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Asia’s First Bioplastics Conference and Exhibition<br />
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CONFERENCE PROGRAMME<br />
10:30 - 10:45 Break<br />
10:45 - 11:15 Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs), biodegradable plastic production,<br />
optimization and factors affecting PHA accumulation<br />
Assoc. Prof Dr. Songsri Kulpreecha, Department of Microbiology,<br />
Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand<br />
International standards and regulations<br />
11:15 - 11:45 Compostable plastic regulatory framework<br />
Dr Glenn R Johnston, Manager-Global Regulatory Affairs, NatureWorks LLC, USA<br />
11:45 - 12:15 Biodegradability & compostability: what is the difference?<br />
Standards-impact on usage of biodegradable polymers<br />
Bruno De Wilde, Organic Waste Systems NV, Gent, Belgium<br />
12:15 - 13:30 Lunch<br />
Downstream applications, products and markets<br />
13:30 - 14:00 PURAC : World class lactic acid products focussed towards PLA polymers<br />
Arno van de Ven, PURAC Co Ltd, Netherlands<br />
14:00 - 14:30 Using bioplastics in electronic products in Japan, and developing<br />
high-performance PLA/kenaf composites<br />
Dr Masatoshi Iji, Fundamental and Environment Research Laboratories,<br />
NEC Corporation, Japan<br />
14:30 - 15:00 Medical applications for bioabsorbable polymers<br />
Prof Yoshito Ikada, Nara Medical University, and Dr Masakazu Suzuki,<br />
Research Centre, Gunze Limited, Japan<br />
15:00 - 15:15 Break<br />
15:15 - 15:45 Biomass-based biodegradeable inks for packaging<br />
Hideki Yasuda and Hideyuki Takeuchi, Toyo Ink Manufacturing Co Ltd., Japan<br />
15:45 - 16:15 Injection moulding for bio-based synthetic materials<br />
Dr Andreas Marek, Fraunhofer ICT, Germany
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