The Papermaking track will again offer a comprehensive program over 5 sessions, including 3 on-site sessions at The Fairmont Queen Elizabeth hotel in Montreal on Tuesday and Wednesday February 11-12, 2025.
SESSION 1- Advances in Papermaking Chemistry, Monday February 10, 10:30 ET
10:30 Presentation to be confirmed
11:00 “Wet-end O&G resistance”, Sanjeev Jain, PakitGreen Inc USA
11:30 “Bio-mass balanced approach - Renewable Polymers for P&P”, Nicholas Hart and Maria Sederholm, Kemira
SESSION 2 Monitoring & Control, Tuesday February 11, 10:30 ET (On-site & MSTeams)
10:30 “AI Application in Optimization”, Vipin Raghavan, HABER
10:50 “Case Studies on Refining, Fibre Development”, Jalal Habibi, FPInnovations
11:10 “Proactive Raw Water Management: Leveraging Predictive Control for Sustainable Paper Production”, Stammegna Runtz, Kemira
11:30 “Plume Reduction on Dryer Hood Exhaust Stacks”, Alfredo Sarli, Valmet
SESSION 3 - Roundtable: Strength Development, Tuesday February 11, 15:30 ET (On-site & MSTeams)
15:30 “Innovative Holistic Approach to Water Management – Synergistic Effect of Multiple Programs on Runnability and Strength”, Philippe Schyns, Ecolab
16:00 “Intensity Theory vs MAGNUS & its Impact on Strength Development”, Al Zumpano, Andritz
16:30 “Key Papermaking Parameters which Influence Sheet Strength”, Jimmy Jong, FPInnovations
SESSION 4 - Advances in Papermaking, Wednesday February 12, 10:30 ET (On-site & MSTeams)
10:30 “The Influence of Press Felt Seams on Paper Strength”, Omid Mohammadi, UBC
11:00 “Steam System Optimization”, Mike Soucy, Kadant
11:30 “Roll Beta Covers”, Bill Bork, Valmet
SESSION 5 - Barrier Applications, Thursday February 13, 10:30 ET
10:30 “Bio-based Barrier Solutions - Barriers Enabling Plastics to Paper Transformation in Packaging”, Adam Tonzi, Kemira
11:00 “Barrier Grade Development at FPInnovations”, Lyne Cormier, FPInnovations
11:30 “Next Generation Nano-structured Material Derived from Ocean Water”, Spencer Pieczonka & Aaron Guan, Neptune