WASHINGTON, D.C. – Join the SCIENCEx team and learn how agency scientists pioneer new and better uses for products — from skyscrapers to energy to plastics —from sustainably managed forests as part of National Forest Products week celebration. 

• Date: Oct. 21-24

• Time: 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. EDT. 

• Link: Register today

Monday: Forest Products 101

• Ken Zwick: Introduction

• Nate Anderson: Interconnections in Forest Products Research

• Hongmei Gu: Life Cycle Assessments for Wood Products and Mass Timber Buildings

Tuesday: Bigger than a woodchip 

• Adam Senalik: Mass Timber

• Dave Nicholls: Bioenergy

• Grant Kirker: Wood Decking on Miliary Ships

Wednesday: Smaller than a woodchip

• Carl Houtman: Status of Nanocellulose Commercialization

• Nicole Stark: Renewable Packaging from Nanocellulose

• Nayomi Plaza Rodriguez: Improving our Understanding of Macroscale Wood Performance through Nanoscale Studies

Thursday: New horizons

• Consuelo Brandeis: Wood Pellets in Bioenergy

• William Gould: Salvaged Wood Products from Urban and Hurricane-Downed Trees

• Andrew Groover: The Genetic Regulation of Wood Properties Affecting Wood Products

The SCIENCEx webinar series unites scientists and land managers from Forest Service research stations and beyond. Together, they explore the latest science and best practices for addressing natural resource challenges. Each hour-long session features three presentations followed by a question and answer session.

Connect with SCIENCEx for links to this live webinar and to previously recorded sessions.