Plenary sessions with invited speakers (Preliminary title):

• "Challenges and Opportunities in the Next Decade"
  
  Dr. Teresa Presas, Managing Director of CEPI
  (URL: http://www.cepi.org/Content/Default.asp?PageID)
  
  

• "The Forest Biorefinery with Emphasis on the ESPRI Process and Applicable Biotechnology Developed at SUNY ESF (State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry)"

  Dr. Thomas E. Amidon, Professor and Director of ESPRI (Empire State Research Institute) Department of Paper and Bioprocess Engineering, Syracuse, New York, USA
  (URL: http://www.esf.edu/pbe/people/amidon.htm)

  

•  "New Challenges for Research and Development in the Pulp and Paper Industry" 

  Dr. Pedro Fardim, Professor and Head of the Laboratory of Fibre and Cellulose Technology, Abo Akademi University, Abo- Finland
  (URL: http://web.abo.fi/fak/tkf/tra/personal/pedro_fardim_eng.shtml)
  
  

Keynote Lectures:

• "Progress in Paper Machinery"

          Eng. Herbert Holik

• "Paper: New Functionalities for the Future"

           Professor António Câmara, CEO, YDreams
           (URL: http://www.ydreams.com/#/pt/aboutus/team/managementteam/antoniocamara/)
           and
           Dr. Inês Henriques, Vice-President for the Investigation and Development,
           YDreams Interactive Surfaces
           (URL: www.ydreams.com/#/pt/aboutus/team/managementteam/ineshenriquesmtm/)