On the 22-24th of March, Swedish research company Innventia, a world leader in wood biorefining research, organized the third Nordic Wood Biorefinery Conference in Stockhollm. Leading experts from all over the world presented the latest ideas and developments in biorefinery separation and conversion processes, as well as new biobased products, used as energy sources, chemicals and materials.The program also included visits to demonstration plants and pilot biorefineries, such as the LignoBoost demonstration plant at Bäckhammar mill, the biorefinery cluster in Örnsköldsvik with Domsjö Fabriker and Processum Biorefinery Initiative, and Solander Science Park in Piteå with Chemrec´s BioDME-plant, SunPine´s talldiesel factory and ETC gasification center.Key-Note Speaker on March 22 was Markku Karlsson of UPM. “The new bioforest industry can boost the development of the next generation bioenergy and biomaterial production, because the bioforest industry already has the know-how and infrastructure,” Markku Karlsson said.To be successful, networking is important in order to rebuild the competence in the forest products industry, according to Markku Karlsson.Within some areas the bio-development will probably be very fast, and Markku Karlsson underlined that the bioforest industry needs market introductions.