Friday, 3 June 2022

08.45 - 10.15

Parallel Sessions 6

08.45 - 09.15
One flow through hydrolysis and hydrogenation of semi-industrial xylan from birch (betula pendula) in a continuous reactor – kinetics and modelling
Henrik Grénman, Åbo Akademi University, Turku/Åbo, FI

09.15 - 09.35
Amine-based extractants for isolation of carboxylic acids from complex, biobased process streams
Paul Demmelmayer, Graz University of Technology, Graz, AT

09.35 - 09.55
Valorisation of sugar industry by products via biorefinery development for the production of bacterial cellulose and value-added co-products
Maria Varvara Sarafidou, Agricultural University of Athens, GR

09.55 - 10.15
Production of organic acids from a perennial ryegrass with a biorefinery view
Ludovica Varriale, Technical University of Kaiserslautern, DE

08.45 - 09.15
Highly efficient and flexible: Acetogens as promising hosts for the utilization of CO2-derived miscible and gaseous one-carbon feedstocks

Stefan Pflügl, Technische Universität Wien, Vienna, AT

09.15 - 09.35
Improvement of power to PHA pathway: Mixed culture fermentation of hydrogen within biochar based materials

Yusuf Küçükaga, University of Bologna, Ravenna, IT and Gebze Technical University, Kocaeli, TR

09.35 - 09.55
Techno-economic and GHG reduction potential evaluation of carbon negative polymer production 
Kristian Melin, LUT University, Lahti, FI

09.55 - 10.15
Catalyst screening, kinetic and reactor modelling of epoxide carbonation 

Wander Y. Peréz-Sena, Åbo Akademi University, Åbo, FI and Normandie Université, Rouen, FR

08.45 - 09.15
Glycoside phosphorylases in multi-enzyme cAndrea Facchinascade system for the biosynthesis of functional cello-oligosaccharides
Chao Zhong, Graz University of Technology, Graz, AT

09.15 - 09.35
Improving microbial oils production from short-chain fatty acids by evolutionary engineering: Caproic-rich media as challenging substrate

Elia Tomás-Pejó, IMDEA Energy, Madrid, ES

09.35 - 09.55
Microbial funneling of pyrolysis product for the production of green chemicals: Preliminary investigations with microbial mixed cultures

Andrea Facchin, University of Bologna, Ravenna, IT 

09.55 - 10.15
Investigation of alternative feedstocks based on municipal green waste for conventional and electro-assisted fermentations
Marianne Volkmar, Technical University of Kaiserslautern, DE

 

10.45 – 11.15

Keynote Lecture 

Electrifying organic synthesis 
Siegfried Waldvogel, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany
 

10.15 – 10.45

Coffee Break and Exhibition

11.15 - 12.45

Parallel Sessions 7

11.15 - 11.45

Sustainable approach to biomass fractionation for integration into biorefineries
Eva Balaguer, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, DK

11.45 - 12.05
Production of single cell protein for human consumption from a green biorefinery residual stream 

Natália Hachow Motta dos Passos, Aarhus University, Aarhus, DK

12.05 - 12.25
Flax by-products create business

Jasmine Versyck, ILVO, Melle, BE

12.25 - 12.45
The recycling of low-cost protic ionic liquids for efficient butanol production from rice straw
Helena Poy, University of Valencia, ES 

11.15 - 11.45
Extending the craft beer tasty lifetime with by-products of the wine and chestnut production – The Bio4Drinks Project
Ricardo Pires, Tree Flowers Solutions Lda, Bragança, PT

11.45 - 12.05
Extraction of bioactive molecules from tomato greenhouse waste using green solvents
Adrian Drescher, Graz University of Technology, Graz, AT

12.05 - 12.25
Sustainable extraction of keratin from renewable raw materials using ionic liquids
Cariny Polesca, University of Aveiro, PT

12.25 - 12.45
Physico-chemical characterization of date fruit pomace, an underutilized waste bioresource
Sabeera Haris, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, AE

11.15 - 11.45
Lignin-first via reductive catalytic fractionation to make lignocellulosic biorefinery more sustainable
Majd Al-Naji, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, DE

11.45 - 12.05
Applications of biobased levoglucosenone and derivatives
Jane Murray, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

12.05 - 12.25
Production of platform chemicals from biomass in on-farm biorefinery

Katarzyna Swiatek, University of Hohenheim, DE

12.25 - 12.45
The Levoglucosenone (LGO) biorefinery: The interactions and reactions of LGO and Cyrene with water

James Clark, University of York, UK

12.45 - 12.55

Presentation of the 10th Golden Crop Award

12.55 - 13.05

Presentation of the Awards for the best PhD talks
Chris Stevens, Ghent University, BE

13.05 - 13.15

Closing Remarks and Presentation of RRB 2023
Wim Soetaert, Ghent University, BE

13.15 – 14.00

Farewell Lunch