Date & Location
Tuesday 16 June 2015 from 14:00 -18:00
Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant, Rodenhuizekaai 1, B-9042 Gent (Desteldonk), Belgium
Celebration Program
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| 13:00 | Start Registration |
| 14:00 – 14:05 | Welcome |
| Christophe Peeters, Deputy Mayor for Finances, Festivities, the Self-Employed and Innovation, City of Ghent | |
| 14:05 – 14:20 | Bioeconomy – Perspective of a specialty chemicals company |
| Henrike Gebhardt, Senior Project Manager, Bioeconomy Corporate Innovation Strategy and Management, Evonik | |
| 14:20 – 14:35 | The new Biobased Industries Initiative: a PPP to bridge the gap between lab and market |
| Dirk Carrez, Executive Director of the Bio-based Industries Consortium | |
| 14:35 – 14:50 | The role of industrial pilot lines in the European Strategy for Key Enabling Technologies (KETs) |
| Kirsi Ekroth-Manssila, Head of Unit, Key Enabling Technologies, Digital Manufacturing and Interoperability DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, European Commission | |
| 14:50 – 15:00 | The biobased economy in East-Flanders |
| Geert Versnick, Deputy for the Province of East-Flanders | |
| 15:00 – 15:15 | Industrial biotechnology and the steel industry: Syngas fermentation |
| Carl De Maré, Vice-President ArcelorMittal Group – CTO – Head of Emerging Technology Development, ArcelorMittal | |
| 15:15 – 15:30 | The UK’s approach to industrial biotechnology |
| Merlin Goldman, Lead Technologist, Innovate UK | |
| 15:30 – 15:45 | Creative perspectives for the biobased economy |
| Armand Schreurs, Puppeteer | |
| 15:45 – 16:00 | Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant: Driving the biobased economy in Europe |
| Wim Soetaert, CEO of Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant | |
| 16:00 – 16:10 | The Flemish innovation cluster policy |
| Philippe Muyters, Flemish Minister for Work, Economy, Innovation and Sports | |
| 16:10 – 16:30 | Inauguration Ceremony 15.000 Liter Bioreactors |
| 16:30 – 18:30 | Networking Reception and Guided Tour of Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant |