{"412791":{"#nid":"412791","#data":{"type":"news","title":"IPST Hosts Agenda 2020","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIPST will host the forest products industry\u2019s Agenda 2020 Technology Alliance in the Paper Tricentennial Building in September.\u0026nbsp; \u201cThis highlights IPST\u2019s collaboration with Agenda 2020, and underscores the importance we place in understanding and supporting the industry\u2019s research priorities,\u201d observes IPST director Norman Marsolan.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELast spring, president Ron Brown and the Agenda 2020 board re-focused the organization\u2019s research priorities on five critical areas, and launched project teams for each of them.\u0026nbsp; The teams are Black Liquor Concentration; Reuse of Process Effluents; Delivering a Drier Sheet to the Dryer, Advanced Chemical Pulping, and Cellulosic Nanomaterials.\u0026nbsp; Agenda 2020\u2019s quarterly meeting September 4 at IPST will encompass updates from each of the teams and next steps.\u0026nbsp; It will also include updates from the Department of Energy about upcoming initiatives and research funding opportunities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESAPPI vice president-research, development and innovation Beth Cormier chairs Agenda 2020, and she recently served as a member of IPST\u2019s 10th-Year Review Team.\u0026nbsp; \u201cThe industry is fortunate to have such close working relationships among the technology association and its affiliated research institutions,\u201d said Beth.\u0026nbsp; \u201cAgenda 2020\u2019s meetings frequently bring its members to key research centers for mutual exposure and technical exchanges.\u0026nbsp; This is helpful to all of us.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to the quarterly meeting, the Advanced Pulping team will hold a meeting September 3 and the Black Liquor Concentration team will hold an all-day workshop September 5.\u0026nbsp; Both meetings will be held at IPST.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAbout thirty participants from companies, universities, and government agencies are expected to attend.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor further information about the project teams, please contact Agenda 2020 president Ron Brown (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:ron_brown@agenda2020.org\u0022\u003Eron_brown@agenda2020.org\u003C\/a\u003E).\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Forest products industry\u0027s Agenda 2020 to be held in Tricentennial Building"}],"uid":"27178","created_gmt":"2015-06-09 13:22:56","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:18:33","author":"Amna Jamshad","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-06-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-06-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"412781":{"id":"412781","type":"image","title":"Agenda 2020","body":null,"created":"1449254211","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 18:36:51","changed":"1475895145","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:25","alt":"Agenda 2020","file":{"fid":"202360","name":"130826_agenda_2020.gif","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/130826_agenda_2020_0.gif","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/130826_agenda_2020_0.gif","mime":"image\/gif","size":18150,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/130826_agenda_2020_0.gif?itok=XBeLZ_P5"}}},"media_ids":["412781"],"groups":[{"id":"372221","name":"Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"128011","name":"agenda 2020"},{"id":"93811","name":"RBI"},{"id":"4174","name":"renewable"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"},{"id":"39491","name":"Renewable Bioproducts"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EKelly B. Smith, Marketing \u0026amp; Communication\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["kelly.smith@ipst.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}