WWSC workshop June 2021
Winter Workshop 2025
Welcome to the 2025 WWSC Winter Workshop!
Open for WWSC members and invited guests only.
The workshop will be held at Bohusgården, Uddevalla.
Download the program (updated November 21): WWSC workshop program November 2025
Tuesday November 25
Day 1
210:30 Bus leaving Skövde C
11:00 Bus leaving Gothenburg C
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Welcome address
Eva Malmström, Center Director
14:00 Cool plastics for a greener world
Natalie Stingelin, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
14:40 Sustainability assessment of biobased systems
Göran Berndes, Chalmers
15:00 Guiding wood-based technology development with prospective LCA
Magdalena Svanström and Rickard Arvidsson, Chalmers
15:20 Coffee break
15:50 Umeå Plant Science Centre and WIFORCE – Sweden’s largest forest-research project
Ove Nilsson, SLU
16.20 Short break
16:30 Pitch and poster session 1
18:30 End of Day 1
19:00 Dinner
Wednesday November 26
Day 2
09:00 Hemicelluloses as molecular anchors to improve the functionality of cellulosic networks
Francisco Vilaplana, KTH
09:40 CelluCircle: The future for textile recycling
Varvara Apostolopoulou-Kalkavoura, CelluCircle
10:00 Forest to Forest – PaperShell’s Circular Bio-Economy
Fabian Hardt, PaperShell
10:20 Södra – Innovation in new and existing business
Hanna de la Motte, Södra
10:40 Coffee break
11:10 WWSC Program I-IV presentations
Merima Hasani, Chalmers
Eva Malmström, KTH
Jakob Wohlert, KTH
Mats Fahlman, LiU
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Postdoc presentation: Enhancing Cellulose Nanofibril Assemblies:
The Role of Polymeric Nanoparticle Additives
Åsa Jerlhagen, KTH
13:45 WWSC Bibliometry
Lisbeth Olsson, Chalmers
14:05 Program meetings (PI – IV)
Group sessions including coffee break
16:10 Short break
16:30 Pitch and poster session 2
18:30 End of Day 2
19:00 Dinner
Thursday November 27
Day 3
09:00 Is it possible to completely dry cellulose?
Igor Zozoulenko, LiU
09:30 Postdoc presentations:
Mechanochemistry: A Greener Esterification Route for Versatile Lignin Building Blocks Synthesis
Ahilan Manisekaran, Chalmers
Studies on biomass valorization using esterases active on long-chain substrates
Meera Christopher, Chalmers
Equilibrium Control for High-Yield Bio-Based Monomers from Vanillin
Judith Martin Rodriguez, LiU
EPR Insights into Lignin Radical Chemistry
Liam Mistry, Chalmers
10:30 Coffee break
11:00 Bark – an underutilized material resource
Monica Ek, KTH
11:30 Wood, fibers and fibrils as substrates for multiple functions
Lars Berglund, KTH
12:10 Concluding remarks
12:20 Lunch
13:30 Buses leaving Bohusgården,
arriving at Gothenburg C ca 14.30
arriving Skövde C ca 15.30