Tuesday, April 5, 20167:15 - 7:45 a.m. Continental Breakfast • 1st Floor Foyer

Session 1: Day 1 Opening Plenary (8:00 - 9:15 a.m.) Auditorium • 1st Floor7:45 - 8:15 a.m. Welcome and Meeting Overview • Conference Moderator Norman F. Marsolan • Executive Director, Renewable Bioproducts Institute8:15 - 9:15 a.m. Keynote Address • Gregg Beckham • National Renewable Energy Laboratory • Developments Toward the Integrated Biorefinery at NREL

9:15 a.m. BreakSession 2: (9:30 - 10:15 a.m.) Session Rooms

Track Operational Excellence The Future of Biocomposites New Opportunities in Biochemicalsin Advanced Pulping, Paper and Packaging and Nanocellulose

Moderator: Chris Luettgen Moderator: Meisha Shofner Moderator: Matthew RealffRoom 218 • Lobby Level • 2nd Floor Room 114 • 1st Floor Room 521 • 5th Floor

9:30 - 10:30 a.m. Jon Rager, RISI Soydan Ozcan, ORNL Art Ragauskas, ORNL, UT-KnoxvilleTrack Keynote Track Keynote Track Keynote

Global Industry Outlook: Challenges and Opportunities Physiochemical CharacterizationA Platform for Innovation? for Nano-Cellulose for and Utilization of Lignin

Innovative Composite-Based Applications from a Biorefinery10:30 - 11:00 a.m. Track Overview: Chris Luettgen Track Overview: Meisha Shofner Track Overview: Matthew Realff

11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch and Networking • Member’s Lounge • 1st FloorPoster Session Part I • You will have another opportunity during this evening's reception to browse the posters on display and converse with the presenters.

Session 3: (1:00 - 3:30 p.m.) Session RoomsTrack Operational Excellence The Future of Biocomposites New Opportunities in Biochemicals

in Advanced Pulping, Paper and Packaging and NanocelluloseModerator: Chris Luettgen Moderator: Meisha Shofner Moderator: Matthew Realff

Room 218 • Lobby Level • 2nd Floor Room 114 • 1st Floor Room 521 • 5th Floor1:00 - 1:40 p.m. Chris Muhlstein Paul Russo Gregg Beckham

Digital Image Correlation Insights Biopolymers as Organizers Featured Speakerinto Paper Deformation and Failure Lignin Valorization

by Biological Funnelingand Chemical Catalysis

1:40 - 2:05 p.m. Mark Losego Clive Liu Hannah Akinosho(Advisor: Satish Kumar) (Advisor: Art Ragauskas)

Developing Cellulose Hydrophobicity Lignin-Polyacrylonitrile Blend Carbon Fiber: Lignin S/G Ratio andand Other Functional Properties in Paper A Step Toward Green Manufacturing its Implications for Biofuel

2:05 - 2:30 p.m. Preet Singh Vincent LiWith Ph.D. candidates Aydin Baykal (Advisors: Yulin Deng and Jerry Qi)

and Liang He 3D-Printed Nanocellulosic MaterialsCorrosion Sciences and their Composites

Allison Tolbert(Advisor: Art Ragauskas)

Application of ToF-SIMS in biomass characterization and pretreatment research

2:30 - 3:00 p.m. Discussion Discussion Discussion3:00 - 3:30 p.m. Break

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Tuesday, April 5, 2016Session 4: Track Wrap and Plenary Session (3:30 - 5:30 p.m.) Session Rooms and Auditorium • 1st Floor

3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Track: Interactive Discussion Track: Interactive Discussion Track: Interactive DiscussionRoom 218 • Lobby Level • 2nd Floor Room 114 • 1st Floor Room 521 • 5th Floor

4:30 - 5:00 p.m. Track Discussions Report-Out (10 minutes per group) • Auditorium • 1st Floor5:00 - 5:30 p.m. Flash Reports (15 minutes each) • Auditorium • 1st Floor • Norman F. Marsolan, Moderator • David Turpin, Agenda 2020 • Chris Luettgen, RBI5:30 - 5:45 p.m. Break5:45 - 7:00 p.m. Poster Session Part II and Networking • Member’s Lounge • 1st Floor

Dinner and Featured Speaker (7:00 - 8:30 p.m.) Member’s Lounge and Dining Room • 1st Floor7:00 - 8:30 p.m. Dinner/Presentation • Mastering the Challenges of Leading Change • James Dallas • President, J. Dallas & Associates

in conversation with Kathleen Bennett • Bennett Consulting, LLC

Wednesday, April 6, 20167:15 - 7:45 a.m. Breakfast • Auditorium Foyer • 1st Floor

Session 5: Day 2 Opening Plenary (7:45 - 8:45 a.m.) Auditorium • 1st Floor7:45 - 8:00 a.m. Recap and Day 2 Kickoff • Norman F. Marsolan, Moderator8:00 - 8:45 a.m. Dr. Steve Cross • Executive Vice President Research, Georgia Tech • Georgia Tech’s Innovation Ecosystem and Benefits for Company/University Collaborations8:45 - 9:00 a.m. Break

Session 6: (9:00 - 10:30 a.m) • Session RoomsTrack Moderator: Chris Luettgen Moderator: Meisha Shofner Moderator: Matthew Realff

Room 218 • Lobby Level • 2nd Floor Room 114 • 1st Floor Room 521 • 5th Floor9:00 - 9:30 a.m. Krista Walton John Reynolds Pamela Peralta-Yahya

Carbide-Derived Carbons Redox-Active Polymers for GPCR-Based Sensorsfor Removal of Toxic Chemicals from Air Electrochromism and Charge Storage: to Accelerate the Engineering

Towards Cellulose-Based Substances of Chemical-Producing Microbes9:30 - 10:00 a.m. Cyrus Aidun CNF Users Panel • Moderator: Robert Moon Andreas Bommarius

Multi-Scale Computational Modeling to Jim Bradbury • Verso Corporation Chemical and Enzymatic RoutesAdvance Understanding Papermaking Processes Sean Ireland • IMERYS for the Valorization of Lignocellulose

10:00 - 10:30 a.m. Nagi Gebraeel Sandeep Kulkarni • PepsiCo Yulin DengIoT and the Interface of Kim Kurtis • GT Approaches for Hydrogen

Condition Monitoring, Reliability and Maintenance Soydan Ozcan • ORNL and Vanillin Production from Lignin10:30 - 11:00 a.m. Break

Session 7: Final Plenary (11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.) Auditorium • 1st Floor11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. RBI Research Portfolio

Norman F. Marsolan • Executive Director, RBI • Value Created by RBI’s Unique EndowmentDon McConnell • Vice President, Office of Industry Collaboration • GT: The Power of the GT Research Engine and New IP InstrumentsNaresh Thadhani • Professor and Chair • MSE/GT and Sankar Nair • Professor, Associate Chair • Industry Outreach • ChBE/GT:The Value for Companies Through Georgia Tech Research Capabilities

12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Lunch • Plenary SessionDining Room • 1st Floor

1:00 p.m. Adjourn

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