Preliminary Program
Day 1, 18th May, 2021
Renewable Chemicals and Building-Blocks from Renewable Carbon-based Refineries and Chemical Recycling
- Michael Carus, nova-Institut (DE): Renewable Carbon is the Key, the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI)
- Gudbrand Rødsrud, Borregaard (NO): Potentials, Challenges and Strategies to Meet Them for an Advanced Biorefinery under the Current Situation
- Okko Ringena, UPM Biochemicals (DE/FI): Closing the Circle – the Role of Bio-based Carbon within a Carbon Neutral Economy
- Lars Börger, NESTE (FI): Renewable Chemicals and Polymers
- Lars Krause, nova-Institut (DE): Chemical Recycling - Technologies for Renewable Carbon and a Circular Economy
- Ton Vries, BioBTX (NL): Full Circularity Enabled for Renewable Chemicals Through Conversion of Sustainable and Circular Materials
- Inari Seppä, Eastman (US): Transitioning Toward a Circular Economy with Advanced Recycling Technologies
- Christian Krüger, BASF (DE): Chemical Recycling – Technology Overview and the Status of LCA Evaluation
- Peter Hawighorst, Meo Carbon Solutions (DE): Latest Development in the Circular and Bioeconomy from a Sustainability Certification Scheme’s Perspective
- Rahul Dagwar, Cosun Beet Company (NL): Sugar Beet as a Sustainable Source of Inspiration for Innovation in Bio-based Chemicals and Materials
- Robert Blok, RENOLIT GROUP (DE): Chemicals Out of CO2 – Making the Chemical Industry Carbon Footprint Negative
- Sean Simpson, LanzaTech (US): Out with the Old, and in with the Renewable: Gas Fermentation for Fuels, Chemicals, Materials and Protein from Renewable Carbon
- Karolien Vanbroekhoven, VITO (BE): Applications from Lignin and its Derivatives – is There More Than Burning it?
- Reinier Grimbergen, TNO (NL): Recarbonizing the Chemical Industry by Electrification: Shifting Gears
Day 2, 19th May, 2021
Renewable Polymers and Plastics from Biomass, CO2 and Recycling
- Anna Schwarz, TNO (NL): Plastic Recycling in a Circular Economy: Determining Environmental Performance through an LCA Matrix Model Approach
- Maurizio Crippa, gr3n (CH): PET/Polyester Same Materials for a New Era: Chemical Recycling for Plastic Circularity
- Sven Riechers, INEOS Styrolution (DE/UK): Styrenics Materials for a Circular Economy
- Jean-Luc Dubois, Arkema France (FR): MMAtwo: New Innovative Process for Recycling End-of-life PMMA Wastes
- Bram van der Drift, Synova (NL): A Shortcut from Post-Consumer Plastic Waste to Circular Polyolefins
- Christian Haupts, Recenso (DE): Regeneration of Resources from Mixed Waste by CARBOLIQ Technology
- Tato Bigio, UBQ Materials (IL): One Mighty Step: How Small Amounts of Bio-based Materials Can Make a Big Environmental Impact
- Christoph Gürtler, Covestro (DE): Brighter Use of Resources: New Applications for CO2 Chemistry – Foams, Fibres, Surface Active Ingredients
- Erica Ording, Avantium (NL): Pioneering Renewable Carbon Based Technology
- Christian Lenges, IFF (US): Engineered Polysaccharides – Sustainable Material Innovation
- Joop Groen, Circular Biobased Delta (NL): CHAPLIN Program: Bio-based Asphalt for Sustainable Roads
- Christopher Carrick, Ren Com (SE): RenCom Transforms Lignin, the Most Abundant Unused Biopolymer on Earth, Into a Renewable and Functional Biomaterial
Day 3, 20th May, 2021
Renewable Plastics and Composites
- Michael Carus & Team, nova-Institut (DE): Market and Trends for Renewable Polymers – Bio-based, CO2 and Recycling, Biocomposites & Biodegradable Plastics
- Patrick Zimmermann, FKuR Kunststoff (DE): Circular Economy: Raw Materials, Applications, End of Live – What Needs to be Considered to be Successful
- Matthias Stratmann, nova-Institut (DE): Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of PEF in Comparison to PET
- Martin Zahel, Papiertechnische Stiftung, PTS Heidenau (DE): Bio-based Hotmelt Adhesives for Paper and Cardboard Packaging
- Clémentine Arnault, Carbiolice (FR): EVANESTO® Innovative Enzymatic Master Batch Making PLA Fully Compostable in All Composting Conditions
- Stephan Kulka, Lenzing (AT): Cellulose Fibres – Natural Versatility
- Cláudia Peixoto, Amorim Cork Composites (PT): Cork Polymer Compounds
- Mark Reinders, HempFlax Group (NL): Industrial Hemp a Crop for the Future
- Régis Voillat, Bcomp (CH): Sustainable and Lightweight Natural Fibre Solutions for the Future of Mobility
