18 March 2014: Jan Pieter Minckeler Symposium 2014, Engineering fot a Sustainable Future

Very exciting day in which ten experts gave us insights into the latest developments. Starting with views on the future of sustainability from the Shell - scenarios, along the latest scientific insights to the latest applications for energy generation, material development and product applications to finally scrutinise recycling. The alternation of speakers from the university world, research institutes and from various branches of industry created a lively picture of the state of affairs in the bio-based economy. The symposium announcement provides additional information on this subject.

The symposium was organised by the Jan Pieter Minckelers Study Association of the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry in coordination with Kivi - Region South. The substantive relationship with Region South's energy programme prompted the alignment. Participation in the Recommendation Committee made it possible to draw the attention of the members of Region South and cooperating departments to the symposium in good time via the annual programme and the Region South page of the KIVI website, and to make it possible to register for the symposium via their own website as well, while simultaneously drawing the attention of other symposium participants to the KIVI programme. More about the KIVI Energy Programme Region South can be found at the programme overview.

During the symposium, students were given the opportunity to show and explain their work in a poster gallery. The posters were judged by a jury of expert specialists, who also designated a winner for the most innovative, best-supported research. To emphasise that KIVI attaches great importance to the innovation taking place in chemistry, Region South provided a prize for the winner. The best achievement was the poster with the topic 'Solid Acid Catalyzed Acetoxylation of Lactic Acid as a Novel Route to Acrylic Acid' by students at the University of Amsterdam, Rolf Beerthuis, N. Raveendran Shiju and Gadi Rothenberg. Rolf Beerthuis received the KIVI prize from Professor Emiel Hensen (pictured).

Description

Chemical and chemical-technological solutions to today's pressing energy issues.
Today, the experts of this world shed light on possible solutions to the energy challenge we engineers will face in the future. The themes of New Fossil Fuels, Biobased Economy, Solar Fuels and Recycling will be reviewed in a symposium that attempts to shed light on these issues not only individually, but also their interplay.
What is the role of tar sands, why are biobased polymers not yet in a dominant position and what challenges remain in photocatalysis? Speakers from academia and industry will explain their views and the progress in their research in an engaging way to an audience from home and abroad

The symposium is set up in coordination with the Energy Programme of Kivi Niria Region South. Following on from the six symposia in which energy - and CO2 emission management is considered integrally and from the perspective of users industry, transport, built environment and Agriculture & Horticulture, this symposium considers its chemical - technological/chemical aspects.
Curious about what is being developed and how university and industrial specialists look to the future, read on to the website and register for this event on 18 March 2014.
There is a maximum participant number of 300 people. You can register via the website of Technological Study Association Jan Pieter Minckelers (see link further down this page).

Speaker(s)

Experts from academia and industry (see website www.engineering-for-sustainability.eu).

Location

Auditorium, Eindhoven University of Technology

Organiser

Dutch Process Technologists

Region South

Study association Jan Pieter Minckelers

Name and contact details for information

drs. ing. Cor van den Bosch, t: 06 50638128

jocobowi@onsbrabantnet.nl

Register via

Register via the website of Technological Study Association Jan Pieter Minckelers