This week, the University of Alicante, Spain, has been in charge of hosting the first meeting of the consortium in the Barbara project after Kick-off. The event has gathered representatives from all partners involved in the project, who have travelled to Alicante to show and discuss the results obtained during these first months.
Alicante City Centre ; University of Alicante, main Campus
The regional newspaper in Valencia, Spain, "La veu", has featured project Barbara this week in its science section. The publication (see web version here) includes several pages covering the rationale and basic principles of the project, the consortium and their different tasks, underlining the importance of valorisation of agri-food waste in the pursuit of a circular economy.
The University of Alicante, Spain, will be in charge of hosting the first meeting of the consortium in the Barbara project after Kick-off, this November 20-21st. The event will gather representatives from all partners involved in the project, who will travel to Alicante to show and discuss the results obtained during these first months.
The 2nd Edition of the Center of Excellence Program for the promotion of innovative Galician SMEs - "AgroBiotech Innovation" - is aimed at boosting the start-up of companies with great potential in the fields of biotechnology, agrifood and biomass. Dr. Lidia García, from TECNO packaging, valuable member in the consortium, presented the Barbara project among other initiatives of the start-up company.
Mrs. Berta Gonzalvo, coordinator of the Barbara Project, presented the project at In(3D)ustry, the 2nd edition of the Additive and Advanced Manufacturing Glogal Hub 2017, held in Barcelona, Spain. The 3-day long global hub event connected top industrial end users and additive manufacturers to share success stories, exchange ideas, explore new solutions and realise technological needs within the sector of additive manufacturing.
Alfonso Jiménez, head of the Nanobiopol Group at the UA, will attend the nationally organized forum on circular economy featuring the challenges and collaboration programmes through 2017. The group is active on several projects related with circular economy (Funguschain, Flexpol, etc), including the Barbara project, all of which will be presented in the forum.
Plataforma Tecnológica Española de Química Sostenible
The head of the Nanobiopol Group in the University of Alicante, Alfonso Jiménez, and Edith Guedella, from ACCIONA Infrastructures participated last week in the Conference "Unlimited opportunities in the circular economy: Reducing, Reusing and Recycling" held in Oslo, Norway.
DOGA, the Norwegian centre for Design and Architecture
The 12th edition of the annual European Bioplastics Conference will showcase just how biopolymers are ‘Making the Difference’ in driving innovations forward for more sustainability, resource efficiency, and functionality.
The 5th Edition of ACI’s European Biopolymer Summit will be taking place on 14th – 15th February 2018 in Dusseldorf, Germany. The two day event specially designed to bring together senior executives, key industry experts, researchers and bioplastic manufacturers, to exchange and share their experiences and research results on all aspects of bioenvironmental polymer engineering, most recent innovations, trends and concern as well as solutions adopted in the sector.
