ScanBalt Bioeconomy Working Group workshop: Biopolymers and Packaging Industry | 7 April 9:00-12:00 CEST (online)

ScanBalt Bioeconomy Working Group workshop: Biopolymers and Packaging Industry | 7 April 9:00-12:00 CEST (online)

Event Date: 7 April 2022

This upcoming event deals with “Biopolymers and packaging”. We all face rapid changes in the packaging industry and have to find different solutions in terms of sustainability, finding ways to move from fossil-based products toward biobased and recyclable products. We will highlight trends, best practices and innovations from very successful and experienced (Tetra Pak) as well as very exciting and promising (Startups Brightplus, RAIKU, Cell2Green) packaging companies around the Baltic Sea Region, from public authorities (Initiative plastic-free city of Rostock) and an R&D organisation in the field of packaging/bioplastics (Technical University Szczecin). We want to discuss, network, and develop joint activities /projects/initiatives based on this input.

Join this digital discussion forum with the Baltic Sea Region experts about alternative packaging and circular bioeconomy and networking offers within the ScanBalt bioeconomy group.

Agenda:

 

Time Title Name
09:00 –09:05 Welcome Dr. Gudrun Mernitz / Dr. Christian Theel, ScanBalt
09:05 –09:30 Key Note Speech:

Sustainable packaging solutions –trends and innovation drivers

Dr. Anders Ola Karlsson Tetra Pak, Sweden
09:30 –09:55 Redefining functional biomaterial innovations Dr. Maiju Hietala, Brightplus Oy, Finland
09:55 –10:20 Start-up Cell2Green: Recycable biofoils Dr. Dirk Hollmann, Rostock

University, Germany

10:20 –10:35 Break
10:35 – 11:00 Start-up RAIKU: compostable, beautiful and protective packaging Karl Pärtel, RAIKU, Tallinn, Estonia
11:00 – 11:25 Biopolymers in Packaging Sector: R&Dvs industrial reality Prof. Dr. Artur Bartkowiak, West Pomeranian University of Technology,Szczecin,

Poland

11:25 – 11:50 Changing consumption patterns: Initiative plastic free city of Rostock Johanna Gäbken / Franziska Beez

Initiative Plastikfreie Stadt

Rostock, Germany

11:50 – 12:00 How to proceed / next steps Dr. Gudrun Mernitz / Dr. Christian Theel, ScanBalt

 

ScanBalt members: