Following goals are to be achieved:

1. To survey the recent developments worldwide on the production and use of green materials and sustainable plastics

2. To provide the necessary knowledge base for implementation of the project on the use of green materials and sustainable plastics during the Olympic Games and to identify the eco-friendly sustainable plastics to be used in the framework of the project

3. To establish the standardization system for Green Materials and related applications for the 2008 Olympic Games

4. To spread awareness on production, application, and waste management related to green materials

5. To build capacity for the use of green materials in China , during the 2008 Olympic Games and later

Background of the Conference:

The exhaustion of petroleum resources is about to come sooner or later. To prepare for the days, countries worldwide are striving to develop a more sustainable chemical industry, in particular, with emphasis on bio-based processes, renewable bio-feedstock and green products, where, in particular, an important role is played by the Industrial Biotechnology. As the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games is the outstanding event for China and for the World, we will take an opportunity to make it a “Green Olympics” thus to be a stimulus to promote development and implementation of sustainability concepts in China and worldwide.

In 2005 and 2006, the Office of Science and Technology Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad had built favorable communication platform between scientists, technologists, decision makers from government and key industrial players who were involved in biodegradable plastics and other related issues.

This year, in 2007, Several editors-in-chief of principal journals on bio-based and green materials are invited to give keynote lectures to the audiences of mixed backgrounds, including scientists, technologists, and decision makers from the government. Key industrial players will be also invited to deliver their vision of the future of green chemistry and industrial biotechnology. Industrial participants will be encouraged to show their Green Products, which can be potentially considered in the Green Olympics project for catering applications during the Olympic Games. Biodegradable and biocompatible materials will be displayed during the conference. Participants from developing countries and countries with economies in transition are encouraged to apply.

A limited number of participants will receive full or partial support by ICS-UNIDO. This initiative is going to be very important for spreading awareness and building capacity to introduce sustainable chemical industry in the post-Olympic economy of China . We believe that further developments will be focused on the exploitation of bio-feedstock and adoption of more sustainable processes, including catalysis and biotechnology, especially in China , where the lack of fossil resources, overpopulation, and heavy pollution pose a big issue.
Industrial participants:

•  Shanghai World EXPO ( China )

•  Zhejiang Haizheng ( China )

•  Zhejiang TianAn ( China )

•  Shanghai Tongjieliang ( China )

•  Tianjin Green Biosciences ( China )

•  Shijiazhuang Pharma Group ( China )

•  China Northern Pharma Group ( China )

•  Zhongke LongTai (China)

•  DSM (Holland)

•  BASF ( Germany )

•  Novamont ( Italy )

•  Purac ( Holland )

•  Degussa ( Germany )

•  Metabolix ( USA )

•  Du Pont ( USA )

•  NatureWork ( USA )

•  Rohm and Haas ( USA )

•  Novozyme ( Denmark )

•  European Bioplastics (EU)

•  Unitika ( Japan )

•  Showa Highpolymer ( Japan )

Invited Academic Speakers and Advisory Board:

•  Ann-Christine Albertsson (Editor-in-Chief for Biomacromolecules) ( Sweden )

•  George Guo-Qiang CHEN ( China )

•  Emo Chiellini ( Italy )

•  Fu GAO ( China )

•  Yasuo Igarashi ( Japan )

•  Y oshio Inoue ( Japan )

•  Sang Yup LEE (Associate Editor for “Biotechnology and Bioengineering”) ( Korea )

•  Stanislav Miertus ( Italy )

•  Martin Patel (Chief Author of “The BREW Project—The Potential of White Biotechnology”) ( Holland )

•  Pingkai OUYANG ( China )

•  Anthony Sinskey (Associate Editor for “Metabolic Engineering”) ( USA )

•  Alexander Steinbüchel (Editor-in-Chief for “Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology”) ( Germany )

•  AJ Varma ( India )

•  David Williams (Editor-in-Chief for “Biomaterials”) ( UK )

•  Shengli YANG ( China )

Tentative agenda for The International Symposium on Green Materials & Green Olympics 2007
  • Oct 20, 2007, Beijing , China
    Hotel to be decided soon

    09:00 – 16:00 pm: Arrival and registration in hotel

    16:00 – 19:00 pm: Chair person: To be decided (hosted by High-Tech Olympics of

    Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission)

    Visit to the Olympic Construction Sites (some of them have been completed)

    19:30 – 21:00 pm: Welcome reception by High － Tech Olympics of Beijing

    Municipal Science & Technology Commission

  • Oct 21, 2007

    Meeting Location: ChuangYe Tower，Beijing Welcome session –Chair person: To be decided

    09:00 – 09:15 am: Welcome speech by Madam LIN Wenyi, Chairperson of the Office

    of Sciences and Technology: Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad

    09:15 – 09:30 am: Welcome speech by Professor Stanislav Miertus, Area Chief,

    International Centre for Science and High Technology – United Nations Industrial Development Organization (ICS-UNIDO)

    09:30 – 09:40 am: UNIDO Regional Office Representative in China (Mr. S. Ajmal)

    1 st Session –Chair person: Professor George Guo-Qiang CHEN ( China )

    09:40 – 10:00 am: The preparation of the Beijing 2008 Olympics (Speaker to be confirmed)

    10:00 – 10:20 am: The Green Olympic concept (Speaker to be confirmed)

    10:20 – 10:40 am: Coffee break, Photo opportunity

    2 nd Session – Chair person: Ms Lyn Wenyi or George Chen

    10:40 – 11:00 am: The implementation of the “Green Materials, Green Olympics and collaborative project ICS-UNIDO - BOSTEC” by Dr. Ji-Hong ZHANG

    11:00 – 11:20 am: ICS-UNIDO global programme in Sustainable Chemistry and Plastics (S. Miertus, ICS-UNIDO Italy )

    11:20 – 11:50 am: EDPs: State of the Art (by Professor Emo Chiellini)

    11:50 – 12:10 pm: Green Materials in Japan and the EXPO 2005 by Professor Yoshio Inoue ( Japan )

    12:10 – 13:10 pm: Lunch

    13:10 – 14:30 pm: Visit to the exhibition of EDPs and bio-based materials


    3 rd Session – Chair person : Professors Alexander Steinbüchel ( Germany ) and David Williams ( UK )

    14:30 – 15:00 pm: Bio-macromolecular materials, present and future (by Professor Ann-Christine Albertsson ( Sweden )

    15:00 – 15:30 pm: Biodegradable materials, their performances and applications (tentative) by Professor David F. Williams (UK)
    15:30 – 16:00 pm: Bio-technologies for the production of EDPs and bio-based materials by Professor Alexander Steinbüchel ( Germany )

    16:00 – 16:20 pm: Coffee break

    16:20 – 16:50 pm: Standards, regulations and testing of bio-degradable polymers Dr Ramani Narayan or Dr Degli Innocenti

    16:50 – 17:15 pm: Lifecycle assessment of EDPs by Professor Martin Patel ( Holland )

    17:15 – 17:40 pm: Waste Management Technology by Professor Yasuo Igarashi ( Japan )

    17:40 – 18:00 pm: Plastics recycling and DSS (Dr. A. Krzan, Slovenia )

    18:00 – 20:00 pm: Dinner

     

  • Oct 22, 2007

    Meeting Location: ChuangYe Tower ， Beijing

    4 th Session – Situation on EDPs and bio-based products in the world

    Chair person: Professor Stanislav Miertus (ICS-UNIDO)

    08:30 – 09:00 am: R&D on EDPs and bio-based materials in Korea by

    Professor Sang Yup Lee ( Korea )

    09:00 – 09:30 am: EDPs and bio-based materials for sustainable development in India

    by Professor AJ Varma ( India )

    09:30 – 09:50 am: EDP status in Latin American by Dr. Innocentini Mei, Lucia

    Helena (Brazil)

    0 9:50 – 10:10 am: EDPs development in CEE countries

    A. Krzan , Slovenia or D. Bakos ( Slovakia )

    10:10 – 10:30 am: Coffee break

    10:30 – 11:00 am: EDP Development in African, Middle East and Gulf countries by

    Dr. Kandil, Sharif ( Egypt )

    11:00 – 11:30 am: EDP Development in South East Asian Countries (Dr. K. Suchiva,

    Thailand )

    11:30 – 12:10 pm: Roundtable 1: (Chaired by Professor Stanislav Miertus)

    Global cooperative framework in EDPs and bio-based products

    The global network in “Green Materials and Eco-Plastics for Green Olympic Games”

    12:10 – 13:10 pm: Lunch

     

    13:10 – 14:00 pm: Visit the EDP exhibition site

     

    5 th Session Materials Industry Report

    Chair person: Professor Sang Yup Lee ( Korea )

      14:00 – 14:15 pm: Global trends and production in industrial development of EDPs by Professor Emo Chiellini ( Italy ) (Tentative)

    14:15 – 14:30 pm: Development and industrial production of EDPs and bio-based products in China (Speaker to be identified)

    14:30 – 14:45 pm: New Green Materials (DSM, Holland ) 14:45 – 15:00 pm: Mater-Bi and Their Applications in Olympic Events (Novamont, Italy )

    15:00 – 15:15 pm: Polyhydroxyalkanoates and Their Applications ( Tianjin Green Bioscience , China )

    15:15 – 15:30 pm: NatureWork's PLA and Their Applications (Nature Work, USA )

    15:30 – 15:45 pm: The Green Toilette (Zhong Ke Longtai , China )

    15:45 – 16:00 pm: Coffee break

     

    6 th Session –Chair person:Professor Yoshio Inoue ( Japan )

      16:00 – 16:15 pm: PLA Based Green Products ( Unitika , Japan )

    16:15 – 16:30 pm: Ecoflex and Its Derivatives (BASF, Germany )

    16:30 – 16:45 pm: Lactic Acid Based Green Products (Purac, Holland )

    16:45 – 17:00 pm: PLA Raw Materials and Products ( ZheJiang Haizheng , China )

    17:00 – 17:15 pm: PHBV Based Products ( NingBo TianAn , China )

    17:15 – 17:30 pm: EPI Oxobiodegradable polymeric Materials and plastics

    17:30 – 17:45 pm: Idroplax – Hydrosoluble Biodegradable Polymeric Materials and Plastics

    17:45 – 18:00 pm: The Composting as a biorecycling technique of plastic Waste: limits and applicability (industry producing composting plants)

    18:00 – 18:30 pm: Discussion

    18:30 – End: Closed meeting of ICS-UNIDO and BOSTEC:

     

    State of implementation of the collaborative project “Green Materials and Eco-Plastics for Green Olympic Games”.

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