Program

June 14 & 15, 2027 | Saline Museum Halle (Saale)

Monday, June 14, 2027 | Inspiration. Innovation. Networking.

12:00 am - 2:00 pm

Arrival & Encounter

Registration, initial tour of the campus, introduction to partners and innovations. Opportunity for a guided tour of the Saline Museum.

 Biopolymer Industrial Spotlight 

Introducing partner country USA: Europe and the USA in comparison: competition, cooperation and learning from each other

2:00 - 2:30 pm

Keynote speech

Introducing partner country USA

2:30 - 3:00 pm

Campus Spotlight

Introduction of the Campus Partners

3:00 - 3:30 pm

Keynote speech

Introducing partner country USA

3:30 - 4:00 pm

Campus Spotlight

Introduction of the Campus Partners

4:00 - 4:30 pm

KEYNOTE SPEECH

Same Goal, Different Rules: The future of packaging, plastics and sustainable materials between European and US regulations

3:30 - 4:00 pm

Campus Spotlight

Introduction of the Campus Partners

5:00 - 5:30 pm

Keynote speech

5:30 - 6:00 pm

Coffee break & Networking

6:00 - 7:30 pm

Biopolymer Innovation Award

Final round with short presentations by the five nominees, questions from the jury and audience, final jury decision and award ceremony

from 7:30 pm

Networking Evening

Buffet & Networking

Tuesday, June 15, 2027 | Knowledge. Exchange. Future.

Note: The conference language on the second day of the event is English.

09:00 - 09:15 am

Welcome

CONGRESS SESSION I

Bringing biopolymers into economic use, economic efficiency of materials, products and processes, scale-up, production and industrial implementation

9:15 - 10:00 am

Keynote

10:00 - 10:30 am

Coffee break & Networking

10:30 - 11:00 am

Speech

11:00 - 11:30 am

Campus Spotlight

Introduction of the Campus Partners

11:30 - 12:00 am

Speech

12:00 am - 13:00 pm

 Lunch & Networking

CONGRESS SESSION II

New materials, technologies and applications, new products and processes, start-ups

1:00 - 1:30 pm

Campus Spotlight

Introduction of the Campus Partners

1:30 - 2:00 pm

Speech

2:00 - 2:30 pm

Campus Spotlight

Introduction of the Campus Partners

2:30 - 3:00 pm

Speech

3:00 - 3:15 pm

Coffee break & Networking

3:15 - 4:00 pm

Biopolymer Industrial Outlook

  • From laboratory to market: What now determines the industrial success of biopolymers?
  • A shared look at insights, challenges and developments leading up to the next Summit

4:00 pm

End of the Biopolymer Industrial Summit

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