Program
Wednesday
April 24th
8h - 8h30
Registration
8h30 - 9h
Official Opening
8h30 - 9h45
Opening Presentations
Moderator: Julio Harada - Independent technical consultant and postgraduate teacher
Cooperation, Awareness and Investments: The future of Bioplastics in Brazil
Kim Fabri – CEO of ERT
Coffee-break
09:40 - 10:10
10h10 - 12h00
Panel 1 - Suitability of bioplastics for different types of product
Moderator: Cláudio Marcondes - Graphene technical consultant
Bioplastics and the compatibility with fiber reinforment
Jörg Dörrstein - Managing Director da Biofibre GmbH
VINNEX additives: Key findings on biopolyesters blends
Angelita Saul - Gerente Técnica da área de Consumer & Industrial Business da Divisão de Polímeros na América do Sul
ecovio e trinamiX : Solutions for a circular economy and combating greenwashing
Jade Rodriguero Dino - Product Management Plastic Additives South America
Thiago Bazaglia Spedo - Coordenador de Negócios Sr. na GBU de Specialty Polymers
Almoço / Brunch
12:00 - 14:00
14h - 15h10
Panel 2 - Polymerization, specification and biodegradation test
Moderator: Hellen Souza – Plástico Industrial Magazine Editor
Growing the material of the future - Production facilities for PLA
Nereo Rodriguez - Sales Manager Polymer Tech. / Licenses at Polymer & Crystallization
Biodegradability analysis and its implications for the specification of bioplastics
Elton Elias Melo Costa - Application Scientist at BPC Instruments-
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8h30 - 9h45
International Market
Moderator: Hellen Souza – Plástico Industrial Magazine Editor
Biopolymers in China: production and regulatory aspects
Cintia Godoi - Co-owner of eeCoo Sustentabilidade
Coffee-break
15:50 - 16:20
16:20 - 18:00
Panel 3 - Biobased plastics
Moderator: Karina Daruich – Director of KDaruich Consultoria & Treinamento Corporativo
The role of bio-based plastics in the transition to a carbon-neutral circular economy
Yuri Tomina Carvalho - Sustainable Solutions Manager Packaging & Consumer Goods South America
Bio-based materials for engineering applications
Carolina Blanez - Sales Supervisor of Mitsubishi Chemical
Bio-Polyamides with High Temperature Resistance
Marcos Vinicius Vinholes Pereira - Leads the application development department at Dakhia - Plásticos de Engenharia
Thursday
April 25th
8h30 - 9h45
Opening Presentations - PL 2524/22
Moderador: João Carlos Godoy Moreira – Technical/Commerical Director of Oeko Bioplásticos
PL 2524/22 and the opportunities for the bioplastics sector
Emanuel Martins - President of Abicom
PL 2524 - Unraveling the controversies towards the circular economy
André Ballesteros - Independent consultant and Waste Management Coordinator at Sea Shepherd Brazil
Impact of banning laws on the productive sector: Case of PL 2524/22
Paulo Teixeira - Executive President of Abiplast
Coffee-break
10:00 - 10:30
10h30 - 12h00
Panel 4 - Standards and certification. Is there a model for the Brazilian market?
Moderator: Julio Harada - Independent technical consultant and postgraduate teacher
The added value of certification
Philippe Dewolfs - Leads the bioplastics certification department in TÜV AUSTRIA
Adequacy of the technical standard NBR ABNT 15.448 - 1 and 2 for harmonization with international standards for certification processes by international organizations
João Carlos de Godoy - Technical/Commerical Director of Oeko Bioplásticos
Lunch / Brunch
12:00 - 14:00
14h00 - 15h40
Moderator: Hellen Souza – Plástico Industrial Magazine Editor
Panel 5 - Life cycle, biodegradation and recyclability of bioplastics
Criteria for choosing a bioplastic
Augusto M. Lopes Dorneles Filho - Head of Audit Office: Aceplas Brasil & ACE-ESG-PLAS Portugal Aceplas
The future of sustainable manufacturing: applications of biopolymers in 3D Printing
Bruno Oliveira - Business Coordinator at ADDITIVE 3D Printing Technologies
Miths and Facts about bioplastics
Michael Thielen - Founder and editor of Renewable Carbon Plastics
15:40 - 16:10
Coffee-break
16h10 - 17h55
Moderator: Professor and Senior of PMT - POLI/USP Department
Presentations of technical/scientific works
Challenges of putting bioplastics in the electronics packaging industry – A comparative analysis of mechanical and morphological performance
Isabel Cristina Souza Dinóla - FIT Instituto de Tecnologia
Corn zein: application as bioplastics
Prof. Dr. Sergio Akinobu Yoshioka - Instituto de Química de São Carlos-USP
Applications of new bioplastics with industrial hemp
Augusto M Lopes Dorneles Filho - Aceplas
Obtaining and characterizing a polyurethane composite derived from castor oil and biosilica
Sergio Carvalho de Araújo - Instituto de Química (INQUI) - UFMS
Production and characterization of PHB synthesized by modified E.Coli using molasses as a carbon source
Matheus Victor Maso Lacôrte e Silva - Unesp
Synthesis and characterization of a biopolymer obtained from norbixin and the Dapsone (medicine)
Prof. Dr. Vicente Galber Freitas Viana - Instituto Federal do Piauí (IFPI)