Nextfor Innovation Forum

Nextfor will be hosting a full day, in-person workshop and information session in Toronto, ON at the Sheraton Centre Hotel on May 4, 2023. We...
Nextfor brings innovators together to collaborate, build value and drive innovation within Ontario’s forest-based bio-economy. Launched in 2018, Nextfor is an initiative of The Centre for Research and Innovation in the Bio-Economy (CRIBE).
through our Innovation Forums, Case Studies, Funding Challenges and online information portal, nextfor.ca
Join innovators from across the forest bio-economy value chain to share knowledge and map out opportunities and challenges in targeted focus areas.
Help us realize the opportunities and address the challenges identified in our Innovation Forums through small-scale case studies.
Grow your idea through Nextfor’s targeted, solution-focused funding challenges.
Build cross-sectoral partnerships and meet potential collaborators through our forums and by directly engaging with the Nextfor team.
Nextfor will be hosting a full day, in-person workshop and information session in Toronto, ON at the Sheraton Centre Hotel on May 4, 2023. We...
As a result of Nextfor’s 2021 and 2022 Lignin Funding Challenges, CRIBE is currently supporting 5 consortium-based projects, representing 29 national and international organizations. CRIBE...
The intent of this project is to provide a strategic, policy-level briefing note or roadmap showing the way towards the production and, ideally, the use...
Over the next 2-3 years CRIBE and Nextfor will be investing in work that supports the development of Ontario’s Bio-Economy and Forestry Sector. We need...
Access all event materials, case study findings and project updates through our Resources page.
This study was conducted to assess and compare the environmental performance of 2 fossil fuels (HFO, coal) and 3 biofuels (biochar, woodchips, and pyrolysis oil)...
The focus of this white paper is to discuss how Canada and specifically the Province of Ontario can leverage its forest resources to develop an...
Regionally specific biomass feedstocks from across Ontario were sent to ICFAR at Western University to be characterized. This data is being used by various proponents...