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.

IPPS 2023: Provisional Programme

IPPS 2023

The International Panel Products Symposium returns for 2023 with a full programme of presentations and posters. This year includes a focus on the circular economy and our route to net zero as an industry. Do join us for this exciting update on activity in the industry and research.

We are always keen to ensure plenty of time for networking and interaction between academics, consultants, industry leaders and research students. The IPPS 2023 programme features our successful blend of scientific and industrial research for the wood based panels industry.

The running order of sessions is listed below, and the full provisional programme can be downloaded from this link.

Tuesday 3rd October 2023
8:30 Registration
9:00 Welcome and Introduction
9:15 Net Zero and Circular Economy
11:00 Coffee Break
11:40 Resins
12:30 Lunch Break
1:30 Resins (cont'd)
3:00 Coffee and Poster Session
3:40 Emerging Products and Innovation
7:30 Conference dinner at the Imperial Hotel
Wednesday 4th October 2019
9:00 Panels - Processing, Modeling and Properties
10:40 Coffee Break
11:10 VOC Management and Measurement
Closing remarks and lunch

Trade stands and posters

Please note we welcome trade exhibitors and poster presentations relating to all aspects of wood based panels from their manufacture through to use in decorative or construction applications, so do contact us for more information if you would like to have a tabletop exhibit or other display.

We have an excellent selection of poster presentations for the event, but will consider more until late July. If you would like to submit a poster for the poster session, contact the conference editor on ipps@bangor.ac.uk with a short abstract. More details and suggested topics can be found on the call for papers page.