Symposium 2014

Programme

12 june 2014

09.00 - 09.30 Reception and Registration

09.30 - 09.35 Welcome & Opening of the symposium by Harriëtte Bos, chair of the symposium
09.35 - 09.50 Topsector Chemistry: Prolongation of the Biobased Performance Materials R&D programme by Gerard van Harten, Topsector Chemistry
09.50 - 10.00 Introduction to the BPM programme by Christiaan Bolck, director BPM
10.00 - 10.30 Practical experiences in examining the feasibility of biobased products in challenging applications: printer panels, packaging for non-perishable liquid foods, and carpet backing by Karin Molenveld, Wageningen Food & Biobased Research

10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break

11.00 - 11.30 Powder coatings and waterborne coatings for the industrial and consumer market: Development of biobased polyamide and polyurethane systems by Juliën van Velthoven, Eindhoven University of Technology
11.30 - 12.00 Broadening the application of PLA towards ‘durables’: Progress in the field of impact resistance and thermal stability by Angela Smits, Croda Coatings & Polymers and Rutger Knoop, Wageningen Food & Biobased Research
12.00 - 12.30 Plastics that make food last longer: Using the antimicrobial functionality of natural polymers by Frans Kappen, Wageningen Food & Biobased Research

12.30 - 13.30 Lunch

13.30 - 14.00 Towards biobased and recyclable composite resins by Rolf Blaauw, Wageningen Food & Biobased Research and Francesco Picchioni, University of Groningen
14.00 - 14.30 Bioplastic processing: Improved properties of PLA by stretching by Sicco de Vos, Corbion Purac, Gerald Schennink, Wageningen Food & Biobased Research and Pim Lohmeijer, Eindhoven University of Technology
14.30 - 15.00 Biobased polyesters for coatings and partially biobased polyesters for engineering plastics applications by Cor Koning, DSM Coating Resins

15.00 - 15.30 Coffee break

15.30 - 16.00 Biobased ‘drop in’ bulk chemicals: Producing styrene and acrylic acid from biomass by Jacco van Haveren, Wageningen Food & Biobased Research
16.00 - 16.30 Sustainability of biobased performance materials: Current status and potential for improvement by Li Shen, Utrecht University

16.30 - 16.45 Closing remarks
16.45 - 18.00 Drinks