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FPS International Conference on Wood Adhesives

Join us in Vancouver, October 22-24, 2025!

2025 Speakers

Join us in Vancouver, October 22-24, 2025!

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The International Conference on Wood Adhesives is the premier technical conference on advances in the adhesion of wood and biomass. Industry representatives were the majority of the nearly 300 attendees in 2017 and 2022, evenly split between the U.S. and the rest of the world.

Whether you are an adhesive supplier or user or user of the downstream product; from industry, academia, government, or NGO, this conference provides a unique opportunity. Don't wait another three or four years!

If your business depends on having solid technical knowledge about glued wood products, this conference is for you. We recruit the best technical thinkers in the field of wood adhesives—giving you the most value for your time. Plus, attendees receive access to conference proceedings. 

Companies Attending the

International Conference on Wood Adhesives

 

Please note this list is subject to change.

  • A.A. Parker Consulting

  • AFRY Management Consulting

  • AkzoNobel

  • Arauco

  • Bakelite Chemicals

  • BASF

  • Boise Cascade

  • CHIMAR HELLAS

  • Columbia Forest Products

  • EcoSynthetix

  • Fraunhofer Institute for Wood Research

  • Henkel

  • Hexion

  • IKEA

  • Institute for Wood Technology Dresden

  • KTH Royal Institute of Technology

  • KremsChem

  • Kyoto University - Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere

  • Laminex

  • Michigan State University

  • PFS TECO

  • Polymer Synergies

  • Sadepan

  • Steelcase

  • Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences - BioGlue Competence Centre

  • Universidad del Bío-Bío

  • Université Côte d'Azur

  • University of British Columbia

  • University of Copenhagen

  • University of Primorska

  • USDA Forest Products Laboratory

  • VINAVIL

  • Virginia Tech University

  • West Fraser

  • Xamk - Southeastern Finland University of Applied Sciences

The 2025 International Conference on Wood Adhesives is made possible by our Partners & Sponsors

International Conference on Wood Adhesives Organizing Committee

Dr. Mojgan Nejad, Chair

Associate Professor

Director | Green Bioproducts Science and Engineering Group

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI, USA

nejad@msu.edu

Charles Markessini

Vice President

Research & Development 

Chimar

Greece

CharlesM@ari.gr

Dr. Chris Hunt  

Research Chemist

U.S. Forest Service

Forest Products Laboratory

Madison, WI, USA

Christopher.g.hunt@usda.gov

International Conference on Wood Adhesives

Local Organizing Committee

Chunping Dai, Ph.D

Faculty member

Department of Wood Science

Faculty of Forestry

The University of British Columbia

Vancouver, BC, Canada

chunping.dai@ubc.ca

Orlando Rojas, Ph.D.

Professor and Canada Excellence Research Chair

Scientific Director Bioproducts Institute

Departments of Chemical & Biological Engineering | Chemistry | Wood Science

The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

orlando.rojas@ubc.ca

Kelley Oh
Engagement & EDII Facilitator
BioProducts Institute

Faculty of Applied Science 
The University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC, Canada

kelley.oh@ubc.ca

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