“Bringing together players from industry and academia to exchange ideas and initiate innovations based on raw material from the forests, that is the purpose of ForestBeyond,” says Innventia’s Pia Wågberg, project manager.“Our ambition is to create an interactive forum where participants can benefit from each other’s different skills and our annual events is the arena where this can be done. However, it should be noted that a follow-up of the event is required and this occurs in various ways to ensure that activeties do not stop at discussion,” Wågberg says.A large number of industry representatives, researchers and innovative partners and entrepenours were invited, and the event was very well attended. In the afternoon, four workshops were held, where a number of concrete cases from the engineering industry was processed. Bombardier, for example, searched for a material that can replace fiberglass insulation in a train. What opportunities are there within cellulose-based materials? Rotstein Architects were looking for a noise-isolating materials for public spaces. Also Camfil, ABB, Ecolution Composites, Husqvarna and Alfa Laval participated with other materials-related challenges.The day began with a discussion on the incentives for a shift to renewable materials, and how a technology change can be brought about.