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Program of the International Conference on Bio-Based Materials 2018

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May 10, 2018

Here’s the program of the International Conference on Bio-Based Material 2018 taking place on May 15 & 16

Michael Carus, nova-Institut GmbH (DE): Conference Opening & Chairman

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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