WEB meeting of the NSERC Strategic Network on Value Chain Optimization January 25, 2013 at 01:30 pm EDT

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1 January 25, 2013 at 01:30 pm EDT Sophie D Amours, Scientific Director& Mustapha Ouhimmou, Associate Scientific Director - Research Program Overview - New Members and Projects - Call for Transfer Projects - Upcoming Activities - Conferences & Publications

2 VCO Research Program - Overview 67 projects are planned in the 5 year research program 28 projectsare in progress(8 M.Sc., 15 Ph.D. and 5 PDF) 14 projectsare completed(4 M.Sc., 3 Ph.D., 1 PDF and 6 Internships) 24 projectsto belaunched(12 M.Sc. and 12 Ph.D.) VCO Network Research Program (Number of Project) Theme I In progress To be launched Stopped Completed Total per Theme M.Sc Ph.D PDF 0 Internship Theme II & III In progress To be launched Stopped Completed M.Sc Ph.D PDF 3 3 Internship Theme IV In progress To be launched Stopped Completed M.Sc Ph.D PDF 1 1 Internship Theme V In progress To be launched Stopped Completed M.Sc Ph.D. 1 1 PDF Internship Total per Status

3 New Members and Projects Theme I Project Title Professor University Student Computational Environment to Combine Forest Treatments, CCFM C&I and the Value Chain? Design of the Database Framework and Advanced Strategic Optimization Tools for Very Largescale Joint Optimization of Forest Treatment, Landscape Management and Markets Economies of Scale Issues in the Forest Industry? How Big should Mills Be? What Are the Externalities that Affect Location, Sizing and Choice of Technologies? What Mechanisms can Overcome these Externalities? What are the Benefits and Risks Associated with Tightly Integrated Industry Structure? What can One Do in the Design of the Industry to Mitigate the Risk of Uncorrelated Final Product Markets? Strategic Management of Flammable Boreal Forest Landscape that Are Subject to Storm Damage. Evelyn Richards Frédéric Raulier Paul Stuart Eldon Gunn David Martell University of New Brunswick Université Laval ÉcolePolytechnique de Montréal Dalhousie University University of Toronto Andrew Martin (M.Sc.) Pardis Refouieeraghi Narges Sereshti Juliana Kostrinsky (M.Sc.)

4 New Members and Projects Theme II & III Project Title Professor University Student Sorting and Grading Issues within the Forest Supply Chain Economic Assessment of Forestry Biomass Storage and its Link in Designing a Sustainable Supply Chain for Biorefinery Life Cycle Social Performance of Forest Products and Services as part of a Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment Techno-economic Analysis of Small-scale On-site Pyrolytic Conversion of Woody Biomass in British Columbia Supply Chain Optimization for the Delivery of Large Volumes of Biomass for Biofuel and/or Biocommodity Chemical Production Economic and Environmental Optimization of Forest Biomass Value Chain in British Columbia, Canada The Selection of Harvest Areas and Wood Allocation Problem Multi-objective Optimization and Collaborative Approaches ***SUBMITTED & Matching Market Signals to the Canadian Wood Products Value Chain: A Disaggregated Trade-model Approach Eldon Gunn Muhammad Afzal Getachew Assefa Peter Wild Reino Pulkki Taraneh Sowlati Mustapha Ouhimmou Chris Gaston Dalhousie University University of New Brunswick Universityof British Columbia University of Victoria Lakehead University UniversityofBritish Columbia École de technologie supérieure UniversityofBritish Columbia Mohammad Mallahi Kolah(M.Sc.) Bedarul Alam (PDF) Claudia Cambero (1 M.Sc. & 1 Ph.D.)

5 New Members and Projects Theme IV Project Title Professor University Student 4.2 -Integrating Transportation Planning, Inventory, and Loader Scheduling A Simulation Environment for Real-Time Sawmill Control Real-time Planning and Management of Materials and Information Flow(quality, yields, costs) Starting from the Markets/Demand, and Tracing Back Up the Supply Chain through all Distribution Channels, Manufacturing/Processing and Raw Material Procurement (i.e., from market to forest) & Optimization Modeling of the Log Merchandising and Sort-Yard Location Problem Intermodal Transportation Benefits, Planning and Control. Louis-Martin Rousseau Jean-Marc Frayret École Polytechnique de Montréal École Polytechnique de Montréal Alexandre Carrier (M.Sc.) Reino Pulkki Lakehead University Shashi Shahi Kevin Crowe Jacques Ferland Lakehead University Université de Montréal (1 M.Sc. & 1 Ph.D.) Anis Kadri

6 New Members and Projects Theme V Project Title Professor University Student MetaModel for Value Chain and Knowledge Modeling and Analysis for Collaborative Engineering of Decision Support Systems within the Forest Value Chains 5.3- Value Chain-based Accounting(cost and carbon) Approach for Decision Making Representation of the Forest Value Chain as a Dynamic Economic System Nadia Lehoux Mikael Rönnqvist Nancy Gélinas Université Laval Université Laval Université Laval Saba Vahid (PDF) Damien Chauvin (M.Sc.) Flor demaria Robles Barreto

7 Congratulations to 2012 Graduates! Student University Sector of Employment Alvaro Gil (M.Sc.) École Polytechnique de Montréal Healthcare (process revision) Mommen Elleuch (M.Sc.) Université Laval Consulting Firm Richard Mastragostino (M.Sc.) McMaster University Industry SinaSaadatyar(work in collaboration with Pegah Sohrabi) (M.Sc.) Dalhousie University Saba Vahid University of British Columbia Academic Behrang Mansoornejad École Polytechnique de Montréal Academic Bedarul Alam Lakehead University Academic A web page on the VCO website proudly presents all graduating students of the VCO Network Keep in touch by joining the VCO LinkedinGroup!

8 Communication & Transfer of Research Results: Tool Box Summer School (Poster Session) Workshops VCO Book Executive Summary* Working Groups* Webinars Newsletter* WebSite/ / LinkedIn* Transfer Projects* *New

9 Call for Transfer Projects Objective: Give VCO researchers access to additional funding to support the transfer of their research results among partners in industry, governments or FPInnovations Short-term(4-6 months) and in close partnership All projects within or complementary/relevant to the VCO Network are welcome and eligible for funding No deadline for submission(ongoing process)

10 Call for Transfer Projects: Grants VCO Network Upto3-4projectsperyearuntil2015 $10,000 per project FPInnovations(VMDS program) Upto3projectsin2013,withthefollowingperproject: $15,000(1 month) in-kind involvement by FPI researcher(s) funds for travel expenses funds for in-kind involvement by FPI computer programmer(s) Other research grant programs NSERCEngage (upto$25,000perprojectofuptosixmonths) Mitacs Accelerate/Globalink

11 Upcoming Activities 2013 Summer School will be held during the 1 st FIBRE Conference (May 13-16, Cornwall, ON) 25 students will have the opportunity to present a scientific poster: competition(jury and Public-based prizes) Grant program for student attendance ReleaseoftheVCOBook May 17: additional day for VCO Network Student Workshop(Juliana Kostrinsky) Three workshops are planned in 2013: Strategic Forest Management() Biomass() 15 th Symposium for Systems Analysis in Forest Resources (August 19-21, Quebec City, QC) Logistic and Transportation in the Forest Sector(held in December 2012)

12 Upcoming Activities Webinars Call for Speakers: February April& September-December 2013 Jean Favreau (FPInnovations) will present the VMDS program (March 13, 01:30-02:00 pm EDT). Newsletter First issue released. Share your comments with the Editor, Juliana Kostrinsky. Linkedin Group A professional group from academic, private and public sectors active/interested in VCO. Join to keep up with the latest news! Executive Summary(2 pages) To highlight VCO researchers/collaborators results, graduated students (or close to graduating) will be solicited for their project

13 21 Conferences ( 08/2012) Conferences Number of contributions 2012 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Seoul, South Korea 2 22 nd European Symposium on Computer-aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE-22), London, UK 1 25 th Annual PricewaterhouseCoopers Global Forest and Paper Industry Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia 1 9 e Conférence Internationale de Modélisation, Optimisation et SIMulation (MOSIM 12), Bordeaux, France 1 Canadian Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Waterloo, Canada 1 54 th Annual Conference Canadian Operational Research Society, Niagara Falls, Ontario 4 53 th Annual Conference Canadian Operational Research Society, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador 1 IEMS 2011 (International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Systems Management) 1 American Institute of Chemical Engineering Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota 1 American Institute of Chemical Engineering Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1 Canadian Society of Chemical Engineering Annual Meeting, London, Ontario 1 Canadian Society of Chemical Engineering Annual Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia 1 INFORMS Annual Meeting 2012, Phoenix, USA 1 International Conference on Information Systems, Logistics and Supply chain (ILS 2012), Québec, Québec 2 Optimization Day 2012, Montréal, Québec 1 Land Translog II Workshop, Puerto Varas, Chile 1 See VCO web site/linkedin group for other upcoming conferences, such as FIBRE Day (February 4, Montreal) during PaperWeek Canada 2013

14 24 Journal Publications ( 08/2012) Journal Number of contributions Canadian Journal of Forest Research 2 Computer & Chemical Engineering 3 Energies 1 European Journal of Scientific Research 1 International Journal of Production Economics 1 International Journal of Simulation and Process Modelling 1 ISRN Renewable Energy 2 Journal of Science and Technology for Forest Products and Processes 1 Journal of Sustainable Finance and Investment 1 Pulp and Paper International 1 The International Journal of Production 2 The Journal of Science & Technology for Forest Products and Processes (J-FOR) 5 The Open Forest Science Journal 1 UNECE/FAO Forest Products Annual Market Review 2 Opportunity to set-up special issue(s) for upcoming VCO researchers publication?

15 Information VCO Network web site and Extranet: VCO Network Linkedin Group: et_ug_hm VCO Network Staff: Jean-François Audy, Network Liaison Manager Barbara McKenzie and Julie Richard, Secretariat Officers Catherine Lévesque, Administrative Officer Mathieu Bouchard, Modelling and Technical Advisor

16 Questions, Comments & Discussion