Programme
The 9th Pacific Rim Bio-Based Composites Symposium organising committee welcomed the Pacific Rim Bio-Based Composites Symposium back to its birthplace. New Zealand was host to the inaugural Pacific Rim Bio-Based Composites Symposium in 1992. The theme for the 2008 Symposium was “Innovation and Challenges in Bio-based Composites – How Far to the New Frontier?”
The key objective of this international symposium was to provide a forum for discussion and to facilitate the exchange of ideas and information on the latest development and findings in bio-based composites. Among the delegates attending this event were scientists and experts from the relevant industries, government agencies, universities and research institutions. In addition, this symposium was a forum for promoting and strengthening further cooperation and networking amongst the researchers, experts, manufacturers and machine suppliers for the development of bio-based composite industries.
2008 Symposium Programme
The 2008 Symposium covered all aspects of bio-based composites. Themes covered:
• Bio-resources (including characterization, supply, processing, environmental, economic, future challenges and opportunities of wood or non-wood fibres)
• Adhesives and bonding (current and new adhesives; adhesive mechanisms and characterization; future challenges and opportunities)
• Chemical modification and utilisation of fibrils and fibres (fundamental and applied aspects)
• Processing technologies (including existing and new production technologies, process modelling, material interactions, production and demand trends)
• New analytical techniques
• Sustainable development and manufacture of bio-composites
• New composite products
• Economics, management and marketing
• VCO / Formaldehyde
• New / niche value products
Programme Content
At the Symposium, 42 speakers drawn from around the world covered the very latest developments on topics covering adhesion, VOC emissions, recostituted composites, engineered wood products, fibre reinforced plastics, inorganic binders and chemical modification.
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