Recognition will be made for the best oral presentation and the best poster, between all participants that have submitted their works before 15 August, 2016 (new date). The two winners will be rewarded with 1000€, each. The selection will be made by the Scientific Committee of the Conference.
Additionally, the traditional “TECNICELPA Award" will be attributed.

TECNICELPA AWARD 2016
5th edition

Promoter: TECNICELPA - Associação Portuguesa dos Técnicos das Indústrias de Celulose e Papel.
Purpose: “Tecnicelpa Award” intends to stimulate the production of technical and scientific papers in Companies, Universities and research Institutes that develop their activity in areas directly or indirectly related to Forest, Pulp, Paper and Board. The essential purpose of this Award is to contribute to knowledge improvement, witch the institution believes is a determining factor for the Portuguese industry in the actual scenery of global competitiveness.
Scope: Technical and scientific papers, developed in a National Organization, in areas directly or indirectly related to Forest, Pulp, Paper and Board, by authors of Portuguese or other nationality.
Value of the Award: 3000 € (three thousand Euros).
Selection of Papers: will be done by TECNICELPA's Scientific Committee during the XXIII TECNICELPA International Conference, and the award will be delivered in a ceremony to be held during the event. Papers presented to the conference will be object of this evaluation, if the respective authors are within the criteria defined above and did not declare their intention to renounce to the Award.
Copyright: Tecnicelpa will be the copyright owner of the paper awarded for its publication in different supports (Book of papers / abstracts; Info@Tecnicelpa; informatic supports; www.tecnicelpa.com site on the internet).

3rd edition TECNICELPA Awards in 2010
 “Paper Surface Chemistry as a Tool to Improve Inkjet Printing Quality” Isabel M. T. Moutinho, Margarida L. Figueiredo, Paulo J.T. Ferreira

2nd edition TECNICELPA Awards in 2007 
“Biorefinação – uso de enzimas no melhoramento da refinação de uma pasta kraft branqueada de Eucalyptus globulus”, Nuno Gil, Cristina Gil, Maria Emília Amaral, Ana Paula Costa e Ana Paula Duarte; Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal.

1st edition TECNICELPA Awards In 2005
“Química da madeira de Eucalyptus globulus: Especificidades e impacto nos processos de cozimento e de branqueamento”, Carlos Pascoal Neto, Dmitry Evtuguin, Paula Pinto, Armando Silvestre, Carmen Freire; CICECO e Departamento de Química, Universidade de Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.