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10th International Conference The Cellulose and Renewable Materials Division is cosponsoring the 10th International Conference on Wood & Biofiber Composites & Cellulose Nanocomposites Symposium, to be held May 11-13, 2009 in Madison, WI. The event is hosted by the USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, and the Forest Products Society. All members of the Cellulose and Renewable Materials Division are invited to attend. More details and the program are available on the meeting's website.
15th International Symposium on Wood, The International Symposium on Wood, Fiber and Pulping Chemistry is the world's largest conference on the chemistry of wood and fibrous plants. The 15th ISWFPC is going to be held June 15–18, 2009 in Oslo, Norway. Topics are divided into three main categories: New products, materials and biorefinery; basic wood chemistry; and applied biotechnology, pulping and bleaching. Contributions range from basic chemistry of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignins via high-quality works on nanosized cellulose, new materials from lignin and cellulose and biofuels from wood to the behavior of wood and fibers during industrial processing of wood. In addition to the oral sessions, more than 150 poster presentations will be given. Program and online registration can be found at www.iswfpc2009.org.
2nd Nordic Wood Biorefinery Conference The 2nd Nordic Wood Biorefinery Conference (NWBC), an international meeting organized by KCL, VTT, and STFI-Packforsk, is going to be held September 2–4, 2009 in Helsinki, Finland. The organizers wish to invite all persons interested in the field of wood-based biorefining to participate in this event. The program is still open for poster contributions. The deadline for abstract submission is June 12, 2009. More details are available on the meeting's website.
Polysaccharides as a Source of Advanced Materials Polysaccharides as a Source of Advanced Materials is the first international meeting organized by the European Polysaccharide Network of Excellence (EPNOE). The meeting will be held September 21-24, 2009 in Turku/Åbo, Finland. More details are available on the meeting's website.
Biopolymers, Biomaterials, and Natural Fibers The 37th Annual Conference of the North American Thermal Analysis Society with a session on Biopolymers, Biomaterials, and Natural Fibers will be held September 21-23, 2009 in Lubbock, TX. Student travel grants are available on a competitive basis. The official deadline for abstract submission was April 15th, 2009. However, the abstract submission portal will continue to be open into May. A list of submitted abstracts can be found here. More details are available on the meeting's website.
Free Division Membership for Up to 1 Year Join the Cellulose and Renewable Materials Division now and pay no division dues for up to 1 year. For more details, see the How to Join page.
New ACS Fellows Program As announced in this Jan. 19, 2009 C & E News article, ACS has started a new program "to recognize members of the American Chemical Society for outstanding achievements in and contributions to science, the profession, and the society."
Job Openings A new page has been added to the Division's website, which allows members of the Division to post job openings. The new page can be accessed through the "Jobs" link in the main menu on the left hand side of the webpage. If you would like to post an opening, please send a plain text posting to the Division's webmaster.
CELL Recognized as Innovative and Outstanding Division! At the ChemLuminary awards in Philadelphia, the Cellulose and Renewable Materials Division was honored to receive an award from the ACS Committee on Divisional Activities (DAC). The award was in the category of "Innovation and Outstanding Service to Members of a Division". Here is what DAC had to say: "Cellulose and Renewable Materials - CELL created and sponsored a unique "Chemistry of Polysaccharides" Gordon Conference with international officers and rotated locations between North America, Europe, and Japan. It was a truly international chemical interaction."
CELL Division Symposium gets recognized in C&E News "GOING BEYOND FEATHER DUSTERS" - Chicken feathers are being transformed into films, composites, plastics, and roofing material". See the Chemical and Engineering News article
Last revised: April 21, 2009 |
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