University of Alicante and FECOAM have participated in the Murcia Food Brokerage Event 2019 which took place in Murcia (Spain) with more than 400 participants and where the BARBARA project was presented to different companies involved in the areas of food, agriculture and food packaging, as well as to delegates from different universities and research centers (https://murciafood2019.b2match.io).
Last 8th-9th May took place the 5th edition of “GreenWin International Conferences: Green Chemistry - White Biotechnology” at the Gosselies Point Centre (in Brussels South Airport business park), under the auspices of Université Libre de Bruxelles - ULB (Brussels Free University) (see : http://event.greenwin.be/en/event/consult/20 ). One of the objectives, among others, is to show the link between the research and the market.
As the project progresses, members from KTH and TECNO packaging have recently published a review on the prestigious journal "Carbohydrate Polymers", dealing with the compatibilization of polysaccharides and bio based polymers. This review critically explores the current status and the future outlook of reactive compatibilization strategies of the most common plant polysaccharides in blends with bio-based polymers.
The main regional news media provider and newspaper "HERALDO" has selected Project BARBARA as finalist in the fourth edition of the Third Millennium Awards, an event whose objective is to recognize the work of people, centers and research groups, institutions and companies in Aragon. The project opts to the award in the category of "Research and Future". The price is awarded to the most prestigious projects combining research, divulgation and innovation.
The impact and popularity of project Barbara has trascended the regional and local TV news in Belgium. Thanks to the event of the 3rd Consortium Meeting, demostrator shows and interviews were given to local and regional press, which resulted in several news articles.
The Belgian TV "Vedia" used the opportunity during the 3rd Consortium meeting at the premises in CELABOR to perform a full coverage review on the local TV channel and their on-line platforms.
The 3rd consortium meeting in the Barbara project took place this November 20-21st at the premises of CELABOR (Herve, Belgium), key partner in the up-scaling of products from work packages 1 and 2. All partners were gathered in this event, as to put together the results so far and plan for the future of the project, at this mid-stage of the life span of project Barbara.
The emerging bioeconomy is moving from the research niche to market norm and Europe needs to maintain its current global leadership. The High Level Bioeconomy conference, organized by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, focus on the need to have a sustainable and circular bioeconomy to enhance the transition in a changed EU policy context and towards a new environmental, social and economic reality.
The problems rising from food and agricultural waste are a public concern on the national and European level, based on a rising economic and environmental impact and the pursuit of a bio-based economy.
The 4th International Conference on Bio-based Polymers and Composites (BiPoCo 2018) is the forth edition of a series of Conferences started in 2012, which gain visibility, affluence and importance year after year. As previous editions, the Conference was held in Hungary, this time in the city of Balatonfüred during the days of September 2-6.
