Agenda

9.00 - 9.30 Registering, coffe and tea


9.30 - 9.40 Opening Speach I Raimonds Vejonis, Minister of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development, Latvia


9.40 - 10.00 Bioplastics - Materials & Markets I Roland Scharathow, European Bioplastics, Germany


10.00 - 10.20 Bio-based Plastics and Composites: Markets and Environment I Michael Carus, Nova - Institut GmbH, Germany


10.20 - 10.40 Voluntary product certification. What is working well, what is failing and why? I Philippe Dewolfs, Vincotte, Belgium


10.40 - 11.00 Experiences with Bioplastics in Austria - Governmental support programme under the Austrian Climate Protection Initiative 'klima:aktiv' and market initiatives I Andrea Bruckner, Österreichische Energieagentur – Austrian Energy Agency, Austria


11.00 - 11.20 Governmental support for bioplastics in Germany I  Katja Schneider, FNR, Agency for Renewable Resources, Germany


11.20 - 11.40 Bioplastics – the sustainable answer to end of life? I John Williams, The National Non - Foods Crop Centre, United Kingdom


11.40 - 12.00 Questions and answers session


12.00 - 13.00 Lunch


13.00 - 13.20 Mater- Bi: the added value of closed loop systems I Alberto Castellanza, Novamont, Italy


13.20 - 13.40 Biopolymers – increasing the range of applications by co-extrusion I Patrick Zimmermann, FKUR, Germany


13.40 - 14.00 Research: production of bio-paper (case study, RTU, Latvia) IVelta Tupureina, Institute of Polymer Materials, Riga Technical University (RTU), Latvia


14.00 - 14.20 Questions and answers session


14.20 - 14.40 Coffe and tea


14.40 - 15.00 Research on Biobased PLA for food packaging conducted in Latvia I  Lija Dukalska, Sandra Muizniece - Brasava, Latvia University of Agriculture, Latvia


15.00 - 15.20 Case study: local distributer I Rihards Fridenbergs - Kalnins,  "Ecocatering", Latvia


15.20 - 15.40 Consumers knowledge and attitude towards traditional and environmentally friendly food packaging materials in the Latvian market I Sandra Muizniece - Brasava, Lija Dukalska, Latvia University of Agriculture, Latvia


15.40 - 16.00 National legislation - a factor stimulating an application of bioplastic materials I Rudīte Vesere, Department of Environmental Protection,  Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development, Latvia


16.00 - 16.20 Questions and answers session


16.20 - 17.00 Coffe and tea