Event details
InnoBioPlast 2006
Conference from 2006-09-21 to 2006-09-24
City/Country: Bangkok, Siam Paragon, Germany
Contact: Wyn Ellis (innobioplast@nia.or.th)
Content/Topics
The conference will include plenary sessions and parallel track discussions, as follows:
Track A: Upstream - metabolic engineering, microbial synthesis and fermentation technology, innovations in compounding, processing and production.
Track B: Downstream - markets and applications, policies, regulations and international
standards, implications for sustainable development.
Issues to be discussed by world-renowned speakers will include the establishment of national and international standards and certification for bioplastics, national policy roadmaps and investment incentives, and the development of downstream markets.
• Bioplastics- a challenging new material for the global market
• Opportunities and future markets of bioplastics
• Bioplastics and sustainable development- Achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDG's)
• Production challenges and opportunities
• Alternative feedstocks
- Improving yield and productivity characteristics of existing and new feedstocks
- In-plant production ("plants as plants")
- Novel micro-organisms with higher conversion efficiencies
• Establishment of international and regional (US, EU, Japan) standards and certification
• National and international policy frameworks to stimulate bioplastics research, investment and adoption.
(Description according to organiser information)
Organiser
National Innovation Agency
Thailand
Ministry of Science and Technology
73/1 Rama VI Rd, Rajdhevee
10400 Bangkok
ThailandEmail: innobioplast@nia.or.th
Phone: +66 2 644 6000
Fax: +66 2 644 8444
