About
The Seminar
Our main aim is to promote discussion on new challenges and opportunities in bioplastics and sustainable biocomposites. The Seminar will be organized around the following thematic sessions:
✓ Innovations in biodegradable plastic materials and/or plastic materials obtained from renewable sources.
✓ Success stories of leading companies.
✓ Standardization, certification and LCA.
✓ Biotechnology and the sustainable waste recovery options offered by these materials.
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Agenda
8:30 Registration | |
Opening | |
9:00 | Opening and welcome remarks Mireia Mollà i Herrera, Valencian government’s Regional Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development, Climate Emergency and Ecological Transition |
Bioplastics and bioeconomy | |
9:10 | EUROPEAN BIOPLASTICS · Latest market data and current policy developments in the EU and Member states, Oliver Buchholz |
9:35 | EUROPEAN COMMISSION · Plastics and biodegradable plastics in Agriculture, Angelo Innamorati, DG Agriculture and Rural Development |
10:00 | ASOBIOCOM (Spanish Association of Compostable and Biodegradable Plastics) · National current policy developments, Jordi Simón |
10:25 | AIMPLAS · Current scenario and trends, Elena Domínguez |
Question time | |
11:00 Coffee break | |
Standardization, certification and Life Cycle Assessment (ACV) | |
11:30 | OWS · The rise of anaerobic digestion and what it means for compostable products, Sam Deconinck |
11:55 | TÜV Austria · Certification of sustainable materials, Sara García (Tüv Iberia) |
12:20 | DTU / UI · Optimisation of bioproducts with Life Cycle Assessment and technical and economic assessment at an early stage, Ólafur Ögmundarson |
12:45 | Agencia de Residuos de Cataluña (Catalan Waste Agency) · The role of biopolymers in biowaste management, Teresa Guerrero |
Question time | |
13:20 Lunch break | |
14:00 PERCAL PROJECT WORKSHOP · Municipal Solid Waste: a source of new chemical products of great interest for the industry. Miguel Ángel Valera, AIMPLAS - Free entrance | |
Raw materials | |
14:20 | Fkur · Development of high-performance biopolymers, Pia Püllen |
14:45 | DUPONT · Engineered Polysaccharides and Composite Applications, Christian P. Lenges |
15:10 | NESTE · Commercial-scale production of bio-based PP, Lars Börger |
15:35 | KURARAY · High barrier compostable material and its possible applications in multilayer structures, Stefan Corbus |
Round table and question time | |
16:10 Coffee break | |
Success stories | |
16:40 | ECOPLAS · Success stories in the packaging sector, Anxo Vidal |
17:05 | TOTAL CORBION · Sc-PLA powder, one step production, Jenifer Mitja |
17:30 | COVESTRO · Success cases in bio-based polyurethanes: Alternatives raw materials for high performance materials, Verena Goldbach |
17:55 | QUIMOVIL · Water-based inks: the sustainable solution for printing compostable and flexible packaging, Ana García y Laura Pomes |
Round table and question time | |
20:30 Conference dinner |
9:00 Registration | |
Biotechnology | |
9:30 | CARBIOLICE · Complete and accelerated biodegradation of PLA through enzymes, Clementine Arnault |
9:55 | CSIC · Enzymes in biodegradation processes, Dr. Manuel Godoy - Polymer Biotechnology Lab. |
10:20 | AIMPLAS · Enzymatic biodegradation of conventional materials, Pablo Ferrero |
Question time | |
10:55 Coffee break | |
Biorefineries | |
11:25 | BIOTREND · Extraction and purification of PHA: Converting diverse waste-derived materials into useful products, Bruno Ferreira |
11:50 | NOVAMONT · Integrated Biorefineries: the Novamont model and its integration in the actual legislative framework, Stefano Facco |
12:15 | BIOPOLIS · Use of gaseous streams from biorefineries for the production of biopolymers, Antonia Rojas Martínez |
Question time | |
13:00 Lunch break | |
14:00 Visit to AIMPLAS’ facilities | |
14:40 | DAFIA PROJECT WORKSHOP · Biomacromolecules from municipal solid bio-waste fractions and fish waste for high added value applications. Laura Martí, AIMPLAS - Free entrance |
Success stories | |
15:00 | ABM COMPOSITE · New era of bioplastics – degradable glass fiber as reinforcement, Tomy Kangas |
15:25 | EVERSIA · Biomaterials for mass consumption, Salvador Martínez |
15:50 | LEISTRITZ · Innovation in compounding techniques for processing biobased polymers, Sebastian Fraas |
16:15 Round table and question time | |
Closing remarks |
Gallery
Prices
All our prices include:
Access to presentations
Coffee break and lunch
Guided tour to AIMPLAS
Networking area
Seminar documentation
GENERAL |
625 € |
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ASSOCIATES · AIMPLAS, AVEP, ANAIP or ECP4 |
500 € |
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STUDENTS AND UNEMPLOYED* |
100 € |
20% discount for the second colleague and any others from the same company.
* Certificate essential for discount.
Locations
Get to the venue
BY CAR
Exit 9AB (Parque Tecnológico-Mas Camarena).
Exit 8A (Parque Tecnologico Este)
Exit 8B (Parque Tecnologico Oeste)
BY BUS / METRO
From the ‘Empalme (Line 1 and Line 4)’ underground station, take
L130 Empalme – Parc Tecnològic bus
L130a Empalme – Parc Tecnològic bus


HOTELS
Accommodation
For its proximity to the venue of the event we recommend two hotels.
