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BREW Symposium “White Biotechnology” integrated in BioPerspectives 2005 Wiesbaden, Germany, 11 May 2005. ISI. Fraunhofer. Institute. Systems and. Innovation Research.
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BREW Symposium “White Biotechnology”integrated in BioPerspectives 2005Wiesbaden, Germany, 11 May 2005
ISI Fraunhofer Institute Systems and Innovation Research The BREW Project (http://www.chem.uu.nl/brew/ )Medium and long-term opportunities and risks of the biotechnological production of bulk chemicals from renewable resources CERISS We gratefully acknowledge support from the European Commission’s Directorate General for Research (GROWTH Programme Award No. G5MA-CT-2002-00014).
COPERNICUS Institute for Sustainable Development and Innovation at Utrecht University Department of Science, Technology and Society (STS) Research cluster Energy and Materials Demand and Efficiency (EME)
Scope • White Biotechnology (fermentation and enzymatic conversions) • Feedstocks from renewable resources • Bulk products • State-of-the-art today • Technology development in the next 2-3 decades
The BREW Project (http://www.chem.uu.nl/brew/ )Medium and long-term opportunities and risks of the biotechnological production of bulk chemicals from renewable resources WP 1: Overview of biotechnological processes WP 2: Technical and economic characteristics WP 3: Environmental and economic assessment WP 4: Risk assessment WP 5: Public perception WP 6: Market potentials WP 7: Scenario calculations WP 6: Conclusions
Objective Overall goal: Evaluation of the opportunities and risks Key resultspresented today: • R&D and market development in companies and institutes(Peter Nossin, Stefan Buchholz, Erwin Vink, Christophe Rupp-Dahlem, Carl Muska, Mercedes Martinez) • Environmental and economic assessment(Dieter Sell, Mercedes Martinez, Martin Patel) • Risk assessment(Leo van Overbeek) • Perception of White Biotechnology in Western Europe(Fabio Terragni) • Projection of the market potential(Veronika Dornburg) • Overall conclusions(Bärbel Hüsing)