Committees

• Conference Chair

Amar Mohanty | University of Guelph | Canada

• Technical Co-Chairs

Sarah Billington | Stanford University | USA
Marie-Pierre Laborie | University of Freiburg | Germany
Manju Misra | University of Guelph | Canada
Ning Yan | University of Toronto | Canada

• Executive Advisory Committee

Ron Buckhalt | USDA BioPreferred Program | USA
Stewart Cressman | Agricultural Research Institute of Ontario | Canada
Lawrence T. Drzal | Michigan State University | USA
Michel M. Dumoulin | National Research Council Canada | Canada
Peter Frise | Auto21, University of Windsor | Canada
Kevin Hall | University of Guelph | Canada
Hamada Hiroyuki | Kyoto Institute of Technology | Japan
Deborah Mielewski | Ford Motor Company | USA
Ramani Narayan | Michigan State University | USA
Mohini Sain | University of Toronto | Canada
Gord Surgeoner | Ontario Agri-Food Technology | Canada
Dilip Tambyrajah | International Natural Fiber Organization | Netherlands
Michael Toombs | Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food | Canada
Maria Wellisch | Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | Canada

• Local Organizing Committee

Atul Bali | Competitive Green Technologies
Terry Daynard | University of Guelph
Animesh Dutta | University of Guelph
Urs Eggimann | Ontario Biomass Producers Co-operative Inc.
Stefano Gregori | University of Guelph
John Kelly | Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers' Association
Loong-Tak Lim | University of Guelph
Ralph Martin | University of Guelph
Peter Pauls | University of Guelph
Khurshid Saharan | Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Jeff Schmalz | Soy 20/20

• International Scientific Committee

Sung-Hoon Ahn | Seoul National University | South Korea
Rajesh Anandjiwala | Council for Scientific and Industrial Research | South Africa
Debes Bhattacharyya | University of Auckland | New Zealand
Alexander Bismarck | Imperial College London | United Kingdom
Rigoberto Burgueño | Michigan State University | USA
K. Chandrashekhara | Missouri University of Science and Technology | USA
Jonathan Chen | University of Texas at Austin | USA
Craig Clemons | USDA Forest Service | USA
Yulin Deng | Georgia Institute of Technology | USA
Hom Dhakal | University of Portsmouth | United Kingdom
John Dorgan | Colorado School of Mines | USA
Nandika D'Souza | University of North Texas | USA
Hans-Josef Endres | University of Applied Sciences and Arts - Hochschule Hannover | Germany
Karl Englund | Washington State University | USA
Sevim Erhan | USDA Agricultural Research Service | USA
Raul Fangueiro | University of Minho | Portugal
Robert Fireovid | USDA Agricultural Research Service | USA
Douglas Gardner | University of Maine | USA
Anup Ghosh | Indian Institute of Technology Delhi | India
Gregory Glenn | USDA Agricultural Research Service | USA
David Grewell | Iowa State University | USA
Rakesh Gupta | West Virginia University | USA
Mikael Hedenqvist | KTH Royal Institute of Technology | Sweden
Sadhan C. Jana | University of Akron | USA
Niranjan Karak | Tezpur University | India
Manfred Kircher | CLIB 2021 Cluster Industrielle Biotechnologie | Germany
Marek Kozlowski | Wroclaw University of Technology | Poland
Shijie Liu | State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry | USA
Alcides Lopes Leão | UNESP | Brazil
Lucian Lucia | North Caroline State University | USA
Pralay Maiti | Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) | India
Aji Mathew | Luleå University of Technology | Sweden
Laurent Matuana | Michigan State University | USA
Hazizan Md Akil | Universiti Sains Malaysia | Malaysia
Michael A. R. Meier | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology | Germany
Jörg Müssig | Bremen University of Applied Sciences| Germany
Andrew Myers | Pittsburg State University | USA
Ramaswamy Nagarajan | University of Massachasetts Lowell | USA
Satya Narayan Naik | Indian Institute of Technology Delhi | India
Asami Nakai | Gifu University | Japan
Rodrigo Navia | University of La Frontera | Chile
Anil Netravali | Cornell University| USA
Krisstiina Oksman | Luleå University of Technology| Sweden
William Orts | USDA Agricultural Research Service | USA
Martin Patel | University of Geneva| Switzerland
Ton Peijs | Queen Mary, University of London | United Kingdom
Kim Pickering | University of Waikato | New Zealand
Srikanth Pilla | Clemson University | USA
Béla Pukánszky | Budapest University of Technology and Economics | Hungary
Bandaru V. Ramarao | State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry | USA
Pietro Russo | National Council of Research of Italy | Italy
Bodo Saake | University of Hamburg | Germany
Nabanita Saha | Tomas Bata University in Zlín | Czech Republic
Run-Cang Sun | South China University of Technology | China
Xiuzhi (Susan) Sun | Kansas State University| USA
John Summerscales | Plymouth University| United Kingdom
Wim Thielemans | KU Leuven | Belgium
Lih-Sheng (Tom) Turng | Wisconsin Institute for Discovery | USA
Chad Ulven | North Dakota State University | USA
Jingxin Wang | West Virginia University | USA
Yu-Zhong Wang | Sichuan University | China
John Williams | Sinvestec UK | United Kingdom
Maria Wladyka-Przybylak | Institute of Natural Fibres and Medicinal Plants | Poland
Qiangxian Wu | Central China Normal University | China
Yu-Qiu (Amy) Yang | Donghua University China | China
Rangrong Yoksan | Kasetsart University | Thailand
Jinwen Zhang | Washington State University| USA
Tanja Zimmermann | EMPA Materials Science & Technology | Switzerland
Malgorzata Zimniewska | Institute of Natural Fibres and Medicinal Plants | Poland

• National Scientific Committee

Anthony Anyia | Alberta Innovates-Technology Futures
Franco Berruti | Western University
Habiba Bougherara | Ryerson University
David Bressler | University of Alberta
Ajay Dalai | University of Saskatchewan
Bill Deen | University of Guelph
Johanne Denault | National Research Council Canada
John Dutcher | University of Guelph
Andrew Hrymak | Western University
Amir Fam | Queen’s University
Basil Favis | École Polytechnique de Montréal
Raghavan Jayaraman | University of Manitoba
Marianna Kontopoulou | Queen’s University
Takashi Kuboki | Western University
Luc Laperrière | Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Sean McKay | Composites Innovation Centre
Hani Naguib | University of Toronto
Suresh Narine | Trent University
Anh Dung Ngô | École de technologie supérieure de l’Université du Québec
Aung Oo | Western Sarnia-Lambton Research Park
Chul Park | University of Toronto
Ashish Pujari | McMaster University
Istvan Rajcan | University of Guelph
Ghaus Rizvi | University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Denis Rodrigue | Université Laval
Leonardo Simon | University of Waterloo
Minh-Tan Ton-That | National Research Council Canada
Aman Ullah | University of Alberta
John Vlachopoulos | McMaster University
Huining Xiao | University of New Brunswick
Steven Young | University of Waterloo

• Industrial Advisory Committee

Nick Betts | Grain Farmers of Ontario
Craig Crawford | Ontario BioAuto Council
Ruth DeSantis | Alberta Biomaterials Development Centre
Peter Hannam | Woodrill Ltd.
Hamdy Khalil | The Woodbridge Group
Alan Lyons | Honda of Canada Manufacturing
Murray McLaughlin | BioIndustrial Innovation Centre
Don Nott | Switch Energy Corp.
Babu Padmanabhan | STEER Engineering Pvt. Ltd.
Toby Reid | Solegear Bioplastics Inc.
Rob Roe | Soy 20/20
Mike Rushton | Lignol
Mark Schwartz | GreenField Specialty Alcohols Inc.
Mike Tiessen | Competitive Green Technologies & New Energy Farms
José Tovar Pacheco | Volkswagende México