bioplastic opportunities for the future

BIOPLASTIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE FUTURE
»Bioplastic Opportunities for the Future« is the fourth and final
About the PLASTiCE project
conference organized within the PLASTiCE project—Innovative
The PLASTiCE project is a project within the Central Europe
value chain development for Sustainable plastics in Central
Programme. 13 partners from 4 countries (IT, SL, SK and PL) are
Europe.
focusing on promoting the new environmentally friendly and
Previous conferences (organized in Bologna, Ljubljana and
sustainable solutions, particularly bioplastics, in the packaging
Warsaw) showed the state-of-the-art in the field, status and
importance of sustainable plastics, all with a special focus on
Central Europe. The final conference is returning to Slovenia and
will take place in Slovenj Gradec in the Koroška region. In the
last years this part of the Koroška region is experiencing solid
and end-user industry.
Final PLASTiCE International Conference:
Bioplastic opportunities for the Future
on bioplastics and by combining these fragmented forces from
September 23th-24th 2014, Slovenj Gradec
support, backed by regulative support and with contributions of a
development based on an innovative orientation of the economy
Slovenia
with a strong emphasis on sustainable material use. Polymers
play a key role in this transformation – a process that is strongly
supported by the Polymer Technology College in Slovenj
Gradec who will be the local host to the conference.
The program of the conference is connecting the state-of-the-art
Polymer Technology College
(http://goo.gl/qGp2n7),
Free of charge – first register first serve (up to
max capacity)
development with applied aspects of bioplastics while keeping
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a focus on Central European opportunities as a knowledge and
business centre in the field. The program consists of sessions
The conference is an opportunity to learn about new
sustainable plastics, their integration with the future of the
bioplastics
 PLASTiCE project outputs and case study outcomes
 Application and material processing issues as seen from
nascent European bio economy, the current situation of
bioplastics in the region and wider. You will have a chance
to hear some practical cases and success stories as well as
academic and industrial perspective
 Commercial development in the area of bioplastics from
different countries the project forms a well-rounded scientific
complete value chain (producer, converter, end user). Through
information dissemination and by identifying and removing
obstacles to bioplastics development the project contributes to
higher sustainability in plastics use in Central Europe and
elsewhere.
Project’s most important outputs: National Information Points,
Certification portal, Roadmap for action and Transnational
advisory scheme will all be presented.
About Central Europe programme:
devoted to:
 Scientific developments that will influence the future of
Central Europe possesses relatively strong centres of knowledge
CENTRAL EUROPE is an EU programme that
encourages cooperation among the
coun-tries of Central Europe to improve
innovation, accessibility and the environment
and to enhance the competitiveness and
attractiveness of their cities and regions.
More information www.central2013.eu
to gather information about knowledge transfer, product
price calculation, and find out how bioplastics can
material producers point of view
 The establishment of the Global Network on Sustainable
Plastics
accelerate your business. It is also an ideal opportunity for
focused networking.
 Knowledge transfer and price calculation
Join us at the FINAL PLASTiCE International Conference: Bioplastic opportunity for the Future and get an update on the opportunities in the bioplastics business.
For more information about the conference please contact conference secretariat: Ms. Petra Horvat: petra.horvat@ki.si. For registration please contact Ms. Mojca Trkaj: mojca.trkaj@ki.si
More information about the conference is available on www.plastice.org or www.facebook.com/PlasticeSlovenia