THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1
| 8.30 – 9.00 | REGISTRATION | ||
| 9.00 – 9.10 | OPENING | Mario Bonaccorso (Assobiotec-Federchimica/SPRING) | |
| 9.10 – 9.30 | WELCOME MESSAGE | ||
| KEY NOTES | |||
| 9.30 – 9.50 | Rafa Cayuela, Dow Chemical | ||
| 9.50 – 10.10 | Philippe Mengal, BBI JU | ||
| 10.10 – 10.30 | Eleni Zika, European Research Council | ||
| 10.30 – 10.50 | Giulia C. Braga, World Bank | ||
| 10.50 – 11.30 | COFFEE BREAK – POSTER SESSION | ||
| BIO-BASED INDUSTRIES Each presentation is scheduled to last 12 minutes | Moderator: | ||
| 11.30 – 11.45 | Role of lignin valorization in modern biorefineries | Alex Michine, MetGen (Finland) | |
| 11.45 – 12.00 | Commercializing biosourced commodity chemicals: lessons learned and what’s next | Daniel MacEachran, Braskem (Brazil) | |
| 12.00 – 12.15 | |||
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| 12.45 – 13.00 | |||
| 13.00 – 13.15 | |||
| 13.15 – 14.15 | NETWORKING LUNCH – POSTER SESSION | ||
| 14.15 – 15.00 | ROUND TABLE | Chair: Gianluca Carenzo (Hub Innovation Trentino) | |
| The bio-based economy and the Venture Capitals | Michael Nettersheim (ECBF), Josko Bobanovic (Sofinnova Partners), Niklas von Weymarn (Metsä Spring) | ||
| ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT | Moderator: David Chiaramonti (Polytechnic of Turin) | B2B – MEETINGS | |
| 15.00 – 15.15 | Unlocking the potential of biomass: taking your product development from labscale to commercial scale | Peter Flippo, BioProcess Facility (Netherlands) | |
| 15.15 – 15.30 | Michael Tesch, Clariant (Switzerland) | ||
| 15.30 – 15.45 | Mladen Istuk, INA (Croatia) | ||
| 15.45 – 16.00 | |||
| 16.00 – 16.15 | |||
| 16.15 – 16.30 | |||
| 16.30 – 17.00 | COFFEE BREAK – POSTER SESSION | ||
| 17.00 – 18.00 | ROUND TABLE | Moderator: Chris Patermann | |
| The role of National strategies | Fabio Fava (Italy), Agata Foks (Poland), Isabella Plimon (Austria), Simão Soares (Portugal), Sarah Hickingbottom (UK) | ||
| 18.00 | Why invest in Italy & Support Services
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Stefano Nigro (Italian Trade Agency)
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2
| 8.30 – 9.00 | REGISTRATION | ||
| 9.00 – 9.10 | WELCOME MESSAGE | ||
| AGROFOOD & NEW BIOMATERIALS Each presentation is scheduled to last 12 minutes | Moderator: Fabio Fava (University of Bologna) | ||
| 9.15 – 9.30 | Stefano Babbini, MOGU (Italy) | B2B – MEETINGS | |
| 9.30 – 9.45 | Fabrizio Calenti, Aquafil (Italy) | ||
| 9.45 – 10.00 | What a tree can do – innovation and fashion from forests | Kirsi Seppäläinen, Stora Enso (Sweden) | |
| 10.00 – 10.15 | The role of the forest-based sector within the circular bioeconomy | Andreas Kleinschmit Von Lengefeld, FCBA French Institute of Technology for Forest-based and Furniture Sectors (France) | |
| 10.15 – 10.30 | |||
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| 11.00 – 11.15 | |||
| 11.15 – 11.45 | COFFEE BREAK POSTER SESSION | ||
| 11.45 – 13.00 | ELEVATOR PITCHES | Moderator: | |
| Startupping in the circular bioeconomy | |||
| 13.00 – 13.10 | CLOSING and Best Poster Award | ||
| 13.10 – 14.30 | NETWORKING LUNCH – POSTER SESSION |
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