January 27 - 28, 2009, Osnabrück, Germany
Programme Committee
Prof. Bruce Dale, PhD
Michigan State University, USA
Biorefinica 2009
Dr. Rainer Erb
ZUK, Osnabrück
Call for Papers
Dr. Maximilian Hempel
DBU, Osnabrück
Prof. Dr. Thomas Hirth
Fraunhofer IGB, Stuttgart, and
IGVT, Universität Stuttgart
Prof. Dr. Birgit Kamm
biopos e. V., Teltow-Seehof, and BTU Cottbus
Conference Venue
Zentrum für Umweltkommunikation
der Deutschen Bundesstiftung Umwelt gGmbH,
An der Bornau 2, 49090 Osnabrück
Prof. Dr. Wolfram Koch
Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker e. V.,
Frankfurt/Main
Dr. Jochen Michels
Dechema e. V., Frankfurt/Main
Organisation and Contact
DBU and ZUK are the main organisers of Biorefinica
2009 and should be contacted for information on the
conference.
Dr. Maximilian Hempel | Dr. Rainer Erb
Team assistant: Carla Tusche
Phone: +49 (0) 541|9633-916
Fax:
+49 (0) 541|9633-990
E-Mail: c.tusche@dbu.de
Dr. Dietmar Peters
Agency for Renewable Resources, Gülzow
Dr. Jörg Rothermel
German Chemical Industry Association,
Frankfurt/Main
Prof. Dr. Johan Sanders
Wageningen University, Netherlands
Prof. Dr. Wim Soetaert
Ghent University, Belgium
Prof. Dr. Walter Trösch
Fraunhofer IGB, Stuttgart
Prof. Dr. Roland Ulber
TU Kaiserslautern
Dr. Kurt Wagemann
Dechema e. V., Frankfurt/Main
Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt
1145-03
Biorefinica 2009
Call for Papers
Promoted by the DBU, the meanwhile fourth
international Biorefinica will take place on 27 28 January 2009. Guiding theme of the event is the
conversion to biomass for the chemical industry with
which especially also the use of non food material
is considered. The high functionalisation degree
of renewable primary products necessitates new
synthesis and processing strategies.
The Biorefinica 2009 is the platform to discuss
concrete practice examples, industrial applications
and the economic viability of the procedures. One
additional topic in the focus of attention is the
evaluation and balancing of sustainability. On basis
of such a balancing, different conversion procedures
are compared and assessed.
Invited speakers for plenary and keynote lectures
(as of June 2008):
Dr. Uwe Lahl, Federal Ministry for the Environment,
Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Matthias Beller, Universität Rostock
Prof. Dr. Christoph Syldatk, Universität Karlsruhe
Dr. A. Faaij, Copernicus Institute, Utrecht University,
Netherlands
Dr. Stephan Freyer, BASF AG, Ludwigshafen
The Scientific committee invites you to submit
abstracts on the following topics:
Sustainability-Assessment
Chair: Dr. Maximilian Hempel, DBU
Because of the complex environmental effects of
renewable primary products used in conversion
to energy and biomass, eco-balances and
sustainability assessments are necessary.
Platform chemicals and product lines
Chair: Prof. Dr. Thomas Hirth, Fraunhofer IGB,
Stuttgart, and IGVT, Universität Stuttgart
The high functionalisation degree of renewable
resources necessitates new synthesis and
processing strategies. While functionalisation
is in the focus when talking about fossil
resources, conversion to biomass necessitates
defunctionalisation instead.
International examples for industrial biorefineries
Chair: Prof. Dr. Birgit Kamm, biopos e. V., TeltowSeehof, and BTU Cottbus
In the recent years, the R&D activities in the area
of the biomass based chemistry and technologies
increased rapidly. The Biorefinica 2009 will
present the latest developments.
Industrial chemicals from waste materials and
by-products
Chair: Prof. Dr. Roland Ulber, TU Kaiserslautern
Microalgae and other marine resources for
sustainable chemistry
Chair: Prof. Dr. Walter Trösch, Fraunhofer IGB,
Stuttgart
The competitive feedstock situation between food
production, conversion to energy and conversion
to chemicals, respectively, can possibly be released
in that more effort is put into waste products and
by-products.
Compared to land plants microalgae can achieve
a multiple of biomass profits what makes them
interesting for conversion to energy. Already
today, primary products from the sea are used
in the area of personal care products and
pharmaceutical substances. Which potentials are
to be still expected here?
Successful economic activities based on renewable
resources
Chair: Dr. Jörg Rothermel, German Chemical
Industry Association, Frankfurt/Main
Meanwhile the topic of biorefinery arrived at
practice relevant concepts. We want to focus on
the renewable resources’ availability, the trend of
prices for raw materials and the cost structures of
the procedures, as also the economic viability of
biorefineries and their individual processes.
Prof. Bruce Dale, PhD, Michigan State University, USA
Dr. Frank M. Bohnen, Süd-Chemie AG, München
Prof. Dr. h.c. Yusuf Chisti, PhD, Massey University,
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Dates to note
Abstracts for presentations (lectures und posters)
should be submitted by August 15, 2008.
The abstracts are limited to 300 words.
August 15, 2008
Deadline for submission
September, 2008
Notification of acceptance
October, 2008
Dissemination of the
final programme