8:00

Registration

Lobby area outside South Ballroom - Memorial Union

8:25

Opening Remarks

Lawrence Johnson

Professor, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition - Iowa State University
Director, Center for Crops Utilization Research and BioCentury Research Farm

8:30

Biobased Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives

David Grewell

Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering - Iowa State University
Chair, Biopolymers and Biocomposites Research Team

8:45

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Biobased Films and Adhesives

Steve Severtson

Associate Professor, Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering - University of Minnesota

9:30

The Information Problem with Biopolymers

Erwin Baur

M-Base

10:00

Exhibitor Displays and Poster Session

10:30

Bioplastics

Tim Osswald

Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering - University of Wisconsin

11:00

Biobased Composites

Polymer Composites Research Group

Department of Materials Science and Engineering - Iowa State University

11:30

Bioplastics and Moldflow

Ana Maria Marin

A-Z Sophisticated Solutions, LLC

12:00

Lunch

1:00

Bioplastics

Tim Osswald

Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering - University of Wisconsin

1:30

Biobased Composites and Costs

Chad Ulven

Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering - North Dakota State University

2:00

Commercialization of Ingeo™ Polylactide - Past, Present and Future

Richard Bopp

Senior Materials Scientist
NatureWorks LLC

2:30

Exhibitor Displays and Poster Session

3:00

Government Regulations

Steve Devlin

Industrial Specialist, Center for Industrial Research and Service - Iowa State University
USDA BioPreferred

3:30

To Be Announced

4:00

Tours of Iowa State University Biopolymers and Biocomposites Research Facilities

Technology Transfer Pilot Plant

Thermal and Mechanical Analysis Laboratory

7:00

Social Gathering