CONFERENCE

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29

9.00 – 9.30

REGISTRATION

   

9.30 – 10.00

OPENING

Mario Bonaccorso Cluster SPRING, (Italy)

 
 

WELCOME MESSAGE

   

10.00

KEY NOTES

 

 

       
  A Green Deal for the planet: the role of frontier research Eleni Zika, European Research Council  
 

Destination 2050: a route to net zero for European aviation

Thorsten Lange, Neste (Finland)

 
  The Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking: objectives and priorities for the new partnership

Virginia Puzzolo, CBE JU

 

10.50 – 11.20

COFFEE BREAK – POSTER SESSION ONLINE

   

 

     
 

BIO-BASED INDUSTRIES Each presentation is scheduled to last 12 minutes

Moderator: Giovanni Sannia (University of Naples Federico II)  
  New wave of biobased materials from lignocellulosic biomass

Matti Heikkilä, MetGen (Finland)

 
  Challenges and new paradigms in developing Sustainable & Biobased polymers for the waterborne specialty chemical markets

Gabriele Costa, Lamberti (Italy)

 
 
Creating a biobased future: recycling of organic and inorganic waste streams

Esther Gabor, BRAIN AG (Germany)

 
  Mater-Bi: a catalysts for the transition to a regenerative economy Giulia Gregori, Novamont (Italy)  
  Biopolymers and climate change, how the us of sustainably grown crops will address the challenge

Mariagiovanna Vetere, NatureWorks (USA)

 
  FDCA and the polyester PEF entering the market space Ed de Jong, Avantium (Netherlands), tbc  
       

13.15 – 14.30

NETWORKING LUNCH – POSTER SESSION ONLINE

 

 

 

 

 

 

14.30

ROUND TABLE

Moderator: Maurizio Bettiga (LGCA)

 

The decarbonization of plastics

Hasso von Pogrell (European Bioplastics), Mariagiovanna Vetere (NatureWorks), Giulia Gregori (Novamont), Ed de Jong (Avantium), Ludo Diels (Vito, Belgium)  
15.30 – 15-40

Biomaterials: optimizing product development through public private partnership

 Laurie Rey, Toulouse White Biotechnology (France)

B2B – MEETINGS

15.40 – 15,50 Applying Ligninases to resolve end-of-life issues of thermoset composite plastics Beatrice Mongili, Biosphere (Italy)

15.50 – 16.00

Energy shortage- incentives to overcome the actual crisis Massimo Nava, Ayming (Italy)

16.00 – 16.30

COFFEE BREAK – POSTER SESSION ONLINE

 

16.30 – 17.30

ROUND TABLE

Moderator: Stefano Carosio

 

The decarbonization of industry: the role of regions

Christophe Luguel (Bioeconomy for Change, France),  (Apulia Region, Italy), Ana Pego (Portugal), Helena McMahon (Ireland), George Sakellaris (Czech Republic), Lorenzo Lo Cascio (Regione Lazio, Italy), Manfred Kircher (KADIB)

 
Circular bioeconomy at regional scale: the Fronsth1p project as a case study
Fabio Magrassi, STAM (Italy)
  Circular bioeconomy at regional scale: the BIOMODEL4REGIONS project as a case study Roberto Russo, CiaoTech (Italy)
     

18.15

CLOSING REMARKS

and Networking cocktail

 

 

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30

8.30

REGISTRATION

   
9.00

WELCOME MESSAGE

AGROFOOD & NEW BIOMATERIALS Each presentation is scheduled to last 12 minutes

Moderator: Isabella Pisano (University of Bari)

 
  Unlocking the full potential of coffee pulp Daniela Ribezzo, PectCof (The Netherlands)  
  Celery, a new fermented plant-based beverage platform

Domenico Centrone, Celery (Italy)

B2B – MEETINGS

 
Rethinking the wood bioprocessing industry to deliver MORE from LESS

Peep Pitk, Fibenol (Estonia)

 
Transforming meat production: how industrial biotechnology can help deliver a sustainable protein future
Alex Holst, The Good Food Institute
10.00 Start-up pitches Hackustica (Apulia), Sestre (Apulia), Impatto zero (Lazio)
10.20

The EIC instruments to translate breakthrough research into innovation: funding opportunities in carbon management and valorization

Antonio Pantaleo, European Innovation Council
     
10.30 ROUND TABLE Moderator: Chris Patermann
 

The circular bioecoomy: investing in the resilience and the ecological transition

Josko Bobanovic (Sofinnova, France), Ludwig Goris (Capricorn Venture, Belgium), Michael Nettersheim  (European Circular Bioeconomy Fund), Or Haviv (Ariel Capital, Israel) 

11.30 – 12.00

COFFEE BREAK POSTER SESSION ONLINE

 

 

   

12.00 – 13.15

ROUND TABLE

Moderator: David Chiaramonti

 

The decarbonitation of the aviation industry: the role of SAF

Thorsten Lange (Neste), Babette Pettersen (LanzaTech), Luca Sassi (Eni), Rossella Bozzini (Airports of Rome), Andrea Angeletti (NextChem), James Cogan (Pannonia Bio)

13.15 – 13.30

CLOSING  and Best Poster Award

   

13.30 – 14.30

NETWORKING LUNCH – POSTER SESSION ONLINE