Ohjelma

10. Karelia Symposium teemalla Responsible Future of Wood Use järjestetään 16.4.2026. Paikkana Itä-Suomen yliopisto, Joensuu, auditorio M100 Metria-rakennuksessa.

Symposiumin kielenä on englanti.

Ohjelma 16.4.2026

9.00 Henrik Heräjärvi, UEF. Welcome

9.05 Päivi Nerg, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Finland. Opening of the 10th Karelia Symposium

Session 1 – Keynotes, Chair: Henrik Heräjärvi, UEF

9.20 Lindsey Wickstrom, Mattaforma, USA. Keynote 1: Designing the Forest

10.00 Leena Aarikka-Stenroos, Tampere University. Keynote 2: Towards circular and low carbon forest industries: Integrating technological, business, and societal perspectives

10.40 Q&A

10.50 Poster pitching

11.10 Lunch (at participants’ own expense), poster exhibition, and vote for the best poster

12.30 Mika Rytky, Kontiotuote Ltd. Keynote 3: Sustainability as a critical success factor

13.00 Anu Laakkonen & Katri Rusanen, University of Eastern Finland. Keynote 4: What is enough? – Perspectives on responsibility in the Finnish forest-based sector

13.30 Q&A

Session 2 – Panel discussion, Moderator: Sandra Lupien, UEF / Michigan State University

13.45 Panel discussion, keynote speakers

14.30 Coffee

Session 3 – Student’s presentations, Chair: Ossi Turunen, UEF

15.00 Previous grant recipients of Teollisuusneuvos Heikki Väänänen’s Fund

Akinsuroju Blessing Abiodun: Improving the fixation of caffeine and lignin in Scots pine using tannic acid as a cross-linkera

Abdul Azeez Hikmat Ariike: Utilization of Wood Components as Food ingredient

Taskeen Badar: Biochar and Wastewater Synergistically Enhance Willow Plant Growth and Electricity Generation in Microbial Fuel Cell Systems

15.45 Publishing of the grant receiver(s) of Teollisuusneuvos Heikki Väänänen’s Fund for 2026

Best poster award

15.55 Henrik Heräjärvi, UEF. Closing of the symposium.

16.00 – 17.00 Networking with refreshments