Coffee/tea & registration

Welcome and opening (dr. Gijs van Erven - Wageningen Food & Biobased Research/dr. Mirjam Kabel - Wageningen University)

Lignin synthesis in plants (prof. Wout Boerjan - University of Ghent, Belgium)

Overview lignin analytics (dr. Mirjam Kabel - Wageningen University)

Lunch

Molecular weight determination of lignins (prof. Antje Potthast - BOKU, Austria)

Lignin quantification & structural fingerprinting by pyrolysis-GC-MS (dr. Gijs van Erven - Wageningen Food & Biobased Research)

Coffee/tea break

Lignin molecular structure characterization by NMR (prof. Pieter Bruijnincx - Utrecht University, the Netherlands)

Drinks & registration (in WICC)

Registration / poster mounting

Welcome and opening (dr. Richard Gosselink - chair CA17128 LignoCOST)

Keynote - Tailoring lignin biosynthesis to improve biomass deconstruction (prof. Wout Boerjan - University of Ghent, Belgium)

Ethanol organosoly lignin fractions: temperature effect on structure, functionality and molecular weight (dr. Edita Jasiukaitytė-Grojzdek - National Institute of Chemistry, Slovenia)

Coffee/tea break (poster mounting)

Improved acetone organosolv process design for the production of higher quality lignins (MSc. Arjan Smit - TNO, the Netherlands)

Biopolyol production from black liquor via ultrafast depolymerization in supercritical water (MSc. Emre Demirkaya - Universidad de Valladolid, Spain)

Expanding Lignin Thermal Property Space through Fractionation and Covalent Modification (MSc. Luke Ridell - Utrecht University, The Netherlands)

Lunch followed by poster session

Keynote - Chemical Lignin Conversion (dr. Peter Deuss – University of Groningen, The Netherlands)

Mild and tunable pyrolytic lignin ozonolysis in acetic acid (dr. Martin Palazollo - University of                 Groningen, The Netherlands)

Coffee/tea break

Hydrodeoxygenation of lignin derived phenolic monomers and model bio-oils towards (alkyl)cyclohexane hydrocarbon fuels (prof. Konstantinos Triantafyllidis - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)

Design of a pilot scale lignin depolymerisation plant and downstream separation process (MSc Theresa Rücker - SINTEF Industry, Norway)

Keynote – Cleave and couple strategies for sustainable value chains in lignin chemistry: Matching depolymerization with product demand (prof. Katalin Barta – University of Groningen, The Netherlands, ONLINE)

Poster Session

Sit down dinner WICC (with Willie B & the Blue Sparrow band)

Keynote - Bacterial enzymes for lignin degradation: enzymatic and microbial conversion of lignin to high-value products (prof Timothy Bugg - University of Warwick, United Kingdom)

Assessing the potential of termite gut microbiota for lignin bioconversion (dr. Guillermina Hernandez-Raquet - INSA, France)

Lignin derivatization via biocatalysis (prof. Vasile Parvulescu - University of Bucharest, Romania)

Coffee/tea break

Keynote – Challenges and opportunities in biological/ chemical routes from lignin to end-products (dr. Gregg Beckham – NREL, USA)

Overexpression of the scopoletin biosynthetic pathway enhances lignocellulosic biomass processing (dr. Lennart Hoengenaert - Ghent University, Belgium)

Lunch & Poster Session

Keynote – Towards application of specific lignin production (prof. Bert Sels – KU Leuven, Belgium)

A New Biorefinery Concept with the Focus on Lignin-Carbohydrate Functional Hybrids (prof. Mikhail Balakshin - Aalto University, Finland)

Solvent-fractionated alkaline lignins: from analysis and structure-property correlations to functional materials (MSc. Luyao Wang - Åbo Akademi University, Finland)

Group picture with the participants followed by Coffee/tea break

Keynote - Lignin structure – function relationships with industrial perspectives (dr. Karolien Vanbroekhoven – Vito, Belgium)

Correlation between the molecular structure of lignin and the properties of its nanoparticles, using lignin from different processes – MSc. Maria Karlson (KTH, Sweden)

Poster Session

Buffet dinner WICC

Keynote - LCA of lignin based products (prof. Martin Junginger - Utrecht University, the Netherlands)

Sustainability of lignin-based products in a defossilised economy (dr. Heiko Keller - IFEU - Institut für Energie- und Umweltforschung, Germany)

Utilization of Kraft and Organosolv lignin towards bio-based epoxy polymer composites (MSc. Christina Pappa - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)

Coffee/tea break

Comparative study of lignin and its fractions as phenol substitutes in phenol-formaldehyde resin formulations for plywood panels (dr. Electra Papadopoulou - Chimar, Greece)

Lignin chemical modification with cycliccarbonates: from original building blocks to polyurethane foams (dr. Antoine Duval - Université de Strasbourg, France)

Keynote -  Application of Lignin & Future Perspectives (dr. Richard Gosselink – Wageningen Food & Biobased Research, The Netherlands)

Closing Session + Poster award ceremony (Scientific Organization)

Lunch WICC