Conference programme

Programme 7 October

11.00 - 12.00
Registration, Stadshallen, Stortorget 9, Lund.

12.00
LUNCH, Stadshallen

13.00
Welcome and introduction to the Conference
Rajni Hatti Kaul, Lund University

13.15
Sustainable plastic pathways - a research funders view
Anna Jöborn, Chief Executive Officer, Mistra, The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research

PLENARY SESSION: TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE PLASTICS
Session Chair: Lars Fogh Mortensen, European Environment Agency and STEPS board member

13.30
Perspectives and insights from the OECD
Kumi Kitamori, Deputy Director, Environment Directorate, OECD

13.50
Environmental and climate impacts from plastics and pathways towards circular plastics – a perspective at the start of a new European policy cycle
Daniel Montalvo, European Environment Agency

14.10
Plastics pollution and the planetary boundaries framework
Bethanie Carney Almroth, Gothenburg University

14.30
COFFEE

Session Chair: Lars J. Nilsson, Lund University

15.00
PET Recycling: From enzyme and process optimization to an industrial plant
Alain Marty, Carbios, Clermont Ferrand

15.20
Plastics in the materials transition – where do we go from here?
Mark Conrad, Material Economics

15.40
In search of common ground? Towards a global plastics treaty
Johannes Stripple, Karl Holmberg, Lund University and Tara Olsen, Copenhagen University

16.00
Synergies among multilateral environmental agreements to maximise climate benefits across the plastics life cycle
Natalia Skripnova, GRID-Arendal

Programme 8 October

SESSION 1: Biobased building blocks, Polymer DesigN & SYNTHESIS

Session Chair: Rajni-Hatti Kaul, Lund University

09.05
Biosynthetic materials through AI-assisted materials design and synthetic biology
Merja Penttilä, VTT Finland

09.25
Establishing polyamides as novel feedstock for microbial biotechnology
Nick Wierckx, Forschungscentrum Jülich

09.45
Biorefining of wood: opportunities for monomers and polymer additives
Bernhard Michael Stadler, UPM Biochemicals GmbH

10.05
A new carbon economy: innovating to a post pollution future
Vicki Liu, LanzaTech, USA

10.25
COFFEE BREAK

Session Chair: Sören Hvilsted, STEPS Board Member

11.05
Unleashing the potential of enzymes for green furan-based polymer synthesis
Katja Loos, University of Groningen

11.25
Challenges of lifting supply chains for a biobased society - biopolymers from waste management services
Alan Werker, Wetsus, European Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Water Technology

11.45
PLA from secondary sources produced with new technology
Marie Louise Eidrup, Chalmers Industriteknik

11.55
Potential value chains for biobased plastics
Kerstin Jedvert, Chalmers Industriteknik

12.05
Furan compounds: key to sustainable biobased building blocks for polymers
Mahmoud Sayed, Lund University

12.15
LUNCH

13.30
COFFEE AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS

15.00
Session Chair: Katja Loos, Professor, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen

15.05
How can we balance properties with recyclability?
Karin Odelius, Royal Institute of Technology KTH

15.25
Bio-based aromatic building blocks exploited for the preparation of functional materials
Anders Egede Daugaard, Technical University of Denmark, DTU

15.45
Molecular design and synthesis of new biobased polymers towards desirable properties and recyclability
Baozhong Zhang, Lund University

16.00
Recyclable silicone elastomers from natural phenols
Cagla Cinalioglu, Technical University of Denmark, DTU

16.10
Sustainable bio-based high performance rigid aliphatic polyesters
Sudhir Kumar Reddy, Lund University

16.20
Session Chair: Leif Nilsson, STEPS board member

16.25
WIRA-SuPRA: industrial-academic collaboration opportunities to enable the shift towards sustainable use of plastics
Magnus Svensson, Linköping University

16.35
Sustainable Alternatives to Polyurethane Foams - Developing Upholsteries with Bio-Based Materials and Additive Manufacturing
Axel Nordin, Lund University

16.45
Chemical recycling of plastic waste fractions for closing the material loop and
increasing resource efficiency
Panagiotis Evangelopoulos, RISE

16.55
Trade-offs between material efficiency and environmental performance for managing
plastics packaging waste
John Laurence Esguerra, Linköping University

17.05
END

18.30
Welcome drink at AF-borgen, Sandgatan 2, Lund

19.00
CONFERENCE DINNER at AF-borgen, Sandgatan 2, Lund

SESSION 2: Plastics Governance

Beyond the bag: plastics and cultures of consumption in Grocery Stores
Moderator: Johannes Stripple, Lund University

09:00
This session focuses on the intricate relationship between plastic usage and consumer culture within the context of grocery stores. Through foregrounding the normalised use of plastics in packaging, display, and transportation of goods, the different presentations will highlight both how these practices are entrenched in consumer expectations and market dynamics, and how they have become contested.

The development of the self-service store 1945-60: creating the space for (plastic) disposability
Karl Holmberg, Lund University

Packaging utopia in future food retail - Retail scenarios and the possible development of packaging solutions
Robert Lazare, Coop Sweden

The farm shop and the city: the store as an emotional space
Håkan Jönsson, LTH

Prefiguring a zero-waste world
Ekaterina Chertkovskaya, Lund University

10.20
COFFEE BREAK

10.50
Nordic Panel: an inside view on plastic governance from nordic environmental agencies
Moderators: Teis Hansen and Stine Hach Juul Madsen, University of Copenhagen

This panel will focus on the role of the Nordic countries in the European and global plastic transition; focusing on priorities, challenges and expectations in relation to the governance of plastics.

Panel participants

• Åsa Stenmarck, The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency

• Rasmus Eisted, The Danish Environmental Protection Agency.

• Silje Rem, the Norwegian Environment Agency

12.15
LUNCH

13.30
COFFEE and ABSTRACT PRESENTATIONS
Moderator: Stine Hach Juul Madsen, University of Copenhagen

13:35
Measuring Europe’s plastics circularity – through the lenses of the EEA Circularity Metrics Lab
Malin zu Castell-Rudenhausen, VTT Finland

13:50
Policies for plastic recycling: navigating the EU Policy Mix
Alberto Arca, ETH Zurich

14.05
Policy mixes for circular plastics: the case of electronics
David Pfeffer, ETH Zurich

14:20
Promoting innovation through environmental policies
Mona Arnold, VTT Finland

14:35
Advancing industrial decarbonization through equitable social
innovations: a multiple stakeholder workshop
Tsung-Yen Tsou, Virginia Tech

14:50
Plenum questions

15.15
Panel discussion: Exploring upstream challenges and opportunities for more sustainable plastic
Session Chairs: Lars J Nilsson and Fredric Bauer, Lund University

Participants

• Henrik Oxfall, IKEM

• Olivia Bonner, TESS

• Joachim Tilsted, Lund University/Copenhagen University

16.30
END

18.30
Welcome drink at AF-borgen, Sandgatan 2, Lund

19.00
CONFERENCE DINNER at AF-borgen, Sandgatan 2, Lund