Day 1 - Wednesday 3 December 2008

8:30

Registration and refreshments

9:30

Chairman's welcome and opening remarks

9:40

The global plastics industry - Towards a sustainable future

  • Opportunities, challenges and future prospects for bioplastics
  • Opportunities in other bio based materials - naturally reinforced composites, bio-renewable chemicals
  • Case studies on sustainable initiatives from global chemical companies
Hariharan Ramasubramanian, Industry Analyst, Plastics & Polymers, Frost & Sullivan
10:10

Bioplastics packaging trends in Poland

  • Organisational and legislative system for organic recycling in Poland
  • Examples of biodegradable packaging in the Polish market
  • Market attractiveness of biodegradable packaging from the point of view of Polish packaging producers and users
  • Barriers for development of the market
Dr Hanna Zakowska, Head of Packaging and Environment Department, Polish Packaging Research and Development Centre
Greg Ganczewski, Specialist in Packaging and Environment Department, Polish Packaging Research and Development Centre
10:40

WRAP and the role of compostable packaging

  • Courtauld Commitment - future direction
  • Role of compostable packaging in reducing food waste
  • Home composting in the UK
  • Opportunities for end of life disposal
  • Future outlook
Senior Representative , WRAP
11:10

Question and answer session

11:20

Break

11:50

The first TPU made from renewable sources

  • Merquinsa introduction
  • Eco motivations and definitions
  • Eco TPU technology
  • Applications of Eco TPU
Pablo Alegre, Market Manager Elastomers, Merquinsa
12:20

Evolution of bioplastics packaging in food application

  • Acceptance of bioplastics packaging
  • Which opportunity?
  • Technical prospective
Cesare Vannini, Packaging Systems R&D, Coopbox Europe SpA
12:50

Question and answer session

13:00

Lunch

14:15

Compostable packaging: To compost or not to compost - The most sustainable solution

  • Perception of consumers
  • Ecobalance of different end-of-life solutions
  • A real size test in a composting infrastructure
Gaelle Janssens, Prevention and R&D Manager, FostPlus
14:45

Newest developments with Ingeo from NatureWorks

  • Updates on environmental positioning
  • New product types launched
  • Hot issues including food vs bioplastics
Eamonn Tighe, Business Development Manager, NatureWorks
Erwin Vink, Environmental Affairs Manager, NatureWorks
15:30

Question and answer session

15:40

Break

16:00

Using life cycle assessment - A manufacturer's perspective

  • LCA's greatest strengths and weaknesses
  • Using LCA as a driver for positive change
  • Comparing results: 'Apples and Pears' or 'Apples and Apples'
  • Next steps in Biofilm manufacture
Andy Sweetman, Global Marketing Manager - Sustainable Technologies, Innovia Films Ltd
16:30

Rilsan® - Innovative 100% biobased high performance fiber

Sophie Chhun, Development Engineer for Rilsan® and Platamid®, Arkema
17:00

Question and answer session

17:10

Close of conference Day One

19:15

Conference dinner and presentation of Bioplastics Awards

Network and relax at our informal conference dinner

Day 2 - Thursday 4 December 2008

8:30

Refreshments

9:10

Chairman's opening remarks

9:15

Market growth and sustainability challenges of bioplastics

  • Growth of the sector including projections, the main types of plastics and main companies
  • Environmental footprint of high barrier packaging films made from bioplastics
  • Sustainability challenges
Dr Martin Patel, Assistant Professor, Utrecht University, Netherlands
9:45

Making raw biopolymers work - Compounding is the key

  • Compounding and modifying of raw bio polymers
  • Bio-flex® PLA Blends for film applications
  • Biograde® Cellulose Blends for injection moulding application
  • Fibrolon® Natural fibre reinforced compounds
Patrick Zimmerman, Director Sales, Authorised Officer, FKuR Kunststoff GmbH
10:15

Question and answer session

10:25

Break

10:55

Current situation and future perspective of biopolymers

  • Biopolymers
    • Classification and sustainability
    • Current situation and opportunities
    • Bottlenecks and challenges
    • Availability and production capacities
    • Availability of material data
Professor Hans-Josef Endres, Fachhochschule Hannover, University of Applied Sciences
11:25

Enhancing biopolymer performance with Sukano masterbatches and compounds

  • Common properties for mostly used biopolymers and how they compare to each other
  • Shortfall of biopolymers and additives which are on the market and biggest area how to improve the properties
  • Introduce Sukano masterbatches to improve functional and optical properties of biopolymers
  • Success stories - examples
Marina Yousfi, Market Manager Biopolymers, Sukano Products Ltd
11:55

Question and answer session

12:05

Lunch

13:20

Mater Bi Biopolymers - The added value of closed loop systems

  • Products
  • Technology
  • Production (Bio-refinery)
  • Environmental impact of systems
  • EOL options
Stefano Facco, New Business Development Manager, Novamont SpA
13:50

New and novel compound and masterbatch solutions

  • Durable applications
    • PHBV compound
    • PLA/PMMA compound
  • Plasticised PLA
    • transparent impact modification for PLA
    • transparent antifog PLA
    • rheology modifications of PLA
Marcel Dartee, Polyone
14:20

Question and answer session

14:30

Close of conference

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