Biowaste to Value-added Products

Thomas Bayer has worked in the chemical-pharmaceutical industry for over 30 years. At the Provadis School of International Management and Technology, Frankfurt, Germany, he is Dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology and Vice President Research. His research focuses on bioprocess engineering and the bioeconomy. He is one of the initiators of the Innovation Space Bioeconomy in the Metropolitan Area (BioBall) and Chairman of the Board of BioBall e.V.Manfred Kircher brings to his consulting work more than 30 years of experience in the chemical industry, and in developing bioeconomy clusters. His career milestones are positions in R&D, production, venture capital, and branding & partnering with Evonik. Since 2012 he developed the Cluster Industrial Biotechnology (CLIB) and since 2019 the Innovation Space Bioeconomy in the Metropolitan Area (BioBall). Manfred Kircher has been certified as a bio-economy expert by the EU-Commission.

• Biowaste valorization: the wine industry case.- Recycling Biowaste and Residuals into Chemical Products.- Valorizing bio-waste and residuals.- Enzymes for Biomass Pretreatment: A Comprehensive Review.- Biosurfactants, polyhydroxyalkanoates and other added-value products from wastewater electro-bioremediation: a new biorefinery concept.- Sustainable approaches in viticulture: from wastes and side-streams to high-value products.- Valorization of agricultural residues to valuable products: a circular bioeconomy approach.- Agricultural Wastes to Value-Added Products: Economic and Environmental Perspectives for Waste Conversion.- Novel Approaches in Production and Application of Bacterial Cellulose in Food Industries.- Microbial Electrochemical Technologies: Sustainable solutions for addressing environmental challenges.