in understanding how biorefinery
evaluations can take place, and better understand the range of emerging biorefinery
technologiesandtheirdesign/implementationinaforestcompanybusinessplan.
Course Format The course format will encourage exchange between instructors and participants. The
emphasis on the course is not to present a series of potential biorefinery technologies,
howeverexchangesonthestrengthsandweaknessesofspecifictechnologystrategies
will be encouraged. The biorefinery course seeks to bring together forest industry
leaders and management, leading technology providers and industry consultants to
share their experience in developing biorefinery strategies, in order to better understand
emerging biorefinery technologies and their design/implementation within business
strategies.
TheTAPPIBiorefinerycourseisco‐sponsoredbyPAPTAC,andisbeingledbyPaulStuart,
NSERC Chair in Design Engineering at Ecole Polytechnique of the University of Montreal,
andPrincipalatEnVertisBiorefineryConsultants.
TheTAPPIcoursewillbeoffered20‐22September2013attheHyattonMaininGreenBay
Wisconsin(http://greenbay.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels‐greenbay/)followingTAPPI’s
biorefineryconferenceIBBC
(http://www.tappi.org/content/events/13IBBC/callforpapers.pdf).
TAPPIProfessionalDevelopmentCourse
DesigningtheForestBiorefinery
InConjunctionWith:
Course outline Day 1: Advanced Biorefinery Fundamentals Friday 20 September 2013 12h00–12h15
12h15–14h00
14h00–14h15
14h15–15h00
15h00–15h45
15h45–16h00
16h00–17h30
17h30–18h00
WelcomeandIntroductions
PaulStuart‐EcolePolytechniqueandEnVertisConsulting(MontrealQC)
SystematicEvaluationoftheForestBiorefinery PaulStuart‐EcolePolytechniqueandEnVertisConsulting(MontrealQC)
CoffeeBreak
ChemicalandPhysicalCharacterizationofWoodfortheBiorefinery
AdriaanvanHeiningen–UniversityofMaine(OronoME)
BiochemicalConversionTechnology
BiljanaBujanovic–SUNYESF(SyracuseNY)
CoffeeBreak
ThermochemicalConversionTechnology
JimFrederick–TableMountainConsulting(GoldenCO)
RecapandDiscussion
PanelIncludingSpeakersoftheDay
TAPPIProfessionalDevelopmentCourse
DesigningtheForestBiorefinery
InConjunctionWith:
Day 2: Setting Biorefinery Strategy Saturday 21 September 2013 07h30–08h00
08h00–08h15
08h15–09h45
09h45–10h00
10h00–10h45
10h45–11h30
11h30–12h15
12h15–13h00
CoffeeandCroissants
AgendafortheDay,andOverviewofNewBook:
“IntegratedBiorefineries:Design,Analysis,andOptimization”
PaulStuart‐EcolePolytechniqueandEnVertisConsulting(MontrealQC)
EvaluatingProductStrategiesfortheForestBiorefinery
VirginieChambost‐EnVertisConsulting(MontrealQC)
CoffeeBreak
MitigatingRiskwithDiversifiedProductPortfolios
MikeRushton–LignolInnovations(BurnabyBC)
SupplyChainManagementfortheForestBiorefinery
LouisPatrickDansereau–KSHSolutions(MontrealQC)
GovernmentPolicyandBiorefining:
MovingForwardwithAdvancedTechnologies
WarrenMabee–Queen’sUniversity(KingstonON)
Lunch
TAPPIProfessionalDevelopmentCourse
DesigningtheForestBiorefinery
InConjunctionWith:
13h00–14h30
14h30–15h45
15h45–16h00
16h00–17h30
17h30–18h00
BiorefineryDevelopmentandImplementation
DougSingbeil‐FPInnovations(Pointe‐ClaireQC)
EvaluatingBiorefineryStrategiesConsideringRiskandSustainability
ShabnamSanaei‐EnVertisConsulting(MontrealQC)
CoffeeBreak
Surveyof2012‐2013BiorefineryStart‐Ups
BenThorp–BioenergyDeploymentConsortium(RichmondVA)
RecapandDiscussion
PanelIncludingSpeakersoftheDay
TAPPIProfessionalDevelopmentCourse
DesigningtheForestBiorefinery
InConjunctionWith:
Day 3: Biorefinery Techno‐Economics and Case Studies Sunday 22 September 2013 07h30–08h00
08h00–08h30
08h30–09h15
09h15–10h00
CoffeeandCroissants
AgendafortheDay,andUsingExperienceCurvesforRiskAssessment
PaulStuart‐EcolePolytechniqueandEnVertisConsulting(MontrealQC)
WoodPulpingandBiorefineryProcesses
AdriaanvanHeiningen–UniversityofMaine(OronoME)
BiobutanolfromLignocellulosicsforChemicalsand LiquidBiofuelsProduction
AdriaanvanHeiningen–UniversityofMaine(OronoME)
10h00–10h15
CoffeeBreak
10h15–11h45
TheLignoBoostProcess PerTomani–Innventia(Stockholm,Sweden)
11h45–12h30
TheLignoForceProcess LamfeddalKouisni–FPInnovations(Pointe‐ClaireQC)
12h30–13h30
Lunch
TAPPIProfessionalDevelopmentCourse
DesigningtheForestBiorefinery
InConjunctionWith:
13h30–14h15
14h15–15h00
15h00–15h45
15h45–16h00
16h00–16h45
16h45–17h30
17h30–18h00
ValuePriortoPulping(VPP)‐ATechno‐EconomicAnalysis GopalGoyal–InternationalPaper(LovelandOH)
EnhancementofHotWaterExtractionwiththeProductionofFurfural,
NanoCelluloseandHigherValueLignin BiljanaBujanovic–SUNYESF(SyracuseNY)
EconomicsofHardwoodBiorefineryBasedonHotWaterExtraction
withRevenueEnhancingProducts
BiljanaBujanovic–SUNYESF(SyracuseNY)
CoffeeBreak
HydroxyAcidSeparationfromBlackLiquor
EemeliHytönen–VTT(HelsinkiFinland)
ProjectIndependence:CaseStudyoftheStrategyandDevelopmentof
aBiorefineryProject
DougFreeman–NewPage(EscanabaMI)
RecapandDiscussion
PanelIncludingSpeakersoftheDay