Date : 02 December 13:30 - 16:15

Organizer : ValBran - Interreg FWVl

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On Wednesday, December 2, the Interreg ValBran project consortium is organising a webinar to disseminate its research results after 4 years of work on the theme of valorising wheat bran into biobased surfactants. This event, which was initially planned in Compiègne (France), will finally be held by videoconference to allow the largest number of people to attend (Belgians and French).

The formula has changed but the programme remains the same.

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Wednesday, December 2, 2020

ValBran Session: free access, but registration required

13.30 : welcome of the participants

13.30 – 15.00 : research results

  • Introduction – by Jacky Vandeputte, Scientific Director & Innovation Manager – Bioeconomy, at Pôle Industries & Agro-Ressources (IAR)
  • An integrated approach for the enzymatic synthesis of alkyl glycosides and sugars esters from wheat bran – by Pr. Caroline Rémond, Professor at the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne – UMR FARE – AFERE Chair, Agroressources FERmentation Enzymes
  • Biophysico-chemical characterization of sugar esters from the ValBran project – by Dr. Magali Deleu, Senior Research Associate at Belgium National Funds for Scientific Research (F.R.S. – F.N.R.S.) and researcher at Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech in the Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics at Interfaces
  • Enzymatic synthesis and techno-economical analysis of the production of glucose- and xylose laurate esters at bigger scale using higher substrate concentrations and membrane assisted solvent recovery – by Dr. Ir. Winnie Dejonghe, Projectmanager at the Flemish Institute for Technological Research – VITO
  • Question and answer session – by Jacky Vandeputte, Pôle Industries & Agro-Ressources (IAR)

15.00 – 15.15 : break

15.15 – 16.15 : Testimonies from companies

  • Testimony from company – Surfactants derived from wheat byproducts – by Dr. Boris Estrine, Head of Chemistry Markets ARD – Technology Manager WHEATOLEO at Agro-industrie Recherches et Développements
  • Testimony from company – Functional green chemistry: dream or reality? Market expectations – by Stefaan Verschaeve, Global Research & Development, Regulatory, Legal Affairs Director at Sopura
  • Question and answer session – by Jacky Vandeputte, Pôle Industries & Agro-Ressources (IAR)
  • Conclusion – by Pr. Caroline Rémond, Professor at the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne – UMR FARE – AFERE Chair, Agroressources FERmentation Enzymes

16.15 : end

Practical information:

  • Date: 2/12/2020, 13.30
  • WEBINAR, online session
  • Free access, but registration required
  • Contact: Lauranne Debatty, ValBiom asbl
  • Email : 0032 81 87 58 86 – info@valbran.eu ou l.debatty@valbiom.be

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