09.00 - 09.30
Substitute of speaker Changwei Hu:
Stijn Bovijn, Ghent University, BE

09.30 - 09.50
Biotechnological recycling and upcycling of blended textile waste
Sophia Mihalyi, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, AU

09.50 - 10.10
Hydrolysis and fermentation of birch wood (Betula pendula) pyrolysis-based sugars
Kristine Meile, Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry, LV

10.10 - 10.30
Perennial ryegrass: A suitable lignocellulosic biomass for the development of a biorefinery platform
Ludovica Varriale, RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau, DE

09.00 - 09.30
The BIOEAST Strategic Plan: Challenges and opportunities in the transition to a circular and sustainable bioeconomy in Central and Eastern Europe
Balázs Imre, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary

09.30 - 09.50
Two stage fermentation process for enhanced medium chain carboxylic acids (MCCAs) production from organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW)
Roman Zagrodnik, Adam Mickiewicz University, Faculty of Chemistry, PL

09.50 - 10.10
Synthesis of oxidised lignin to prepare recyclable biobased epoxy resins with covalent adaptable network
Giorgio Tofani, National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana, SI

10.10 - 10.30
Rapeseed oil as feedstock for the development of polymeric materials via Michael addition reaction
Mikelis Kirpluks, Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry, Riga, LV

09.00 - 09.30
Invited talk: Towards the circular use of carbon: from steel mill waste gas to low-carbon ethanol by gas fermentation
Kristof Verbeeck, ArcelorMittal, BE

09.30 - 09.50
CO₂ reduction potential of the biochemical production of long-chain dicarboxylic acids from used cooking oil
Iris Cornet, University of Antwerp, BE

09.50 - 10.10
Investigations of an equilibrium reactor for the dynamic methanol synthesis from CO₂-containting flue gases
Johannes Michael Voß, Fraunhofer UMSICHT, DE

10.10 - 10.30
Ionic liquid-catalyzed  CO₂ - epoxy reaction  - A sustainable route to bio-based thermosets
Marwa Rebei, Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry CAS, CZ

11.00 - 11.30
Potential of birch outer bark suberin fatty acids for replacement of synthetic polymer constituents
Janis Rizikovs, Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry, LV

11.30 - 11.50
Cellulose as substrate for active surfaces: Theory and applications
Mohamed Naceur Belgacem, Université Grenoble Alpes, FR

11.50 - 12.10
Reuse of beer spent grain for biopolymers and high value chemicals
Valentina Beghetto, University Ca’ Foscari Venice, IT

12.10 - 12.30
Synthesis of thermoplastic cellulose ester derivatives in novel ionic liquid
Nutan Savale, Tallinn University of Technology, EE

11.00 - 11.30
Spent frying oil as substrate to produce short-chain organic acids
Luisa Serafim, University of Aveiro, PT

11.30 - 11.50
Alternative feedstocks for the itaconic acid production with Ustilago cynodontis
Paul-Joachim Niehoff, RWTH Aachen University, DE

11.50 - 12.10
Post-fermentation corn oil as a source of bioactive compounds: Phytosterols separation
Valentína Kafková, Association Energy 21, SK

12.10 - 12.30
Online monitoring of the oil accumulation in Ustilago maydis using in vivo fluorescence staining
Paul Richter, RWTH Aachen University, DE

11.00 - 11.30
Enhanced xylonic acid production from xylose by Paraburkholderia sacchari
Maria Teresa Cesário, University of Lisbon, PT

11.30 - 11.50
Bioprocess integration for the revalorisation of cassava waste into biopolymers
Alfred Fernández-Castané, Aston University, UK

11.50 - 12.10
Elucidating enzymes selectivity and thermostability in short-esters and polyesters synthesis
Filippo Fabbri, Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology, Biomaterial and Enzyme Technology group, AT

12.10 - 12.30
A BetterPlastic production: From grape waste to mcl-PHA
Bruno Serafim, NOVA University Lisbon, PT