Here’s the program of the International Conference on Bio-Based Material 2018 taking place on May 15 & 16
Conference Opening
Michael Carus, nova-Institut GmbH (DE): Conference Opening & Chairman
Policy & Strategy
- Dr. Kerstin Ulrich BASF SE (DE)
- Lucy Nattrass AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals (NL)
Feedstock for the Bio-Based Economy
- Dr. Sarah Hickingbottom, LMC International Ltd. (UK)
Bio-Based Building Blocks
- Dr. Wolfgang Baltus, PRECISE Corporation (TH)
- Doris de Guzman, Tecnon OrbiChem (UK) Update on Bio-Based Building Blocks
- Marcel Lubben, Reverdia (NL) Driving the Development of the Bioeconomy
- Christian Lenges, DuPont Industrial BioSciences (US) Enzymatic Polymerization: NuvolveTM Engineered Polysaccharides & Progress in Application Development
- Dr. Okko Ringena, UPM Biochemicals (FI/DE) Evolution of Wood Utilization: Bio-MEG and Beyond
- Jonas Hartman, VTT (FI) Muconic Acid as a Versatile Bio-Based Monomer for Plastics
- Tore Sylvester Jeppesen, Haldor Topsoe A/S (DK) Demonstrating and Commercializing Bio-Based Chemicals via Catalysis
Bio-Based Polymers
- Chairman: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jörg Müssig, Hochschule Bremen – University of Applied Sciences (DE)
- Michael Carus, nova-Institut GmbH (DE) Update on Market Data and Forecast for Bio-Based Polymers
- Bjarne Högström, PolymerFront AB (SE) New Applications for Bio-based Plastics – Examples from many Different Sectors
Yeast as Platform Technology for Bio-Based Chemicals
- Chairman: Prof. Dr. Haralabos Zorbas, Industrielle Biotechnologie Bayern (IBB Netzwerk GmbH) (DE)
- Dr. John Morrissey, University College Cork (IE) Diversifying the Yeast Biomolecule Portfolio – from Bioethanol to Biomaterials
- Dr. Anastasia Krivoruchko Biopetrolia (SE) Specialty Chemicals through Engineered Biology
Bio-Based Polymers
- Chairman: Prof. Dr. Ludo Diels, VITO (BE)
- Dr. Anne Kutz, Covestro Deutschland AG (DE) Alternative Feedstocks in the Polymer Industry: Status and Perspective
- Bert Clymans, Total Corbion PLA bv (NL), 75.000 Tonnes of PLA – Towards the New Plastics Economy and Beyond
- Marco Jansen, Braskem Netherlands B.V. (NL) The Role of Drop-In Bioplastics in the Circular Economy
- Jean-Luc Dubois, Arkema (FR) Review of Bio-based Routes to Polyamides
Lignocellulose – Lignin & Cellulose
Chairman: Gudbrand Rødsrud, Borregaard AS (NO)
- Prof. Dr. Ludo Diels, VITO (BE) Membrane Separation Technology as a Valuable and Efficient Tool in the Value Chain of Wood Chemicals and Materials
- Dr. David Norman, Eastman Chemical Company (US) A Hundred Years of Tenacious Innovation: Sustainable and Versatile Eastman Cellulose Ester Polymers
- Dr. Hans Øvrebø, Borregaard AS (NO) Experience from the First Year of Running the Exilva Plant and Market Potentials for the Products
- Jukka Kantola, KaiCell Fibers LTD. (FI) Forest Industry Reaching out to Textile Fibres
- Dr. Ing. R.J.A. (Richard) Gosselink, Wageningen Food & Biobased Research (NL) Zero Waste Ligno-Cellulosic Biorefineries by Integrated Lignin and Humins Valorisation (ZELCOR)
Environmental Solutions
- Chairman: Dr. Thomas Schwarz, CLIB2021 (DE)
- Prof. Dr. Jan Ravenstijn, Jan Ravenstijn Consulting (NL) The Virtues and Challenges of the PHA-Platform
- Univ. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Lars M. Blank, RWTH Aachen University (DE) P4SB – From Plastic Waste to Plastic Value Using Pseudomonas Putida Synthetic Biology
- Dr. Thomas J. Farmer , University of York (UK) Sustainable Solvent Selection: Tools and Techniques for Bio-Based Solvent Substitution
- Katharina Haag, Fraunhofer-institut f. Fertigungstechnik und Angewandte Materialforschung IFAM (DE) Biopolymer Blend with Advanced Cost-Performance Ratio for Packaging and Agricultural Applications
- Dr. Pilar Villanueva, AIMPLAS, Instituto Tecnológico del Plástico (ES) From Orange Juice Waste to New Biopolymers: A New Source for PBS