Another Innovation Forum was completed succesfully!!
Innovation Forum 2021 took place on November 30 in Brussels
SPEAKERS
Casper Van Der Eijk
Senior Researcher at SINTEFMatteo Salerno
COO Sinergy FlowRocco Lagioia
COO, ITRB GroupTom Vercoutere
Researcher “Plastic characterisation, processing & recycling” in CENTEXBELSotirios Grammatikos
Director of ASEMlab, Manager of Group Sustainable Composites, Department of Manufacturing & Civil Engineering, NTNUThymis Balomenos
Senior Consultant Mytilineos S.AFernando Muñoz Marin
Director, ITRB GroupKonstantinos Kollias
Innovation Project Officer European AluminiumMalin zu Castell-Rüdenhausen
Research Scientist at VTT Technical Research Centre of FinlandYiannis Pontikes
Professor at KU LeuvenCarlo Ricci
Professor, Universita’ di CagliariFrancesco Carabellese
External Expert REPRISE (MINISTRY OF UNIVERSITY AND RESEARCH) - EU Project ManagerMattia Pellegrini
Head of Unit DG ENV, European CommissionRafa Millan
, Chief Investment Officer, The Green CapitalAbdul Rahim
Crowdhelix Co-founder and DirectorMassimo Busuoli
Head of NTNU Brussels OfficeIrma Mikonsaari
Research and development Manager at the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical TechnologyPeter Fischer
Group leader of the Redox Flow Battery Group at the Applied Electrochemistry Department at Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology (ICT)
AGENDA
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Day 1
30 Nov 2021
Welcome
- Welcome & introduction, Massimo Bussuoli, Head of NTNU Brussels Office
- European Strategy for Circularity, Mattia Pellegrini, European Commission
- Innovation Forum 2021 for Sustainability, Rocco Lagioia, COO ITRB Group
- Innovation Forum Tool, Sotirios Grammatikos, Director of ASEMlab, Manager of Group Sustainable Composites, Department of Manufacturing & Civil Engineering, NTNU & Francesca di Carolo, Senior Engineer, ITRB Group
Sotirios Grammatikos
Rocco Lagioia
Mattia Pellegrini
Massimo Busuoli
Metal Processing
- Konstantinos Kollias, Innovation Project Officer European Aluminium
- Integrated approach to Alumina production by-products: Scale and Removal projects, Thymis Balomenos, Senior Consultant Mytilineos S.A.
- Disrupting Alumina production process: the Ensureal project, Casper Van Der Eijk, Senior Researcher at SINTEF
Casper Van Der Eijk
Thymis Balomenos
Konstantinos Kollias
10:10-10:30
Metal Products – The Green Tiles
- Transforming Bauxite Residue into Alternative Cement, Yiannis Pontikes, Professor at KU Leuven
- Technology Transfer and Scalability, Pablo Martínez, Director, ITRB Group
- Venture Capital and Private Project Financing, Rafa Millan, Chief Investment Officer, The Green Capital
Yiannis Pontikes
Rafa Millan
10:30 - 11:00
Plastic Processing
- Clustering of Plastic Processing in EU projects, Irma Mikonsaari, Research and development Manager at the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology
- Creator Project, Kevin Moser, Dr. Eng. In Material Development and Compounding Technology Group at the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology (ICT)
- Remadyl Project, Tom Vercoutere, Researcher “Plastic characterisation, processing & recycling” in CENTEXBEL
Irma Mikonsaari
Plastic Products
- The Green 3d Printing Filament, Elke van der Walle, Research Scientist at CENTEXBEL
- Technology Transfer and Scalability, Fernando Muñoz Marin, Director, ITRB Group
- Financing Opportunities to Integrate European Funding with National Resources, Francesco Carabellese, External Expert REPRISE (MINISTRY OF UNIVERSITY AND RESEARCH) - EU Project Manager
Francesco Carabellese
Fernando Muñoz Marin
11:30 - 12:00
Coffee Break
Energy Storage & Recycling
- Sotirios Grammatikos, NTNU
- Stationary Energy Storage: RedOx Flow Batteries for long-duration applications, Matteo Salerno, COO Sinergy Flow
- Stationary Energy Storage: Electrolytes for RedOx Flow Batteries, Carlo Ricci, Professor, Universita’ di Cagliari
- Stationary Energy Storage: Vanadium Electrolytes Recycling from RedOx Flow Batteries, Peter Fisher, Group leader of the Redox Flow Battery Group at the Applied Electrochemistry Department at Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology (ICT)
Peter Fischer
Carlo Ricci
Matteo Salerno
Sotirios Grammatikos
13:00 - 13:20
ISAT
- ITRB Sustainability Assesment Tool, Rocco Lagioia, COO ITRB Group
- Social Sustainability Analysis, Enrico Mosconi, Professor, Universita’ della Tuscia
Rocco Lagioia
13:20 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 14:30
Plastic Circularity Multiplyer Initiative
- Plastic Circularity Multiplyer Initiative, Abdul Rahim, Crowdhelix Co-founder and Director
Abdul Rahim
14:30 - 15:00
PCMI / NONTOX Session
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NONTOX Project, Malin zu Castell-Rüdenhausen, Research Scientist at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
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Circular Flooring Project & Creasolv Technology, Swetlana Wagner, Senior Scientist Fraunhofer IVV
Malin zu Castell-Rüdenhausen
15:00 - 16:00
Day 2
13 Oct 2022
09:00 - 09:30
Welcome
Rafael Guinea
09:30 - 09:50
Introduction to Innovation Forum4Plastics
Rocco Lagioia
09:50 - 10:10
10:10 - 10:35
Local Approach to Plastics Waste Management
- Waste management in the municipality of San Llorenç des Cardassar (view presentation)
- Waste management in the municipality of Artá (view presentation)
Jaume Bassa
10:35 - 10:45
11:30 - 11:45
EC approach to plastic recycling and re-use
Mattia Pellegrini
11:45 - 11:50
Introduction to EU funded projects for plastics upcycling
Irma Mikonsaari
Recycling and Upcycling processes
- POLYNSPIRE (view presentation)
- ICAREPLAST
- PRIMUS (view presentation)
- CREAToR (view presentation 1, view presentation 2)
- REMADYL (view presentation)
- PRECYCLING (view presentation)
13:20 - 13:50
Urban Packaging Waste
- TERMINUS (view presentation)
- CIMPA (view presentation)
13:50 - 14:20
14:20 - 15:15
LUNCH
15:15 - 15:30
15:30 - 17:00
Day 3
14 Oct 2022
09:30 - 11:30
12:00 - 12:30
Regulatory Issues
- "Recycling of plastics with legacy additives: Overview of existing legislation and regulation" Roeland Juchtmans
- "Regulatory aspects on plastics films" María Vera Durán (view presentation)
12:30 - 13:00
Private initiatives related with plastic recycling in Mallorca
Recycled filament pilot project - turning local waste into resources