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 |
