On April 09 2013, the East-West-Science Centre (OWWZ - University of Kassel) with the support of the Deutsche Messe organizes the East-European Workshop: Green Materials - Polymers, Raw Materials and New Composites as part of the leading trade fair for environmental technologies “Industrial GreenTec” (Hanover Fair 08. – 12. April 2013).
Global sustainability pressures including high oil prices and environmental concerns provide a strong motivation for developing polymers that are more efficient in the use of materials and energy and are safe and prevent pollution. Many recent initiatives successfully focus on the use of renewable and environmentally benign bioplastics derived from agricultural and microbial resources.
To speed up the structural transformation to a bio-based industry, new types of international collaboration between researchers and industry partners are needed. Information exchange on the latest green trends in science and technology in the target countries will offer chances for cooperation.
According to this guiding idea the workshop will serve as a forum for scientific presentations and first contacts as well as a platform for project development and networking.
The workshop is an activity of the German-Russian Cooperation Network Biotechnology - supported by the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) - and will be co-organized by the A.N. Bach Institute of Biochemistry (Moscow), the National Technical University of Ukraine "Kiev Polytechnic Institute" and the State Enterprise "Scientific and Technological Park BNTU "Polytechnic" (Minsk).
Scientists from Germany, Russia, Belarus and the Ukraine are invited to present their work and cooperation ideas. Participation is free of charge - registration required.
Further information on the workshop: www.owwz.de/hannover.html
Directly after the workshop OWWZ in cooperation with CReED e.V. offers a Qualification Course on Bio-Waste-Management (10. - 13. April 2013) near Hanover. For participants it is possible to combine both events.
Further information on the qualification course: www.owwz.de/wastemanagement.html
Contact:
Dr. Gabriele Gorzka
Dipl.-Biol. M.Sc. Nicole Burghardt
Ost-West-Wissenschaftszentrum Hessen
UniKasselTransfer, Universität Kassel
Phone.: +49 561 804-3609
Fax: +49 561 804-3792
E-Mail: gorzka(at)uni-kassel.de
www.biotechnology.owwz.de
