TAPPI's EPE Conference will showcase the latest in the emerging area of Biorefining using cellulosic fiber and paper mill assets. Join experts from around the world to advance your knowledge, network and learn about new technologies.

The meeting is being held in conjunction with the TAPPI International Bioenergy and Bioproducts Conference, with shared sessions available to attendees of both conferences!

Biorefining Session Highlights:

Biorefinery & Kraft Pulping: Hemicellulose Extraction Operations
Session Chair: Cal Clark, BE&K Engineering Company

• Economic Analysis of the "Near-Neutral" Hemicellulose Extraction Process, Haibo Mao, Integrated Process Technologies, Inc
• Effect of Hot Water Extraction Conditions on the Subsequent Kraft Pulping of Pine Chips, Allen Smith, Auburn University
• Kraft Pulping Integrated with Mild Alkaline Pre-Extraction of Southern Mixed Hardwoods, Sung-Hoon Yoon, Auburn University

EPE/IBBC Session 1
Session Moderator: Theodora Retsina, American Process Inc.

• Presentation of AF&PA's Agenda 20/20 official thermochemical biorefinery "position paper" for the U.S. pulp and paper industry, as developed and approved by the CTOs Committee, Ron Brown, Executive Director, AF&PA Agenda 2020

EPE/IBBC Session 2

• Technical and Economic Analysis of Repurposing a Kraft Pulp and Paper Mill to the Production of Ethanol, Richard Phillips and Hasan Jameel, N.C. State University, and Calvin Clark, BE&K Engineering
• Guided Tour: Implementing the Forest Biorefinery at an Existing Pulp and Paper Mill, Jacquelyn-Danielle McNutt, CPBIS, Virginie Chambost and Paul R. Stuart, Department of Chemical Engineering, École Polytechnique - (Montréal),
• Betting on Biorefinery and Positioning the Pulp and Paper Industry for Biorefinery Success, V.R. Parthasarathy, Weyerhaeuser

EPE/IBBC Session 3
Session Moderator: Tom McDonough, IPST

• Impact of the Integrated Pulp Mill/Biorefinery on the Chemical Recovery Cycle, Nikolai DeMartini, IPST @ Georgia Tech
• Production of Ethanol from Forest Residues and Hog Fuel in a Pulp Mill, Kristiina Iisa, Kristina Knutson, Art Ragauskas, William Frederick, Nikolai DeMartin, Georgia Institute of Technology.
• Integrated Bio-& Thermo-Chemical Route for Mixed Alcohol Production in a Pulp and Paper Mill, Anand Farminder, Matthew Realff, and Kristiina Iisa, Georgia Institute of Technology.

Register for one or both Conferences at a low discounted rate!

Pulp and Paper Mills can send an unlimited number of attendees for one fixed price!

In addition, TAPPI's EPE includes more than 50 sessions focusing on:

• Business and General Topics
• Pulping
• Non-Woods
• Recycling
• Bleaching
• Corrosion and Materials
• Asset Management and Process Control
• Energy, Power and Recovery
• Water and Air Quality
• Hot Topic Discussions and Roundtables
• Mill Tours of Blue Heron Paper and Weyerhaeuser Longview

See the full Technical Program

This year's program also includes mill tours, pre-conference workshops, hot topic breakfasts, a Metso's TechQuest Seminar, networking events, a Tabletop Trade Fair and a spouse/guest program.

Find out more about TAPPI's 2008 EPE Conference

Sponsorship and tabletop opportunities are available. For more information, contact Lindsay Beddingfield at elbeddingfield@tappi.org or +1.334.271.3318