Program


IMPACT of the Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant in industrial biotechnology
Towards a sustainable economy

In the presence of Mr. Philippe Muyters, Flemish Minister for Work, Economy, Innovation and Sports

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13:30 Registration and Coffee
14:00 – 14:10 Welcome in Ghent, centre of the European biobased economy
Christophe Peeters, Alderman for Innovation, City of Ghent
14:10 – 14:25 Towards a sustainable economy through technology and innovation
Hans Bruyninckx,
Executive Director, European Environment Agency
14:25 – 14:35 The development of a regional biobased economy: succeeding through cooperation
Martine Verhoeve
, Vice-Governor of the Province of East Flanders and chairman of the Development Agency East Flanders
 14:35 – 14:45 The impact of the Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant on the biobased economy
Lieve Hoflack, Project Acquisition Manager, Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant
14:45 – 14:55 Bio Base NWE, Winner of the European Regiostars Award 2017
Ruut Louwers, Director, INTERREG North-West Europe
14:55 – 15:05 Successful scale-up leads to new investments
Jason King, CEO, Oxford Biotrans
15:05 – 15:15 Springboard towards industrial-scale manufacturing of innovative biopesticides
Luc Maertens, CEO, Agrosavfe
15:15 – 15:30 Creative perspectives for the biobased economy
Armand Schreurs, Chief Puppeteer
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 – 16:10 The value of pilot facilities for industrial scale biobased processes
Wim Van Canneyt, Director Business Integration Food, Dow-DuPont
16:10 – 16:20 Pulp2Value: Route to demonstration of valorisation of sugarbeet pulp
Gerald van Engelen, General Manager, Cosun Biobased Products
16:20 – 16:35 IMPACT: new investments in down-stream processing and gas fermentation
Wim Soetaert, CEO Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant
16:35 – 16:50 Flanders on the road to a sustainable economy
Philippe Muyters, Flemish Minister for Work, Economy, Innovation and Sports
16:50 – 17:05 More creative perspectives for the biobased economy
Armand Schreurs, Chief Puppeteer
17:05 – 17:20 Inauguration Ceremony IMPACT: “Stepping up the innovation rate”
17:20 – 21:00 Networking Reception and Guided Tours of the facilities