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SciSustain: Beyond the Bench Seminar

See how SciSustain is accelerating packaging research to create real‑world impact—featuring a keynote of the Forbes 30 under 30 Aalto Professor Charles Cai. The event presents an academia, policy and industry panel as well as case studies on LCA, TEA and S-LCA on packaging and complex recycling value chains.
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SciSustain: Beyond the Bench Seminar

Location: Otakaari 2A, 02150 Espoo - Room name: Living Room

AGENDA (preliminary)

Online streaming starts (link will be provided later)

10-10:15 Arrival and opening with Assist. Professor Luana Dessbesell

10:15-11:00: Keynote: Designing plant-based materials for commercial success(Charles Cai Associate Professor of Sustainable Bioproducts and Processes - 911)

11:00-12:00: Panel Discussion: Policy and Bio-based Innovations

  • Panelists:
    • Professor Charles Cai (academic representative)
    • Policy representative
    • Janak Sapkota, Senior Manager, UPM Innovation (industry representative)
    • Jaakko Pajunen Managing Director, CEO & Co-founder of Boreal Bioproducts  (industry representative)
    • Facilitator: professional event facilitator

12:00-13:00 Lunch (online streaming pause)

Online streaming resumes at 13h.

13:00-14: SciSustain Stars on the Stage

  • From lab evidence to investor confidence: a framework accelerating lyocell-type film innovation (PhD researcher Karam Moussa)
  • From Uncertainty to Insight: A TEA and LCA Framework for Technology Commercialization (PhD researcher Waleed Mehmood)
  • Social LCA for New Circular Value Chains: The Case for Recycling of Used Beverage Cartons (PhD researcher Vida Hardjono)
  • Science Translation Framework 1.0 (Postdoctoral researcher Dr. Leila (Ouwen He))

Online streaming ends

14:00-14:30 Coffee break

14:30-15:50 Metrics and framework workshop for invited guests 

  • Facilitators: Assistant Professor Luana Dessbesell and Dr. Leila (Ouwen) He, Prof. Samuli P., and event facilitator

15:50-16:00 Closing Remarks - Assist. Professor Luana Dessbesell and Assoc. Professor Samuli Patala

16-16:45 – Optional tour in Designs for a Cooler Planet Exhibition 


 

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