The aim of the BTechPro! conferences is to promote the professional development of early career researchers and to establish contacts between research groups working on biomass processing challenges. The conference is not only a platform for the participants to present their scientific work, give and get feedback from peers, and listen to interesting plenary lectures, but also a possibility to actively take part in workshops and participate in match-making activities.
BTechPro2026 will be held on May 6-8, 2026, and it will start in Riga with workshops an laboratory visits at the Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry, followed by two days in the nearby town Sigulda.
All research related to different aspects of valorisation and characterisation of biomass are welcome, but the main topics of the conference are:
- Biomass feedstock pre-treatment
- Biomass processing and extraction
- Wood- and other biomass-based materials
- Bioengineering technologies
- Synthesis of bio-based chemicals and polymers
- Characterisation of biorefinery products
- Bioeconomy and environmental aspects
Scientific Committee of BTechPro2026:
- Chair of the Committee Dr. sc. ing. Jānis Rižikovs, Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry (Latvia)
- Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Birgit Kamm, Wood K plus (Austria)
- Dr. Barna Kovács, BIOEAST (Hungary)
- Dr. sc. ing. Vladimirs Biziks, Surfactor Germany GmbH (Germany)
- Dr. Marc Borrega, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland (Finland)
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mika Sipponen, Stockholm University (Sweden)
- PhD Heikko Kallakas, Tallinn University of Technology (Estonia)
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vaida Kitrytė-Syrpa, Kaunas University of Technology (Lithuania)
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Michail Syrpas, Kaunas University of Technology (Lithuania)
- Dr. silv. Zane Lībiete, Latvian State Forest Research Institute "Silava" (Latvia)
- PhD Anda Fridrihsone, Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry (Latvia)