Monday, 2 June 2025

09.00 - 09.45

Registration

10.00 – 12.00

Official Opening of RRB 2025 and Opening Plenary Session


Chris Stevens, Ghent University, BE

Welcome by the Mayor, Mrs. Minna Arve

Welcome by the Vice Rector of the University of Turku, Prof. Piia Seppänen

Welcome by Vice Rector of Research of Åbo Akademi, Prof. Reko Leino

Keynote Lecture: Challenges and opportunities for bioenergy in the EU
Anna Törner, the CEO of the Swedish Bioenergy Association (Svebio)

Keynote Lecture: Catalysis Achievements and Needs for the Refinery of the Future
Bert Weckhuysen, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

12.00 - 13.00

Lunch and exhibition

13.00 – 14.30

Parallel sessions 

13.00 - 13.30
Invited talk: speaker TBA

13.30 - 13.50
Bio-based films from chickpea extracts reinforced with carrot fibres

Mariana Fortunatti Montoya, University of Valladolid, ES

13.50 - 14.10
Functionalised bacterial cellulose with enhanced conductivity for novel battery components

Tom Distler, Wood K plus, AT

14.10 - 14.30
New green process for the synthesis of glycerol carbonate: Screening of catalysts and kinetics study

Linda Miturova, Toulouse INP, FR

13.00 - 13.30
Invited talk: Engineering Pseudomonas putida via growth-coupling for production, biosensing and C1-fixation

Daniel Volke, Technical University of Denmark, DK

13.30 - 13.50
Searching and targeting specific fungal laccases for building novel materials with unique properties from lignin-rich hemicelluloses

Maarit H. Lahtinen, University of Helsinki, FI

13.50 - 14.10
A flexible pilot plant for scaling up production of biobased high-value chemicals
Ireen Gebauer, Fraunhofer Center for Chemical-Biotechnological Processes, DE

14.10 - 14.30
H2-driven xylitol production in Cupriavidus necator H16
Tytti Jämsä, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, FI

13.00 - 13.30
Heterotrophic growth of Galdieria sulphuraria on residues from aquaculture and fish processing industries

Daniel Pleissner, Institute for Food and Environmental Research (ILU), DE

13.30 - 13.50
INNOAQUA – Sustainable aquaculture practices for innovative seafood products: salmon and microalgae land-based IMTA
Dorinde Kleinegris, NORCE Norwegian Research Centre, NO

13.50 - 14.10
Green biorefinery of brown algae side-streams: Subcritical water extraction optimization via Response Surface Methodology
Rodrigo Oliver-Simancas, Chalmers University of Technology, SE

14.10 - 14.30
Towards full valorisation of algal biomass through acetogenic mixotrophy
Natálie Palucha, Ghent University & Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant, Ghent, BE

14.30 - 15.45

Coffee Break, Exhibition and Poster Tour 1

15.45 - 17.15

Parallel sessions 

15.45 - 16.15
Development of new concepts for thermoset resins from renewable resources for the use in natural fibre composites
Mikael Skrifvars, University of Borås, SE

16.15 - 16.35
A journey from natural phenols to circularity in biobased polymers
Sylvain Caillol, University of Montpellier, FR

16.35 - 16.55
ChitGel: A hybrid hydrogel through Diels-Alder crosslinking of furan-modified Chitosans and maleimide-modified Gelatin
Ruben Raeymaekers, Ghent University, BE

16.55 - 17.15
Advanced aromatic platforms from lignocellulose for high-value materials production
Sanja Vucetic, Åbo Akademi University, FI

15.45 - 16.15
Invited talk: Production of kraft lignin at Södra Cell Mönsterås
Sven Hermansson, Södra, SE

16.15 - 16.35
Industrialisation of beer spent grain for thermoplastic bio-composites
Valentina Beghetto, University Ca’ Foscari & Crossing Srl, IT

16.35 - 16.55
Pigments and bioenergy recovery from microalgae treating wastewater in a biorefinery approach
Ivet Ferrer, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech, ES

16.55 - 17.15
Identification of scale-up parameters for the production of platform chemicals from grass press juice
Wolfgang Laudensack, RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau, DE

15.45 - 16.15
Sustainable construction materials from functionalized lignocellulose side streams, properties, carbon capture potential, and applications in harsh environments
Guillermo Reyes, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, FI

16.15 - 16.35
Anaerobic digestion gases (CO2, H2 and CH4) bioconversion into high value-added single cell protein
Carolina Colvée, AINIA, ES

16.35 - 16.55
Enhanced CO2 methanation via zeolite-assisted water sorption: A pathway to high-purity methane production
Enrico Marchi, Åbo Akademi University, FI

16.55 - 17.15
Theoretical screening of catalytic surfaces for CO2RR to promote carbon-free society
Muhammad Awais, University of Iceland, IS

17.30 - 18.30

Guided Riverside Walk

18.30 - 20.00

Welcome Reception at the Museum Ship Suomen Joutsen