Programme of the congress
1st day, April 20th
9:30 – 13:00 Lead market Bio-based Plastics and Composites – Current Trends and Political Framework
Michael Carus, nova-Institut GmbH (DE): Bio-Based Plastics and Composites: Current trends, drivers and future developments
Peter Schintlmeister, Federal Ministry of Economy, Family and Youth (AT): The European Commission’s Lead Market Initiative (LMI) for Bio-based Products
John Williams, Polymers & Materials Manager, National Non Food CropsCentre (UK): Policy on Bio-based Products
11:00 Coffee Break
Jöran Reske, european bioplastics (D): Certification – Industrial Task Force Bio-Based Content
Alexander Shroff, Beta Analytic Inc. (USA): Measuring the Biobased Content of Bioplastics and Compositesvia ASTM D6866
Prof. Hans-Josef Endres, FH Hannover (DE): A new Biopolymer Database
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:30 Bio-based Plastics – Production and Applications, Part 1
Ady Jager, NatureWorks BV (NL/USA): Latest Development with INGEO-PLA (Polylactide)
Joachim Janz, Innovia Films (DE/UK): Bio-based Films for Packaging
Dr. Christian Bonten, FKuR Kunststoff Gmbh (DE): New Bio-based Compounds for Packaging and other Applications
15:30 Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:30 Wood Plastic Composites (WPC)
Dr. Peter Sauerwein, Verband der Deutschen Holzwerkstoffindustrie e.V. (DE): Innovative Timber Products
Dr. Matthias Schulte, Werzalit AG & Co. KG (DE): Current WPC applications for the construction, furniture andautomotive industry
Helmut Hiendl, h. hiendl kunststofftechnik GmbH & Co. KG (DE): Diverse Examples of new Applications for WPC
17:30 – 18:15 Innovation Award „Bio-based Material of the Year 2010“
Miriam Walddörfer, Coperion GmbH (DE): Compounding of Renewable Materials
Short presentation of the three nominated companies for the InnovationAward – Election of the awardee by the participants
18:15 Dinner Buffet
19:30 Presentation of the Innovation Award by Peter von Hoffmann, General Manager, Coperion GmbH (DE)
ca. 21:00 End of the evening reception
Programme: 2nd day, April 21th
9:30 – 13:00 Natural Fibres Reinforced Plastics (NFRP)
John Hobson, Hemp Technology Ltd (UK): Hemp Fibres for Industrial Applications
Dr. Werner Klusmeier, Johnson Controls Interior (JCI) (DE/USA): Use of Natural Fibres in the interior of cars: Status and Future
Maira Magnani, Ford Forschungszentrum Aachen (DE/USA): Ford Motor Company’s Sustainable Materials
11:00 Coffee Break
Martin Snijder, GreenGran B.V. (NL): Innovative Natural Fibre Reinforced Bio-Composite Granules for Cradle-to-Cradle Solutions – China in our hands?
Alexandre Pereira, Grupo Amorim (PT): Cork Composites
Dr. Lars Ziegler, Tecnaro GmbH (DE): Going Green: Bio-based Composites and Blends (Arboform®, Arboblend® and Arbofill®)
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 16:00 Bio-based Plastics – Production and Applications, Part 2
Thomas Werner, Du Pont de Nemours GmbH (DE/USA): Performance Polymers renewable sourced: Polymers, Processingand Applications
Dr. Vincent de Jong, PURAC Biochem BV (NL): D-lactide and L-lactide for PLA
Dr. Ir. Hans Hoydonckx. TransFurans Chemicals bcba (BE): Furan Chemicals and their applications in new materials
Thomas Grotkjær, Novozymes A/S (DK): Braskem and Novozymes join forces on Green Polypropylene
16:00 Coffee Break
16:30 – 17:30 Panel Discussion
contact: lena.scholz@nova-institut.de
