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Camilla Borelli University Centre of the FEI Brazil [email protected] Author Carl Lange Åbo Akademi University Finland [email protected] Author [email protected] Organizatio Carlos Almeida University of Minho Portugal o.pt n Organizatio Carlos Mota University of Minho Portugal [email protected] n Carlos Orrego National Unversity of Colombia Colombia [email protected] Author Carlos Ribeiro PIEP Portugal [email protected] Author Superior Institute of Engineering of Carlos Simoes Portugal [email protected] Author Lisbon Caroline Lima University of São Paulo Brazil [email protected] Author University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Catarina Ferreira Portugal [email protected] Author Douro [email protected]. Organizatio Catarina Guise University of Minho Portugal pt n Organizatio Cátia Relvas University of Minho Portugal [email protected] n Charles Yang The University of Georgia USA [email protected] Author Cheryl Wilson University of Otago New Zealand [email protected] Author Institute for Bioplastics and christian.schulz@hs- Christian Schulz Germany Invited Biocomposites hannover.de Christopher christopher.hurren@deakin. Deakin Univesity Australia Author Hurren edu.au claudine.morvan@univ- Claudine Morvan University of Rouen France Author rouen.fr claudio.scarponi@uniroma1 Claudio Scarponi Sapienza University of Rome Italy Author .it [email protected] Organizatio Clécio de Lacerda University of Minho Portugal m.br n Conceição Pereira SICOR Portugal [email protected] Invited Cristina Romão University of Porto Portugal [email protected] Author

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Donata [email protected] Kaunas University of Technology Lituania Author Zubauskiene tu.lt Institute of Natural Fibres and Dorota Wesolek Poland [email protected] Author Medicinal Plants Dulce Flores- [email protected] University Autónoma de Coahuila Méxio Author Maltos om Elçin Gunes Namık Kemal University Turkey [email protected] Author Etienne Silva University of Minho Portugal [email protected] Author Eulalia Gliścioska Lodz University of Technology Poland [email protected] Author Fatemeh Amirkabir University of Technology Iran [email protected] Invited Dadashian fernanda_steffens@hotmail Organizatio Fernanda Steffens University of Minho Portugal .com n [email protected] Organizatio Fernando Cunha University of Minho Portugal o.pt n Fernando Ferreira University of Minho Portugal [email protected] Invited filipe.soutinho@idtconsultin Organizatio Filipe Soutinho University of Minho Portugal g.pt n florence.paynel@univ- Florence Paynel University of Rouen France Author rouen.fr [email protected] Florian Martoia LGP2 France Author noble-inp.fr Francesca Camilli National Research Council Italy [email protected] Author Francisco Organizatio University of Minho Portugal [email protected] Marques n Francisco Pedras francisco.pedras@cismadeir CIS Madeira Spain Author Saavedra a.com Frederik frederik.desplentere@khbo. KU Leuven KHBO Belgium Author Desplentere be Gaelle Dorez C2MA France [email protected] Author Gerhard Saxion University of Applied Sciences Nederland [email protected] Author Bouwhuis Gita Busiliene Kaunas University of Technology Lituania [email protected] Author Giulia Maria University of Catania Italy [email protected] Author Angela Cozzo Gökhan Erkan Dokuz Eylül University Turkey [email protected] Author Gonzalo Piñeiro gonzalo.veiras@cismadeira. CIS Madeira Spain Author Veiras com Graça University of Minho Portugal [email protected] Author Vasconcelos Greg Holt USDA-ARS USA [email protected] Author Grzegorz Institute of Natural Fibres & Poland [email protected] Committee Spychalski Medicinal Plants Hannelore.staeb@reutlinge Hannelore Staeb Reutlingen University Germany Author n-university.de

School of Materials and Mineral Hazizan Md. Akil Malaysia [email protected] Author Resources Engineering Hervé Laurent University of Bretagne-Sud France [email protected] Author Heura Ventura Polytechnic University of Catalunia Spain [email protected] Author hosam.aleem@manchester. Hosam Aleem UK Author University of Manchester ac.uk National Institute for Consumer Ingun Klepp Norway [email protected] Author Research Irena Petrinic University of Maribor Slovenia [email protected] Author Institute of Natural Fibres & Irena Pniewska Poland [email protected] Author Medicinal Plants Isabel Ferreira NOVA University of Lisbon Portugal [email protected] Author Issam Qamhia University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee USA [email protected] Author Organizatio Ivan Medeiros University of Minho Portugal [email protected] n Institute of Natural Fibres & Jacek Kolodziej Poland [email protected] Author Medicinal Plants Institute of Natural Fibres and Jakub Kowalinski Poland [email protected] Author Medicinal Plants Institute of Textile Engineering and Jan Broda Poland [email protected] Author Polymer Materials Jasmina Åbo Akademi Finland [email protected] Author Obradovic Jean-François silvain@icmcb- ICMCB France Author Silvain bordeaux.cnrs.fr Jérémie Viguié LGP2 France [email protected] Author João Paulo Embrapa Brazil [email protected] Invited Saraiva Morais Organizatio João Velosa University of Minho Portugal [email protected] n John [email protected] Plymouth University England Author Summerscales c.uk Institute of Natural Fibres & Jolanta Batog Poland [email protected] Author Medicinal Plants Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Jorn Budde Germany [email protected] Author Engineering Potsdam-Bornim Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de José d'Almeida Brazil [email protected] Invited Janeiro Jose Heriberto Federal University of Rio Grande do Brazil [email protected] Author Nascimento Norte José Luis Soares University of Porto Portugal [email protected] Author Esteves University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto José Xavier Portugal [email protected] Author Douro Jovana Dzalto Institut für Verbundwerkstoffe GmbH Germany [email protected] Author

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