Symposium 2016
Programme
16 june 2016
“R&D on biobased materials in times of volatile oil prices and the Paris climate treaty goals”
| 09.00 - 09.30 | Reception and Registration |
| 09.30 - 09.35 | Welcome & Opening of the symposium by Jan Noordegraaf, Synbra Technology (NL) |
| 09.35 - 09.45 | Importance of biobased performance materials for the Netherlands by Bert Jan Lommerts, Latexfalt (NL) and Dutch Top Sector Chemistry |
| 09.45 - 10.00 | Introduction to the BPM programme by Christiaan Bolck, director BPM |
| 10.00 - 10.30 | Keynote address: Development of a portfolio of bio-based monomers for the polymer industry by Erik Hagberg, Archer Daniels Midland Company (USA) |
| 10.30 - 11.00 | Coffee break |
| 11.00 - 11.25 | Biopolymers: from the bench to industrial scale by Ulla Trommsdorff, Sulzer (CH) |
| 11.25 - 11.35 | GlueReed – Reed fibre boards based on bio-based and biocompatible water-borne polymer resins (video clip) by DSM Coating Resins (NL), CS Process Engineering (UK), Compakboard (NL), atuurmonumenten (NL), Wageningen Food & Biobased Research (NL) |
| 11.35 - 12.00 | New bio-based barrier material for flexible packaging by Hans Martens, Sabic (KSA/NL) |
| 12.00 - 12.25 | Embedding biobased solutions into traditional value chains by Lawrence Theunissen, Reverdia (NL) |
| 12.30 - 13.45 | Lunch |
| 13.45 - 14.10 | Renewable materials at DuPont – Transforming the world to more sustainable feedstocks by Ernst Poppe, Dupont (USA/CH) |
| 14.10 - 14.35 | Renewable roofing membranes - a world to DISCOVER by Wouter Jan van den Berg, Icopal (NL) |
| 14.35 - 15.00 | Van Wijhe Verf is building along with green paints by Jan Wessels, Van Wijhe Verf (NL) |
| 15.00 - 15.30 | Coffee break |
| 15.30 - 15.55 | Adding value to speciality chemicals with biobased resources by Hans Ridderikhoff, Croda (UK/NL) |
| 15.55 - 16.30 | Panel discussion with Dutch R&D organisations by Moderator: Jan Noordegraaf, Synbra Technology (NL) |
| Yvonne van der Meer - Maastricht University, Jan Jager - Stenden University of applied sciences, Jan Willem Slijkoord - TNO, Jacco van Haveren - Wageningen University & Research |
| 16.30 - 16.45 | Closing remarks |
| 16.45 - 18.00 | Drinks |