Summer School entitled
“Lignocellulosic Crops as Feedstock for Future Biorefineries”
Lisbon, 26-31 July 2014
/Saturday , July 26th
/ /Sunday, July 27th
/ /Monday, July 28th
11:00 to 14:00 / Visit to FCT UNL laboratory and the experimental fields of fibre crops and perennial grasses / Chaired by E. Alexopoulou & L. Cosentino / Chaired by E. Alexopoulou & S. Jankauskiene8:30 / Breeding and agronomy of flax in Europe
Dr. S. Jankauskiene, LRCAF / 8:30 / Management and yields of giant reed
Prof. S. L. Cosentino, University of Catania
9:15 / to be defined
Dr. Zhu Aiguo IBFC, China / 9:15 / Management and yields of miscanthus
Dr. Andrea Monti, UNIBO
10:00 / Key cultivation techniques for hemp Dr. Stefano Amaducci, University of Cattolica / 10:00 / Management and yields of switchgrass
Dr. Efthymia Alexopoulou, CRES
10:45 / Coffee break / 10:45 / Coffee break
19:00 / Welcome and get together / Chaired by E. Alexopoulou & A. Monti / Chaired by E. Alexopoulou & M. Berti
11:15 / to be defined
Dr. Bo Wang, Huazhong Agricultural University / 11:15 / Key cultivation techniques for cardoon Prof. Maria Dolores Curt, UPM
12:00 / to be defined
Dr. ZHANG Deyong, Hunan Institute of Plant Protection / 12:00 / Management and yields of elephant grass
Prof. Spyros Kyritsis, Agricultural University of Athens
12:45 / Quality parameters and sustainability of biomass pellets, Dr. Margarida Gonçalves, FCT/UNL / 12:45 / Agronomy and applications of nettle in Europe, Dr Przemo Baraniecki and/or K. Heller, INF&MP
13.30 / Lunch / 13.30 / Lunch
14:30 / Students presentations (20 min each) / 14:30 / Students presentations (20 min each)
21:00 /
End of day
/ 16:30 /End of day
/ 16:30 /End of day
/Thuesday, July 29th
/ /Wednesday July 30th
/ /Thursday, July 31st
9.00 / Visit to VALBOPAN companyVisit to Obidos / Chaired by E. Alexopoulou & S. Kyritsis / Chaired by E. Alexopoulou & S. Jankauskiene
8:30 / Cropping systems and fiber sorghum production management, Prof. Marisol Berti, NDSU / 8:30 / Review of products derived from fibre crops
Dr. Vidar Grogberg, VTT
9:15 / Harvesting of lignocellulosic crops, Dr. Luigi Pari, CRA-ING / 9:15 / Gasification & Pyrolysis
To be announced
10:00 / Phytoremediation potentials of lignocellulosic crops, Dr. Eleni Papazoglou, AUA / 10:00 / Biobased Products for packaging & bioplastics
Dr. Ana Luisa Fernando & Dr. Paulo Lemos, FCT/UNL
10:45 / Coffee break / 10:45 / Coffee break
Chaired by E. Alexopoulou & E. Kipriotis / Chaired by E. Alexopoulou & E. Papazoglou
11:15 / Recovery and recycle of protein and fiber by-products
Prof. Annalisa Tassoni, University of Bologna / 11:15 / Biorefinery concept for lignocellulosic crops
To be announced
12:00 / New Lightweight and Nanotechnology Enhanced Bio-composites from Lignocellulosic Materials Mr. Manolis Karagiannidis, CHIMAR / 12:00 / To be announced
12:45 / Market niches for bast fibre crops in the biobased economy, Dr. Jan van Dam, DLO / 12:45 / Friendly to the environment cropping practices for
lignocellulosic crops, Prof. Th. Gemtos, UTH
13.30 / Lunch / 13.30 / Lunch
14:30 / Lignocellulosic crops as feed crops,
Dr. E. Kipriotis, NAGREF / 14.30 / Socio-economic and environmental implications of lignocellulosic crops
Dr. Stephan Piotrowski, NOVA
Students presentations (20 min each)
15:15 / Students presentations (20 min each)
19:00 /
End of the day
/ 16:30 /End of day
/ 17:00 /End of day
Summer School on “Lignocellulosic crops as feedstock for future biorefineries”