CONFERENCE PROGRAMME 4/5 December 2018Titanic Chaussee Hotel Berlin, Germany

Join us at the leading business forum for the bioplastics industry.

Welcome WordsFrançois de Bie, Chairman | European Bioplastics

Introducing Project Parana: capturing the opportunity of sustainable materials Willemijn Witteveen, Business Development – Renewable Chemistry | Avantium

European legislation on plastic materials intended for food contact, main requirements Marcos Yanini Badenas, Food Contact Materials Consultant | AIMPLAS

BIOPLASTICS IN PACKAGING – FROM SINGLE-USE TO FOOD CONTACT SOLUTIONS

Testing biodegradation in the marine environment Miriam Weber, Director | HYDRA Marine Sciences

Developing a harmonized European standard specification on home compostable carrier bags: updateSam Deconinck, Deputy Lab Manager| OWS

STANDARDISATION FOR BIOPLASTICS

Standards for bio-based evaluation: minimum bio-based content and sustainability criteria for bio-based plastics Mathilde Crêpy, Programme Manager | ecos

How bio-based content certification can support the plastics strategy Jarno Dakhorst, Consultant Energy & Bio-based Economy | NEN

BIOPLASTICS AND THE BIOECONOMY Bioeconomy, Circular Economy & plastics - a European perspective Michiel de Smet, Policy Officer – Eco-Innovation, DG Research & Innovation | European Commission

BBI JU: catalysing the growth of the EU bioplastics market Philippe Mengal, Executive Director | Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI JU)

The coffee capsule between lifestyle fascination and lifecycle assessment Holger Preibisch, CEO | German Coffee Association

Chairperson: Maria Gustafsson I SIS

Impact of packaging waste legislation on DANONE products Philippe Diercxsens, Packaging & Environment Manager | Danone Waters

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09:15 Chairperson: Kristy-Barbara Lange I EUBP

Event CoordinationJoanna Wilde

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Commentary: littering, biodegradability and standardisation Francesco Degli Innocenti, Ecology of Products and Environmental Communications Director | Novamont

END-OF-LIFE – NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND SOLUTIONS

Carbiolice‘s unique enzymatic technology to achieve PLA home compostingSophie Macedo (Business & Alliances Director) and Clémentine Arnault (R&D Manager) | Carbiolice

Chances and challenges of the initiative bio-cycle-bag in AustriaSandra Uschnig, Quality Assurance Commissary | Compost & Biogas Association Austria

Advancing mechanical and chemical recycling of post-consumer recycled PLA François de Bie, Senior Marketing Director | Total Corbion PLA

LIFE CYCLE ASSESMENT FOR BIOPLASTICS

Keynote presentation: The LCA work of the Joint Research Centre on plastics using different feedstock materials - overview and challenges Rana Pant, Team Leader | European Commission Joint Research Centre Directorate Sustainable Resources – Bio-Economy Unit (D1)

PANEL DISCUSSIONAre there any tools in the future that might help drive and evaluate sustainability other than LCA? The panel will elaborate on the complexity of LCA as a tool to compare bio-based to fossil-based plastics

Meadhbh Bolger, Resource Justice Campaigner | Friends of the Earth EuropeRana Pant, Team Leader | EC JRCNikolay Minkov, Research Associate | Technische Universität BerlinAnnamari Enström, Senior Researcher, LCA | Neste Corporation

LEGO toys and the 2030 sustainable materials challenge Bistra Andersen, Senior Material Platform Manager | LEGO Group

BIOPLASTICS – NEW APPLICATIONS

Closing loops in materials markets the Neste wayLars Börger, Head of Product Marketing – Emerging Businesses | Neste (Suisse) SA

Improving the energy efficiency of refrigerator-freezer through the use of a novel cabinet & door liner based on Ingeo biopolymersOsei A. Owuso,Principal Scientist | NatureWorksLLC

BioFill® ,Sustainable high density foamed biopolymer alternative for (SBR) rubber infill in synthetic turf fields Jan Noordegraaf, Managing Director | Synbra Technology bv

Commercializing bio-paraxylene to make 100% bio-based PET bottles a reality David Sudolsky, President & CEO | Anellotech Inc.

BUILDING BLOCKS AND PROCESSES – WHAT’S NEW?

Improvement of polyester properties thanks to a biobased monomer: Polysorb® Isosorbide, examples and applications René Saint-Loup, Polymer Chemistry R&D Manager | Roquette

Moving the Needle: Commercial Availability and Sustainability Outcomes of Building BlocksCameron Hibbert, Vice President, Licensing | Genomatica

Chairperson: Marcel van Berkel

OWS invites you to join the drinks reception and lottery to celebrate OWS‘ 30th anniversary sponsored by

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Driving Partnerships and Innovations Stephen Wetmore, Sustainable Business. Partnerships. Innovations. | WWF South Africa

Conference Dinner

Chairperson: François de Bie I Total Corbion PLA

bioplastics MAGAZINE presents the 13th annual Global Bioplastics Award awarded by Michael Thielen, Founder & CEO l polymedia Publishing

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Bioplastics market update 2018Hasso von Pogrell, Managing Director | European Bioplastics

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How to meet growing demands for soft sustainable plastics with biobased and cork-filled TPEThomas Köppl, Group Product Manager | HEXPOL TPE

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