Final Conference
Biorefining from raw material to high value products
Biorefinery Oresund held a final conference on the 18th of September 2013 called Biorefining from raw material to high value products in the KLP-building in Örestad.
The day were very interesting with 80 participants and included lectures from the most interesting European researchers, public organisations and companies that work with industrial biotechnology and biorefining in various perspective. Below you will find the final program, participants list and presentation. The page will soon also be updated with photos.
About the conference
Technology development has given society, researchers and industry new possible routes to choose for future production of material, energy and chemicals. Today we have a very high dependence on fossil raw material for this production while fossil resources are getting harder, more expensive, and more non-environmental friendly to get hold of. New technology makes it more and more promising to use renewable material instead and we have a more realistic chance than ever to make a transition towards a bio-economy. However the investments for this transition are in many cases huge, and there is also a limit of how much renewable material the earth may produce per year in a sustainable way. The bio-economy has to be competitive with traditional production in every way. It also has to be put in the context of food production and production of energy. On the other hand the payoff might be enormous. The use of new technology brings the possibility of producing old products in a cheaper and more environmental friendly way. Totally new products may be produced to give complete new solutions to new and old problems and we may also solve the problem with non-biodegradable waste in the nature etc.
The conference presented some of the most interesting results from the 3 year long Biorefinery Öresund Project with scientists from Lund University, Denmark Technology University and the Swedish Agriculture University that have been working together to develop the biorefinery concept from technical, economical and environmental perspective. We listened to how the industry use bioprocesses commercially, how sustainable assessments are done on biorefinery systems and how the biorefinery may be the bridge between agriculture and chemistry. Another important topic was how policy making and global trends influence the production of renewable energy. Shall gas is in upcoming raw non-renewable material that in many ways will alter the the future of Industrial Biotechnology and the Biorefinery Concept. Another interesting topic was how the UK government and industry actively invest together to promote the development of a biobased economy in UK.We also heard about how Europe’s first open innovation and education center for the biobased economy work with closing the gap in the innovation chain and we learned that there are several mutual experiences between the Europe Bio Base Plant and Biorefinery Oresund. The conference ended with a discussion in which the audience took an active part and then the whole session was summed up with concluding remarks from Bo Mattiasson who initiated the building of Anneberg Biorefinery Pilot Plant that has been finalized within the frame of the Biorefinery Öresund Project.
Final program
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Participants list
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Presentations in chronological order:
Welcome, Josefin Ahlqvist, Project leader, Biorefinery Oresund
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Summary of the result of the Biorefinery Oresund Program, Mahiri Workman,Assoc Prof., DTU Systems Biology
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Enzymatic biomass conversion optimization and sugar production for fuels and chemicals, Johan Börjesson,Senior Scientist, Novozymes A/S, Denmark
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Sustainability Assessment of Biorefinery Systems, John A. Posada Duque,Dr Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development - Energy & Resources, Utrecht University
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UK Driving Industrial Biotechnology uptake and the Bio economy – the UK strategy, Rebecca Wood,Technology Theme Manager – Industrial
Biotechnology, Chemistry Innovation and The Industrial Biotechnology Leadership Forum (IBLF), UK
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Biorefinery: the bridge between Agriculture and Chemistry, Marieke Bruins,dr. ir. ME Biobased Commodity Chemicals, Wageningen University
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Global trends and policies in renewable energy, Leif Sonderberg Petersen,Secretary General, World Energy Council
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Jerusalem artichoke as raw material in the Biorefinery Concept, Ingólfur Bragi Gunnarsson, Ph D Student in Biorefinery Oresund, DTU Environment
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Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant- Closing the gap in the innovation chain, Hendrik Waegeman,Ph. D. Business Developer at Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant
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Concluding remarks, Bo Mattiasson, Prof. Dept. of Biotechnology, Lund University, Anneberg Biorefinery Plant
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