09.00 - 09.30
Invited talk: Biorefinery of leafy green biomasses – Proteins for food ingredients
Trine Dalsgaard, Aarhus University, DK

09.30 - 09.50
Enhancing the lactic acid production from pasta wastes by using enzymes obtained by solid-state fermentation
Cristina Marzo-Gago, University of Cádiz, ES

09.50 - 10.10
Biorefinery of various agricultural biomass to produce hydroxymethylfurfural
Katarzyna Świątek, University of Hohenheim, DE

10.10 - 10.30
Production of itaconic acid using Ustilago maydis based on municipal green waste
Marianne Volkmar, RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau, DE

09.00 - 09.30
Invited talk: Valorisation strategies for industrial bark
Mark Borrega, VTT, FI

09.30 - 09.50
Different strategies for bioconversion of eucalyptus bark into cellulosic ethanol: SHF vs SSF
Ana Xavier, University of Aveiro, PT

09.50 - 10.10
Birch biomass transformation in Latvijas Finieris
Artūrs Raimonds Feldmanis,Latvijas Finieris, LV

10.10 - 10.30
Understanding the impact of steam pretreatment severity on cellulose ultrastructure, recal-citrance, and hydrolyzability of Norway spruce
Fabio Caputo, Chalmers University of Technology, SE

09.00 - 09.30
Invited Talk: The role of heterogeneous catalysis in future biorefineries
David Kubicka, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, CZ

09.30 - 09.50
0Catalytic hydrotreatment of Alcell lignin using non precious mono- and bimetallic Ni(Mo) catalysts supported on mesoporous alumina
Hero J. Heeres, University of Groningen, NL

09.50 - 10.10
Electrocatalytic kraft lignin conversion dissolved in industrial black liquor
Elisabeth Oehl, Johannes Gutenberg-University Main, DE

10.10 - 10.30
Enhancing the performance of palladium based nanoparticle catalysts in the mild reductive depolymerization of soda lignin through addition of a secondary metal and tuning of the preparation strategy
Tibo De Saegher, Ghent University, BE

11.15 - 11.45
Chemical solutions for agri-food waste upcycling
Nicoletta Ravasio, CNR SCITEC, IT

11.45 - 12.05
The primary sector biobased: Biopesticides and biostimulants
Jarinda Viaene, ILVO, BE

12.05 - 12.25
From discarded carrots to 100 % bio-based films: Purified hemicellulose-pectin combined with lignin-cellulose nanofibers
Marta Ramos-Andrés, University of Valladolid, ES

12.25 - 12.45
How intermediate analysis inspires selectivity control for the catalytic reductive amination of carbohydrates towards ethylene polyamines
Benjamin Vermeeren, KU Leuven, BE

11.15 - 11.45
Invited talk: Biorefinery of fruit and vegetable processing by-products and waste: Problems and prospects
Petras Rimantas Venskutonis, Kaunas University of Technology, LT 

11.45 - 12.05
Water-in-oil emulsions as curcumin and olive extract carriers towards the development of eco-friendly solutions for antibacterial photodynamic inactivation of S. Aureus
Pedro Jorge Louro Crugeira, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, PT

12.05 - 12.25
CIRCLE project: An improved orange peel waste management option for a closed loop biorefinery
Jacopo Paini, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Technologies “Giulio Natta”, IT

12.25 - 12.45
Protein’s extraction from Tetraselmis Suecica by high pressure homogenizer: Kinetic study and process modelling
Hussein Rida, Université de Toulouse, FR

11.15 - 11.45
Aqueous phase reforming of birch and pine hemicellulose hydrolysates - From model compounds to real feeds
Henrik Grénman, Åbo Akademi University, FI

11.45 - 12.05
Impact of the impregnation method of oxophilic La or Ce promoted NiCu-Al₂O₃ on the low-temperature hydrodeoxygenation of anisole
Tom Vandevyvere, Ghent University, BE

12.05 - 12.25
Metal oxides Ru-supported nanoparticles as efficient catalyst for hydrodeoxygenation of lignin model compounds
Zoel Hormigón, Instituto de Tecnología Química, ES

12.25 - 12.45
Efficient hydrogenation of furfural to tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol over Ni₁Zr₁Al₂-R600 catalyst
Zheng Li, Sichuan University, CN

15.00 - 15.30
Catalytic solvolysis of enzymatic hydrolysis lignin (EHL) into chemicals and fuels
Yongdan Li, Aalto University, FI

15.30 - 15.50
Desalination of industrial crude glycerol from waste-based biodiesel plants using electrodialysis for the production of sustainable aviation fuel
Taha Attarbachi, Argent Energy Ltd., UK

15.50 - 16.10
F-CUBED hydrothermal treatment of wet residue streams: Opportunities for energy, circularity and GHG reduction
Douwe S. Zijlstra, TNO, NL

16.10 - 16.30
Eco-design of bio-based solvents using reverse engineering for the substitution of hexane in vegetable oil extraction
Mohamad Nehmeh, Université de Toulouse, FR

15.00 - 15.30
Invited talk: Xylans from plant cell walls to future materials and food
Maija Tenkanen, University of Helsinki, FI

15.30 - 15.50
Exploring the potential of cyanobacteria to produce extracellular polymeric substances
Christine Steffen, University of Nottingham, UK

15.50 - 16.10
Water: Friend or foe? Toward sustainable pathways to plain water-soluble chitosan
Casper Van Poucke, Ghent University, BE

16.10 - 16.30
Production and characterization of novel mixed-mode beads for protein adsorption and purification
Pedro Fardim, KU Leuven, BE

15.00 - 15.30
Invited talk: The role of sustainability and circularity as decision criteria in the biorefinery approach
Maria Teresa Moreira Vilar, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, ES

15.30 - 15.50
Pitfalls in the sustainability assessment of bio-based products for a defossilised economy
Heiko Keller, Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, DE

15.50 - 16.10
Environmental impact of ethanol production from steel off-gas and biomass gasification via syngas fermentation - A gate-to-gate life cycle assessment for hot spot identification
Haneef Shijaz, Delft University of Technology, NL

16.10 - 16.30
Bio-based components for marine fuels: Life cycle environmental impacts and biomass potentials
Nils Rettenmaier, Institute for Energy and Environmental Research gGmbH, DE