Academic Tour: UBC & Industry Tour: Noram

June 12 - 16, 2023 | Westin Bayshore, Vancouver BC

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Academic Tours


Academic Tour: The University of British Columbia

Monday, 12 June, 2023
08:30 - 14:30 

University of British Columbia

 

Schedule (Subject to Change)

08:30

Bus leaves from the Westin Bayshore

09:00

Arrival to UBC

Welcome at Pulp & Paper Centre (PPC) by Dr. Orlando Rojas

 09:15

Pulp & Paper Centre Tour

Biobased Colloids & Materials Lab (Dr. Orlando Rojas)

Foster Advanced Materials Lab (Dr. Johan Foster)

Sustainable Nanocomposites Lab (Dr. Emily Cranston)

Renewable Biogas Lab (Dr. Tony Bi)

X-ray Tomography Lab  (Dr. Mark Martinez)

Advanced Renewable Materials Lab (Dr. Scott Renneckar)

11:00

Clean Energy Research Centre (CERC) Tour (Dr. Tony Bi)

Coffee Break and Light Morning Snacks

11:35

Centre for Advanced Wood Processing (CAWP) (Jason Chiu)

Bamboo Applications & Management (BAM) (Dr. Chunping Dai)

12:10

Foreset Science Centre (FSC) Tour

Advanced Renewable Materials Lab (Dr. Scott Renneckar)

Sustainable Functional Biomaterials Lab (Dr. Feng Jiang)

12:40

Transition to Nest Bukhman Theatre Lounge for Lunch 

13:30

Transition to Rose Garden 

14:00

Bus departs to Westin Bayshore from Rose Garden

14:30

Arrival at the hotel

 

Industry Tour: Noram BC Research Inc.

Monday, 12 June, 2023
09:00 - 11:45 

Noram BC Research Inc.

 

Schedule (Subject to Change)

09:00

Bus leaves from the Westin Bayshore

09:30

Arrival at Noram

 

Welcome (Sign-in) & Coffee with light snacks

10:00

Tours of the pilot facility (in groups of ~10 people)

 

Tour takes 1 hour and 15 minutes

11:15

Bus leaves to Westin Bayshore

12:00

Arrival at the hotel (Lunch on Your Own)