OBIWAN participation at ValCelMat launch event

Last week, our sister project ValCelMat organized their launch event in Béthune (France). The OBIWAN Interreg FWVL Project was represented by our UTC partner Xiaojun Liu.

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Program ValCelMat Launch Event - June 12 2025, IUT Béthune - France

8:30 Welcome coffee

9:00 Introduction

• Interreg Fr-Wl-Vl (Joël David)

• Region Hauts-de-France (VP Innovation)

• Artois University (Pierre Marguis)

• Project coordinator - summary project (Patrick Martin)

9:45 Guest speakers

• Nicolas Brosse (LERMAB, Université de Lorraine)

• Emilie Roulland (Designer, Docteure-PhD et Chercheure indépendante) ''Design de Transitions & Potentiels prospectifs des fibres cellulose''

• Julien Bras (Grenoble INP, Institut Universitaire de France)

11:30 Round Table

• JRS (Stéphane Laurent)

• Plastium (Angeline Paturel)

• CETI (Priscilla Arnould)

• Cabbalr (Sophie Duby)

• Daurema (Frédéric Salomon / Justine Haffemayer)

• La Tannerie du Végétal (Sixtine de Chateauneuf Randon)

12:30 Lunch & Poster (VALCELMAT, OBIWAN, COMPOVERT)

14:00 Presentations Interreg Project OBIWAN (Xiaojun Liu) & COMPOVERT (Marie-France Lacrampe)

14:30 ValCelMat Focus - Presentations of the 5 Operators (skills and roles in the project)

• UArtois (Nicolas Joly)

• MaNo (Sophie Dropsit)

• HOGent (Jonas Van Rie)

• UPJV (Isabelle Gosselin)

• UGent (Karen De Clerck)

15:45 ValCelMat Focus - Presentations of the Associated Operators in a round table

• Arteveldehogeschool (Bart Calis)

• Bioeconomy For Change (Chloé Joly)

• Centre Technique du Papier (Laurent Lenglet)

• EuraMaterials (Frédéric Merle)

• Fedustria (Bruno Eggermont)

• GreenWin (Rodrigo Andari-Klee)

• PlastiWin (Olivier Neirynck)

• Valbiom (Valentine Donck / Zoé Nys)

16:55 Conclusion

17:00 Final Cocktail