Catalisti Open Consortium Meeting – Renewable Chemicals
Edegem , Belgium
Please join us at the Catalisti Open Consortium Meeting Renewable Chemicals on June 1st 2017. At this meeting you can find new collaboration opportunities, meet new partners and explore innovative technologies, ideas and concepts in the passionate field of Renewable Chemicals.
Program
| 12h | Welcome Lunch |
| 13h | Introduction (Catalisti) |
| 13h30 | Bio aromatics: in Flanders and cross-border collaborations |
| Biorizon & Biohart (Kelly Servaes, VITO) | |
| Manufacturing and Application of Innovative bio-Aromatics (Geert Deroover, Chemstream) | |
| Refining of wood to aromatics (Bert Lagrain, KU Leuven) | |
| 14h30 | Renewable Chemicals: Fact or Myth? (Rudy Dams, 3M) |
| 15h | Coffee Break |
| 15h30 | Overview of upcoming EU calls (Veronique Vennekens & Nand De Klerck, VLEVA) |
| 15h50 | Overview of project pitches (Catalisti) |
| 16h | Project pitch exhibition |
| Reception | |
| 17h30 | Wrap up |
Project Pitches:
Companies and knowledge institutions can pitch new project ideas to the participants in order to find partners for collaboration.
Guidelines and timings for companies
Please send us your project ideas or inform us of topics of interest before May 22th 2017 by e-mail to info
catalisti.be (info[at]catalisti[dot]be).
Overview pitches from knowledge institutions
Chitosan conversion into specific Oligomers for use in different applications – VITO
Valorization of insect protein to different applications – VITO
Medium for Improved Industrial Conversion “MIMIC” – VITO
Enzymatic synthesis of glycosylated molecules for use in food, cosmetics and fine chemicals – VITO & Ghent University
Enzymatic hydrolysis of proteins into tailored peptides and their use in different applications – VITO
Biobased pigments and higher valuables from algea – VITO & Thomas More
Biogenic, depolymerizable and degradable designed, XL-monomers and polymers with new thermal and physical properties – University of Antwerp
Catalytic amination of alcohols – University Ghent
Acrylonitrile and their Carbon FIbers from Renewable Resources – KULeuven
Ethyleen Glycol from Sugars – KULeuven
Novel Bisphenols with low toxicity potential – KULeuven
Novel Branched short Polyhydric Alcohols from Renewable Resources – KULeuven
Sustainable Conjugated Triglycerides – KULeuven