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BIOPLASTIC OPPORTUNITIES IN Central Europe »Bioplastic Opportunities in Central Europe« is the fourth and
final conference organized within the PLASTiCE project—
Innovative value chain development for Sustainable plastics in
Central Europe.
Previous conferences (organized in Bologna, Ljubljana and
Warsaw) showed the state-of-the-art in the field, status and
importance of sustainable plastics, all with a special focus on
Central Europe. The final conference is returning to Slovenia and
will take place in Slovenj Gradec in the Koroška region. In the
last years this part of the Koroška region is experiencing solid
development based on an innovative orientation of the economy
with a strong emphasis on sustainable material use. Polymers
play a key role in this transformation – a process that is strongly
supported by the Polymer Technology College in Slovenj
Gradec who will be the local host to the conference.
Join us at the FINAL PLASTiCE International Conference: Bioplastic opportunities in Central Europe and get an update on the opportunities in the bioplastics business.
For more information about the conference please contact conference secretariat: Ms. Petra Horvat: [email protected]. For registration please contact Ms. Mojca Trkaj: [email protected]
More information about the conference is available on www.plastice.org or www.facebook.com/PlasticeSlovenia
Final PLASTiCE International Conference:
Bioplastic opportunities in Central Europe
September 23th-24th 2014, Slovenj Gradec
Slovenia
Polymer Technology College
(http://goo.gl/qGp2n7),
Free of charge – first register first serve (up to
max capacity)
JOIN US!
The conference is an opportunity to learn about new
sustainable plastics, their integration with the future of the
nascent European bio economy, the current situation of
bioplastics in the region and wider. You will have a chance
to hear some practical cases and success stories as well as
to gather information about knowledge transfer, product
price calculation, and find out how bioplastics can
accelerate your business. It is also an ideal opportunity for
focused networking.
The program of the conference is connecting the state-of-the-art
development with applied aspects of bioplastics while keeping
a focus on Central European opportunities as a knowledge and
business centre in the field. The program consists of sessions
devoted to:
Scientific developments that will influence the future of
bioplastics
PLASTiCE project outputs and case study outcomes
Application and material processing issues as seen from
academic and industrial perspective
Commercial development in the area of bioplastics from
material producers point of view
The establishment of the Global Network on Sustainable
Plastics
Knowledge transfer and price calculation
About Central Europe programme:
CENTRAL EUROPE is an EU programme that
encourages cooperation among the
counries of Central Europe to improve
innovation, accessibility and environment
and to enhance the competitiveness and
attractiveness of their cities and regions.
More information www.central2013.eu
About the PLASTiCE project
The PLASTiCE project is a project within the Central Europe
Programme. 13 partners from 4 countries (IT, SL, SK and PL) are
focusing on promoting the new environmentally friendly and
sustainable solutions, particularly bioplastics, in the packaging
and end-user industry.
Central Europe possesses relatively strong centres of knowledge
on bioplastics and by combining these fragmented forces from
different countries the project forms a well-rounded scientific
support, backed by regulative support and with contributions of a
complete value chain (producer, converter, end user). Through
information dissemination and by identifying and removing
obstacles to bioplastics development the project contributes to
higher sustainability in plastics use in Central Europe and
elsewhere.
Project’s most important outputs: National Information Points,
Certification portal, Roadmap for action and Transnational
advisory scheme will all be presented.
BIOPLASTIC OPPORTUNITIES IN Central Europe
AGENDA DAY 1, Opening of the conference, PLASTiCE sessions and scientific session DAY 2, Application oriented
Join us at the FINAL PLASTiCE International Conference: Bioplastic opportunites in
Central Europe and get an update on the opportunities in the bioplastics business.
For more information about the conference please contact conference secretariat: Ms.
Petra Horvat: [email protected]. For registration please contact Ms. Mojca Trkaj:
More information about the conference is available on www.plastice.org or
www.facebook.com/PlasticeSlovenia
9:00–9:30 Registration
9:30–11:15 Session 1 welcome and opening lecture
9:30–9:45 Welcome, Andrej Kržan (National Institute of Chemistry) and Silva Roncelli
Vaupot (Polymer Technology college)
9:45–10:15 Production and Use of Polyhydroxyalkanoates, Gerhart Braunegg (Graz
University of Technology) and Martin Koller
10:15-10:45 Solid-state properties of polymers from biocatalysis, Mariastella Scandola
(University of Bologna)
10:45-11:15 Novel systems based on thermoplastic polysaccharides: from starch to
chitosan materials, Eric Pollet (University of Strasbourg)
11:15-11:45 Coffee break
11:45–13:15 Session 2
11:45-12:15 Biodegradable materials based on PLA, PHB and their blends, Pavol Alexy
and Ivan Chodak (Polymer Institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences)
12:15-12:45 Poly4EmI, TBA
12:45-13:15 Understanding feasibility and scalability of enzymatic synthesis of polyesters,
Lucia Gardossi (University of Trieste)
13:15-14:30 LUNCH
14:30-16:00 Session 3 PLASTICE project
14:30-16:00
PLASTiCE project presentation, Andrej Kržan (National Institute of
Chemistry), Greg Ganczewski (COBRO-Packaging Research Institute) and
Luk Palmen (INNOCO)
16:00-16:30 Coffee break
16:30-18:00 Global network for sustainable plastics
16:30–17:00 Global network for sustainable plastics – development, implementation,
prospects, Stanislav Miertus (ICARST)
17:00-17:30 The use of sustainable plastics in Egypt, El Refaie Kenawy (Tanta University)
17:30-18:00
The Present and the Future of Sustainable plastics in Ukraine, Maksym
Iurzenko (Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry of the National Academy of
Sciences of Ukraine and E.O. Paton Electric Welding Institute of the National
Academy of Sciences of Ukraine)
19:00 DINNER
8:30–9:00 Registration
9:00–10:00 Visit of the laboratories of the Polymer Technology college
10:00–11:30 Session 1
10:00–10:30 Price calculation and knowledge transfer, Ivan Chodak jr. (Accuratio)
10:30–11:00 TBA, Markus Kainer (IM POLYMER)
11:00–11:30 FIBROMER® Cellulose Fibre Reinforced Polymer, Elisabeth Url (Mondi)
11:30-12:00 Coffee break
12:00–13:40 Session 2
12:00–12:20 Injection of PLA, Boštjan Šmuc (Tecos)
12:20–12:40 Wheylayer 2 – Material development and benefits, Urška Sušnik Pivk
(Lajovic Tuba)
12:40–13:00 Collection of biodegradable Waste in municipality Piran – Use of
biodegradable bags, TBC
13:00–13:20 Composting of biodegradable bags – Slovenian Case study, TBA
(Saubermacher Slovenia)
13:20-13:40 Innovation e-Platform for Bioeconomy TBA
13:40-14:30 Discussion and closing of the conference
14:30- Closing and barbecue
LEGEND: TBA – To be announced
TBC – to be confirmed
