Tag: NSGs

Hosted by MEP Henna VirkkunenKeynote speech by European Commission Vice-President Jyrky Katainen Global megatrends such as resource scarcity, urbanisation, changing population structure, conscious consumption and digitalisation create permanent changes in the world we live in. How can wood-based products answer these challenges?  The exhibition of Finnish Usi puu – New Wood, an initiative of various […]

With some 350 participants, the PTS Coating Symposium is internationally the largest and most prominent meeting place for the surface finishing of paper and board. It will be held on 5-6 September 2017 at the Leonardo Royal Hotel in Munich.  The event aims to provide an impetus for innovation and initiate interdisciplinary and cross-sector co-operations between […]

A full day event focusing on the important role and opportunities that the bioeconomy can provide for Sweden is organised by the Swedish Forest Industries Federation in Stockholm on 11 January 2017.  Followed by the expert panels, the event will be culminated by the launch of the new National Research Agenda (NRA) of the Swedish forest […]

Speeding up forest-based sector innovation at national level ​The National Support Groups (NSGs) are vital focal points for FTP at national level. Typically, they are made up of various forest-based sector stakeholder groups in a specific country and bring together researchers and industry representatives, as well as national financial and governmental bodies.  The role of the […]