The three day international conference will consist of plenary lectures, oral presentations and a poster session and will take place at " De Bijloke" in Ghent.  This conference aims at bringing together academic researchers, industrial experts, policymakers and venture capital providers to discuss the challenges emerging from the transition towards a biobased economy and to present new developments in this area. The conference will provide a forum for leading political, corporate, academic and financial people to discuss recent developments and set up collaborations. The conference further aims to provide an overview of the scientific, technical, economical, environmental and social issues of renewable resources and biorefineries. The conference language will be English.

The conference organisers are seeking oral and poster contributions for the conference. Please submit your presentation proposal to the organising committee.

The conference program is organised in two parallel sessions and will cover the following topics:

• Policy
• Bioprocesses And Biorefineries
• Financing
• The Biobased Economy
• Sustainability
• Industrial Crops
• Biocatalysis
• Biobased Chemicals
• Industrial Fermentations
• Bio-Energy
• Bioplastics And Biomaterials
• Thermochemical Processing Biomass