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🎬 Our second series of guest lectures - joint Interreg France-Wallonie-Vlaanderen edition - has now been transformed into a webinar and published on our website! 🤝 These guest lectures were a joint effort from the sister projects OBIWAN Interreg FWVL Project, ValCelMat and COMPOVERT to familiarize both researchers from our project consortia and external interested parties with the research domains and specific activities of these three projects and their partners. ☘️ Intere

🔗🗺️Bridging Regions, Connecting Value Chains: Cross-border Solutions for a Circular and Bio-Based Economy ☘️🌍♻️💡🤝 📢The Interreg France-Wallonie-Vlaanderen sister projects ValCelMat, COMPOVERT and OBIWAN Interreg FWVL Project are pleased to invite you to their joint workshop where we will introduce you to our cross-border activities and discuss about the challenges and opportunities which lay ahead for connecting the value chains in a circular and bio-based economy! 📅 W

🎬 Presentation at C1Chem conference on the behavior of carbon catalysts during methane pyrolysis Earlier this month, Iliyas Melnikov (Ghent University) represented the OBIWAN Interreg FWVL Project at the C1Chem conference in Le Touquet Paris-Plage where he focused on his work related to the behavior of carbon catalysts during methane pyrolysis. He explored how this behavior evolves throughout the process and, more importantly, what drives these transient changes. The confere

📰 A novel Versatile reaction scheme for modeling Anaerobic Digestion with Elemental balance Rigor (vADEr) The team from Université de Technologie de Compiègne (UTC) - UniLaSalle represented the OBIWAN Interreg FWVL Project during IWA AD19 - Valencia 2026. During this conference, organized by the International Water Association in Valencia (Spain), Sorosh Samiei presented a poster on the results from his first year of intense doctoral work. It was a great pleasure to exchange

🌍 Innovating Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow! 💥The OBIWAN Interreg FWVL Project was represented by Iliyas Melnikov at the RRB22 Conference in Leuven. He participated with both a poster presentation, giving an overview of the whole project, and an oral presentation, focussing on his own achievements so far. Participation to the RRB Renewable Resources & Biorefineries conference was a joint effort of the sister projects OBIWAN Interreg FWVL Project, ValCelMat and COMPOVERT t

🌍 Innovating Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow! 💥 The Interreg France-Wallonie-Vlaanderen sister projects OBIWAN Interreg FWVL Project, ValCelMat and COMPOVERT are featured in the latest RRB Renewable Resources & Biorefineries newsletter! 👉 Link to the newsletter: https://lnkd.in/eTGrD-FQ From Monday 1 June until Wednesday 3 June, the 22nd edition of the International Conference on Renewable Resources & Biorefineries will take place in Leuven, Belgium, organized by Ghent Un

🎉 Our OBIWAN Interreg FWVL Project has been highlighted in the 2025 Annual Report of VLAIO - Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship! OBIWAN is one of the Interreg France-Wallonie-Vlaanderen projects for which partner Ghent University received cofinancing from VLAIO as well as from Provincie Oost-Vlaanderen. 💫 Link to the annual report (see p. 21): Click here #InterregFWVL #hydrogen #biogas #sustainability

💥 Last week, we had our first workshop for the OBIWAN Interreg FWVL Project in Ghent, followed by the official inauguration of the ETFB set-up at the Laboratory for Chemical Technology (Ghent University). 👏 Thanks to all our speakers - Joris Thybaut (OBIWAN coordinator), Julien Estager (COMPOVERT), Sofie Verschraegen (ValCelMat), Ben De Waele (Fluxys), Isabel Francois (WaterstofNet) and Simon De Langhe (Ghent University) - for their contributions! 💫 Congratulations to Kevi

Harnessing the Force - Innovative Hydrogen Production The first OBIWAN workshop was linked to the OBIWAN kick-off with the official inauguration of the Electrothermal Fluidized Bed (ETFB) reactor. The central theme of the workshop was "hydrogen production".

During the OBIWAN kick-off event, the Electro-Thermal Fluidized Bed (ETFB) reactor was officially inaugurated.

Interested to know more about catalytic reaction and reactor engineering for the valorization of biogas, functionalization of cellulose to produce high-performance materials or insights into 3D printing as support for R&D? Then let our speakers guide you further!

⚡ Harnessing The Force - Innovative Hydrogen Production One more week to go for our OBIWAN Interreg FWVL Project workshop focused on hydrogen production, one of the main research axes within the project! 📅 When? Thursday 30/04/2026, 14:00 - 16:00 (CET) 🌍 Where? Tech Lane Ghent Science Park or online (Microsoft Teams) Program: 14:00 Introduction OBIWAN Interreg FWVL Project by Joris Thybaut 14:15 Introduction COMPOVERT by Julien Estager 14:30 Introduction ValCelMat by Sofie

💥 Interested to know more about the combination of chemical engineering and electricity utilization? How can this combination help establishing true circularity? Do we need chemical conversion anyway? During the guest lecture ‘Catalytic Reaction and Reactor Engineering for Bio-Gas Valorization’, Joris Thybaut will delve deeper into how chemical reactor electrification brings low-emission, fully renewable-based chemicals and fuels production within reach. 🎤 The Interreg...

💥 Would you like to learn more about the challenges of cellulose valorization? Or about the history of plastic/paper cups? With the conference entitled “Challenges and Context of Cellulose Valorization – Functionalization to Produce High-Performance Materials”, Alexis Spalletta will explore the alternatives currently being developed through the ValCelMat project. 🎤 The Interreg France-Wallonie-Vlaanderen sister projects OBIWAN Interreg FWVL Project , ValCelMat and COMPO

💥 Interested to know more about how additive manufacturing is reshaping current research avenues? How it can optimize complex tooling design or enable the production of metallic structured reactors with unmatched geometries? And what are the future challenges for composite materials printing? 🎤 During the joint guest lecture series of the Interreg France-Wallonie-Vlaanderen sister projects OBIWAN Interreg FWVL Project , ValCelMat and COMPOVERT , Maxence Renaux, Ph.D will

⚡ Harnessing The Force - Innovative Hydrogen Production 💥 We are two weeks away from our OBIWAN Interreg FWVL Project workshop focused on hydrogen production, one of the main research axes within the project. The workshop will be followed by an official kick-off event with the inauguration of the ETFB set-up at the Laboratory for Chemical Technology . 📅 When? Thursday 30/04/2026, 14:00 - 18:00 (CET) 🗺 Where? Tech Lane Ghent Science Park or online (Microsoft Teams) Progra

⚡ Harnessing The Force - Innovative Hydrogen Production 💥We are one month away from our OBIWAN Interreg FWVL Project workshop focused on hydrogen production, one of the main research axes within the project. The workshop will be followed by an official kick-off event with the inauguration of the ETFB set-up at the Laboratory for Chemical Technology . 📅 When? Thursday 30/04/2026, 14:00 - 18:00 (CET) 🗺 Where? Tech Lane Ghent Science Park or online (Microsoft Teams) Prog

The research team from Université de Technologie de Compiègne (UTC) and UniLaSalle Beauvais is delighted to be taking part in the Biogas and Anaerobic Digestion Research and Innovation Days organised by the Association ATEE and ENSAIA . In Nancy, we are delighted to be able to share the progress of various research projects in this field, including that of Sorosh Samiei as part of the OBIWAN Interreg FWVL Project . Sorosh presented the OBIWAN project in its enti

The presentation of Sorosh Samiei ( Université de Technologie de Compiègne (UTC) ) during the competition "Ma thèse en 180 secondes", organized by l'Alliance Sorbonne Université can now be viewed on our OBIWAN Interreg FWVL Project website! 👉 View the recording of Sorosh his presentation at our Presentations section. Sorosh is one of the five representatives of the Alliance Sorbonne Université who will move on to the next stage of the competition, the regional final i

👏 Congratulations to Sorosh Samiei ( Université de Technologie de Compiègne (UTC) ) with receiving the third price in the competition "Ma thèse en 180 secondes", organized by l'Alliance Sorbonne Université ! Sorosh presented the topic of his PhD, which he is performing in the framework of the OBIWAN Interreg FWVL Project . 👉 View a fragment from the award ceremony via the following link: https://lnkd.in/e5Bwmp4f #InterregFWVL #biogas #sustainability #waste2resour