Programme and Speakers

Tuesday	Sept 09, 2008
8:00-9:00	"Registration, Welcome-Coffee"
9:00-9:15	Michael Thielen, bioplastics MAGAZINE	Welcome - Opening Remarks
9:15-9:45	Hans-Josef Endres Univ.App. Sc. Hannover	Keynote Speech: Current Situation and future perspectives of biopolymers
9:50-10:15	Udo Mühlbauer, Uhde Inventa-Fischer	Latest developments in production of PLA
10:15-10:40	Manfred Stepanski; Sulzer Chemtec	Purification of Lactide by Melt Crystallization
10:40-10:55	Q&A
10:55-11:20	Coffeebreak
11:20-11:45	Hans van der Pol, PURAC	Polylactides: A new business model for PLA - and enhanced material features
11:45-12:10	N.N.	Market situation and Production Capacities of PLA
12:10-12:35	Matthias Rolle, NatureWorks	Ingeo polymer for bottle applications, exemplary for the German Market
12:35-12:50	Q&A
12:50-14:00	Lunch
14:00-14:35	Remy Jongboom, Biopearls	Compounding of PLA
14:35-14:50	Patrick Zimmermann, Christian Bonten FKuR	Tailored bioplastics compounds – taking PLA further.
14:50-15:15	Karlheinz Hausmann, DuPont Packaging	Novel Modifier Approaches for PLA in impact, processing and thermal performance
15.15-15:40	Jerome Raphanaud, Cereplast	Cereplast, making PLA better
15:40-15:55	Q&A
15:55-16:30	Coffeebreak
16:35-17:00	Karin Molenveld, Wageningen (WUR)	Improving PLA: processing & additives
17:00-17:25	Frederic Loyrion, Clariant Masterbatches Division	CESA natur Additives for PLA
17:25-17:50	Marcel Dartee, PolyOne	Performance and Appearance Improvement of PLA
17:50-18:15	Q&A
19:30	Dinner	Bavarian Night at the Hofbräuhau
Wednesday	Sept. 10, 2007
08:30-08:55	Karl Zimmermann, Brückner Maschinenbau	Oriented Films Turn Green Stretching Technology for Present and Future BOPLA Film Applications
08:55-09:20	Martin Debaets, Sidaplax	Current market applications for PLA – flexible films
09:20-09:45	Régis Garoutte, Polyfilms	PLA flexible films
09:45-10:10	Kurt Stark, Huhtamaki	Tailor-made PLA films (Cast & blown)
10:10-10:35	Thomas Glaw, Alcan Stefan Honke, Maag	Laminated multilayer films with barrier layer
10:35-10:50	Q&A
10.50-11:20	Coffeebreak
11:20-11:45	Cesare Vannini, Coopbox Italia	Packaging of fresh food with PLA, in particulary with protective atmosphere
11:45-12:10	A. Jaszkiewicz; University of Kassel	Modified PLA and its composites for engineering applications in high-tech quality
12:10-12:35	Takurou Ito, Toyo Seikan Kaisha,Ltd	Gas barrier advanced PLA bottles and closures
12:35-12:50	Q&A
12:50-14:00	Lunch
14:00-14:25	Reinhard Forstner, TCKT	Fiber Reinforced Polylactic acid (PLA) Compounds – Properties and Potential Applications
14:25-14:50	Rita Campos, P I E P	New materials based on natural resources from the euro-region: automotive applications
14:50-15:15	Ramani Narayan, Michigan State University	LCA: How to report on the carbon and environmental footprint of PLA
15:15-15:30	Q&A
15:30-16:00	Moderator: Andrea Siebert, Univ.App. Sc. Hannover;	Panel discussion: End of life options Participants: Prof. Endres, Prof. Narayan, and others t.b.d.

(Subject to changes)