Final stakeholder workshop of European funded research project DRIVE4EU - Dandelion Rubber and Inulin Valorization and Exploitation for Europe

You are most welcome at the DRIVE4EU final stakeholder workshop on October 19th, 2018 at KeyGene in Wageningen, NL. Registration is free. Feel invited to join and register via the button on this page.

The objective of “DRIVE4EU - Dandelion Rubber and Inulin Valorization and Exploitation for Europe” was to set up a new European chain for the production and processing of natural rubber. This enables the EU to become less dependent on the import of natural rubber and at the same time to respond to the threat of a global rubber shortage.

In this final exploitation workshop the main outputs, findings and key results of the DRIVE4EU project are presented. Next to this you will have the possibility to meet and discuss with all project partners and to have a look at the DRIVE4EU prototypes.

Program

• 10.00 am Registration / welcome KeyGene / welcome DRIVE4EU

• 10.30 am Start program

• About DRIVE4EU - Ingrid van der Meer - WUR, Coordindator DRIVE4EU

• An historical perspective on Rubber dandelion - Peter van Dijk - KeyGene

• Short pitches of relevant WP leaders informing on most relevant results:

• Breeding Dandelion and analysis of gene flow - WP 2/4, Rolf Mank - KeyGene

• Agronomy, harvest and storage - WP3, Hilde Muylle - ILVO

• Biorefinery and product uses - WP5/6, Frans Kappen - WUR

• Economic analysis and LCA - WP7, Maria Hingsamer - Joanneum Research

• 12.30 Lunch around market place – each partner presents its contribution, expertise and know-how

• 14.00 Closing presentation by Fazilet Cinaralp - Secretary General ETRMA
  

• 15.00 Drink (& Bites)

About DRIVE4EU

• European Project funded by the 7th Framework Programm

• Start of project: 1st February 2014, end of project 31st July 2018

• The project was coordinated by Wageningen University & Research

DRIVE4EU has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programm (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement n°613697. More information on the DRIVE4EU research project: www.drive4eu.eu