09.00 - 09.30
Invited talk: Development of biostimulants from sunflower stalks and heads: optimization of extraction conditions through twin-screw extrusion, bioactivity evaluation, and valorization of extrudate into biosourced materials
Philippe Evon University of Toulouse, FR & Danny Geelen, Ghent University, BE

09.30 - 09.50
Furfural awakening – An intermediate for renewable fuels and chemicals
Jean-Paul Lange, Shell Global Solutions International B.V., NL

09.50 - 10.10
Fractionation of Kraft lignin for production of alkyd resin coatings
Arpa Ghosh, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, FI

10.10 - 10.30
How to design a sustainable industrial bioproduction chain configuration: Development of a bioprocess model-based simulation tool to be coupled with life cycle assessment
Elise Viau, Université de Toulouse, FR

09.00 - 09.30
Invited talk: Algal biomass: A resource for peptide containing protein hydrolysate and prebiotic ingredient generation
Maria Hayes Teagasc, IE

09.30 - 09.50
Accelerating algae product development: A digital tool for enhancing economic feasibility and decision-making in the blue economy
Stefania Luzzi, Biobased & Circular Technologies, NL

09.50 - 10.10
Volatile fatty acids production from microalgae Nannochloropsis side-streams
Claudia Lucas Duarte, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, PT

10.10 - 10.30
Chemical characterisation of Sargassum seaweed from Guadeloupe and Dominican Republic
Elliot Calbrix, Laboratoire de Chimie Agro-industrielle, FR

09.00 - 09.30
Invited talk: Biobased building and construction materials using lignin
Richard Gosselink, Wageningen University, NL

09.30 - 09.50
Optimization in the depolymerization of industrial lignin and catalyst reusability using precious metal-supported catalysts
Raphaela Süss, Wood K plus, AT

09.50 - 10.10
Downregulation of caffeoyl shikimate esterase leads to saccharification improvement in field-grown poplar
Thatiane Mota, Ghent University & VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, BE

10.10 - 10.30
Development of binderless particleboards and composites using Sargassum spp. seaweeds pretreated by twin-screw extrusion
Jérôme Bauta, Université de Toulouse, FR

11.15 - 11.45
The contribution of yeasts’ biodiversity, natural or empowered by metabolic engineering, for creating novel value chains in industrial biotechnology
Paola Branduardi, University of Milano-Bicocca, IT

11.45 - 12.05
Polyurethane foams synthesized from biobased polyols derived from re-purpose used cooking oil
Miriam Cappello, University of Pisa, IT

12.05 - 12.25
The potential of producing large-scale biochar from anaerobic digestion food waste by post carbonisation
Wei Li, University of Nottingham, UK

12.25 - 12.45
Techno-economic investigation of simultaneous biogas combustion and upgrading via combined heat and power engine and pressure swing adsorption
Mohammad Azadi Tabar, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, BE

11.15 - 11.45
Economic and environmental aspects of municipal solid waste biorefining to biobutanol using adsorptive sequential separation system
Keikhosro Karimi, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, BE

11.45 - 12.05
Agro-food by products valorization in coatings and biocomposites: Chitin and biofillers from insect exoskeleton for packaging and agriculture applications
Patrizia Cinelli, University of Pisa, IT

12.05 - 12.25
Downstream processing of depolymerized lignin oil using nanofiltration membranes
Tim Croes, University of Antwerp, BE

12.25 - 12.45
A tailored downstream approach for isolating caproic and caprylic acid from fermented apple pomace
Theresa Menzel, Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum gemeinnützige GmbH, DE

11.15 - 11.45
Invited Talk: Furanics as bio-based building block: Kinetics and reactor engineering insights
Fernanda Neira D’Angelo, TU Eindhoven, NL

11.45 - 12.05
The synthesis of several chiral compounds via catalytic conversion of complex biomass
Changwei Hu, Sichuan University, CN

12.05 - 12.25
Understanding the role of support during furfural amination with aniline over bifunctional Pd/Zr-Ti catalysts
Luis Arteaga-Pérez, University of Bío-Bío, CL

12.25 - 12.45
Catalytic synthesis of lignin-based epoxy resins: Curing kinetics and thermal properties
Giorgio Tofani, National Institute of Chemistry, SI

Programme to be announced

15.00 - 15.30
Invited talk: Cellulose with tuned properties for utilization in advanced composite materials
Magnus Norgren, Mid Sweden University, SE

15.30 - 15.50
Thermoplastic starch-based 3D bioplastic packaging from agrifood and footwear byproducts
Idalina Gonçalves, University of Aveiro, PT

15.50 - 16.10
Polysaccharides as future sustainable materials: Challenges, opportunities, and future directions
Pedro Fardim, University Leuven, BE

16.10 - 16.30
Dissolution and derivatization of cellulose in novel super-base ionic liquid mixed with green co-solvents
Nutan Savale, Tallinn University of Technology, EE

15.00 - 15.30
Pilot scale steam explosion and continuous pressurised disc refining of agricultural crops and residues for xylose and xylo-oligosaccharide release
David Warren-Walker, IBERS, Aberystwyth University, UK

15.30 - 15.50
Towards a complete exploitation of brewers’ spent grain from a circular economy perspective
Letizia Rossato, Politecnico di Milano,IT

15.50 - 16.10
Lignin recovery from Norway spruce by two-step fractionation
Medya Hatun Tanis, Lund University, SE

16.10 - 16.30
Enzymatic and sonochemical processing to tailor the surface and functional properties of flax fibers
Thomas Peyrache, Université de Reims Champagne Ardennes, FR

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