Inauguration 24-25 August 2006 Swedish Center for Biomimetic Fiber Engineering

"Think Nature" - Innovative Sweden

Artist: Olafur Eliasson, Green River - a video documentation from a performance in Moss Norway 1998

Stockholm, SwedenAlbaNova - The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)

Day 1 - 24 August 2006 - Opening 14.00 - 17.00, Oskar Klein AuditoriumDay 2 - 25 August 2006 - Scientific Minisymposium 9.30 - 16.30, The Svedberg hall

The Swedish Center for Biomimetic Fiber Engineering is a new cross-disciplinary strategic center ofExcellence at KTH. Our research stems from the appreciation of the special and very useful propertiesof plant cell walls, characteristics which, from a long-term perspective, have the potential ofrevolutionizing the field of novel material design. Through detailed studies and knowledge miningconcerning the fundamental mechanisms responsible for plant cell wall formation, we set out to mimicthe natural process (Biomimetics) with the aim of creating new tools for the development of uniqueand advanced tailor-made materials.

Nature’s design is our source of inspiration.

Our partners are the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), the Swedish University of AgriculturalSciences (SLU) and STFI-Packforsk. The strategic research center is financed by the SwedishFoundation for Strategic Research (SSF) and the partners. For more information on the center, seethe unofficial homepage: www.biotech.kth.se/biomime/.

Registration

Registration is required for August 24, 2006, and is made by email to biomime@biotech.kth.se no later thanAugust 21. Give name, affiliation and contact information for all attendees.Homepage: www.biotech.kth.se/biomime.

INAUGURATION PROGRAM

24 AUGUST 2006

Moderator: Pierre Guillet de MonthouxProfessor and Chair of General Management, Schoolof Business, Stockholm University

14.00 Inauguration of the Center

Anders Flodström President of the RoyalInstitute of Technology in Stockholm KTH

Lars Rask VD Swedish Foundation for StrategicResearch

Ulf Carlson Chairman of the Board of the Center

Tuula Teeri Professor and Director of the Center

14.30 Biomimetics and Nature

Julian Vincent Professor of Biomimetics atUniversity of Bath UK

Success with Biomimetics

Fredrika Spindler PhD in Philosophy, SödertörnUniversity College SE

Nature: A Philosophical Approach

15.15 Break Screening - “Biomimetics Clipps”

15.30 Business and Product Development

Mats Johnson CEO SweTree Technologies

From Innovation to Product: (Bio)TechnologyTransfer to the Forest Industries

Lars Uno Larsson Founder Swedish Biomimetics3000 - A VPO (Venture Philantrophic Organisation)

Funding of Translational Research inBiomimetics to Commercial Candidates

15.50 By Design - How to Communicateand Materialize Inherent Potentials

Mats Brodén Founder The Material Point

An Approach for Communicating InherentPotentials

Cecilia Hertz Founder/CEO Umbilical Design

Technology Transfer: From Discovery toProduct

Fredrik Magnusson CEO Propeller, StrategicDesign Director

Visualizing Ideas

16.30 Closing: Questions and FinalStatements

17.00 Snacks and Wine

Video Screening of Green River by the artistOlafur Eliasson

Between talks: “ Biomimetic Clipps”

Educational DVD´s provided by SwedishBiomimetics 3000

The inauguration is co-organized with:

The Material Point

Thanks to: Lars Uno Larsson, Founder SwedishBiomimetics 3000

MINISYMPOSIUM PROGRAM

25 AUGUST 2006

Moderator and Host: Tuula Teeri

Royal Institute of Technology, KTH Biotechnology

9:30 Coffee

10.00

Stefan Ståhl KTH Biotechnology SE

Welcoming Statement

Tuula Teeri KTH Biotechnology SE

Biomimetics and Fiber-based MaterialsDevelopment

10.30

Julian Vincent University of Bath UK

TRIZ: a Systematic Approach to ProblemSolving

11.00

Björn Sundberg UPSC Umeå SE

Unlocking the secrets of wood formation to to

tailor future fibers

11.30

Mark Rutland KTH Chemical Science andEngineering SE

Novel Approaches for Fiber SurfaceModification and Characterization

12.00 Lunch

13.00

Vincent Bulone KTH Biotechnology SE

In Vitro Synthesis of Cellulose and Callose

13.30

Birte Svensson Biocentrum-DTU DK

Molecular Enzymology of Starch Processing

14.00

Derek Gray McGill University CA

Properties of Cellulose MicrocrystallineParticles and Thin Films

14.30 Coffee Break

15.00

Lars Berglund KTH Chemical Science andEngineering SE

Cellulose Nanocomposites

15.30

Ton Peijs Queen Mary, University of London UK

Biocomposite Materials

16.00

Mikael Lindström STFI-Packforsk AB SE

New fibers for new materials

16:30 Session ends