The International Panel Products Symposium is the leading technical conference on wood based panels. It is an ideal networking opportunity for science and industry reporting developments in particleboard, OSB, MDF, plywood and fibreboard.

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Welcome to the International Panel Products Symposium homepage. IPPS is the leading technical conference on wood based panels and runs every two years. The sessions include all aspects of panel production technology, feedstocks, resins and additives, market analysis and the use of wood based panels in furniture, construction applications and innovative applications.

IPPS 2025 postponed

Staff at the BioComposites Centre have recently taken the tough decision to postpone the upcoming IPPS conference until 2027. This is due to ongoing restructuring in Bangor University and andjustments in the Centre itself.

While we had substantial interest in the event, (IPPS 2025 was previously scheduled for 1-2 October 2025) it became clear that the quality of experience might be negatively impacted by the ongoing situation. However the decision to reschedule will allow the team to turn their attentions to delivering a high-quality industry-facing Master Class event in September 2026. The next full International Panel Products Symposium will be in October 2027.

Prof Graham Ormondroyd commented "We have often sought to balance the full conference - every two years - with a smaller and more focused IPPS Master Class event in the intervening year. We are aware of enormous progress in the panels sector meeting new challenges in recycling and novel feedstock processing systems - so the 2026 Master Class will pick up on this topic."

"We're planning an exciting event with expert speakers and plenty of hands-on activities to familiarise delegates with materials, equipment and lab techniques that have real industry application. The lab sessions are always great fun, generating lots of questions and knowledge sharing."

If you would like to be added to our mailing list to receive the latest information about these future events please e-mail IPPS@bangor.ac.uk

Scientific Committee

Looking to the future of the IPPS conference sequence the BioComposites Centre are keen to establish a Scientific Committee to share the activity and benefits of providing this unique event which meets the needs of industry and academic researchers. If you are interested in joining this scientific committee and ensuring the event meets the ever-evolving needs of our sector, do contact Morwenna Spear (Conference Organiser) on ipps@bangor.ac.uk with a short biography and expression of interest.

Dr Spear was keen to stress the benefits of this engagement. "Joining the Scientific Committee gives you the chance to set the pace - raise topics of interest; ensure talks and materials are meeting the needs of your company; or pick sessions that showcasing the latest in emerging systems and R&D for the wood based panels sector. By interacting with a panel drawn from industry and academia to maintain the unique blend of networking and technical insights at the conference, you can also be expanding your connections and staying up to date."

 

IPPS 2023 review

In October 2023 the International Panel Products Symposium (IPPS) returned to Llandudno for a successful two days. After a three-year break due to the Covid-19 pandemic it was good to welcome back seasoned IPPS delegates and to meet many new delegates who had joined the sector. Read more it in our short review here. You can also read the Wood Based Panels International write up by clicking this link.