BIOPOLYMER Congress 2019
2-day congress incl. exhibition

The latest that processors and users need to know about bioplastics and biodegradable plastics: in compact form over two days! 120 participants from 12 countries. Manufacturers, processors, users and suppliers.

Program
May 21 & 22, 2019
The presentations in detail

Welcome!
9.00–9.15 am

Greetings and some technical notes
Peter Putsch
Polykum e.V.
Merseburg (Germany)

Keynotes

9.15 – 9.45 am

Genetically engineered supercharged polypeptides: from sequence control to function
Prof. Dr. Andreas Herrmann
DWI Leibniz Institute for Interaktive Materials/ Institute of Technical und Makromolecular Chemistry
RWTH University Aachen (Germany)

9.45 – 10.15 am

Cradle to Cradle biopolymeres as an opportunity to solve the microplastic problem
Prof. Dr. Michael Braungart
EPEA - Internationale Umweltforschung GmbH, Hamburg/ Chair of Ecodesign, Leuphana University Lüneburg (Germany)

10.15–10.30 am

Coffee break

Bioeconomy and raw materials

Session 1
10.30–11.00 am

NesteRE options for compostable polymers
Dr. Martin Bussmann
Neste Germany GmbH
Düsseldorf (Germany)

11.00-11.30 am

Bioprocess plant design for the fermentative produktion of bioplastics
Dr. Frank Emde
Heinrich Frings GmbH & Co KG
Bonn (Germany)

11.30–12.00 pm

QIRA - the next generation of 1,4 Butanediol
Benjamin Rump
Helm AG
Hamburg (Germany)

12.00–12.30 pm

Lunch break

Materials and additives

Session 2

12.30–1.00 pm

POLYKUM DigiLab - Virtual material development for thermoplastic biopolymer compounds
Dr. Patrick Hirsch
Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems IMWS
Halle (Germany)
 

1.00–1.30 pm

New sorting and tracking options based on innovative marker technologies
Jochen Moesslein
Polysecure GmbH
Freiburg (Germany) 

1.30–2.00 pm

Markets: Latin America (I)

Colombia: Introduction to the economic situation and plastic industry
Janosch Siepen
GTAI - Germany Trade and Invest
Bogota (Colombia)

Economic relationship Mexico - Germany
Edwin Schuh
GTAI - Germany Trade and Invest
Mexico City (Mexico)

2.00–2.15 pm

Coffee break

BIOPOLYMER Innovation Award

Session 4
4.00–4.10 pm

Review of the Main Prize winner 2021
Stefano Mele
Gruppo Fabbri Vignola, S.p.A.
Vignola (Italy)

4.10–4.30 pm

Project presentations of the three finalists 2022
(in alphabetical order)

4.30–4.45 pm

Prize Ceremony
BIOPOLYMER Innovation Award 2022

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Fördergemeinschaft für Polymerentwicklung und Kunststofftechnik
Peter Putsch
Brandisstraße 4
06217 Merseburg
Germany

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