Events - Third Workshop, Poznan, 17 November 2009

“Can the production of non-food crops be environmentally friendly and economically viable?

Chairmen: Prof. Ralph Sims, IEA Bioenergy and Prof. Melvyn Askew, CENSUS BIO

Photo Gallery

8:30-9:00

Registration

 

9:00

Welcome speeches

 

9:20

4F CROPS: a brief introduction to the Project

Efi Alexopoulou, CRES

9:30

Life cycle assessments of future crops for fiber and fuels

Nils Rettenmaier , IFEU

10:00

Future challenges to sustainable production from land based industry (economically, environmentally and socially viable)

Melvyn Askew, CENSUS BIO

10:20

Renewable resources in Poland –could they be environmentally friendly and economically viable?

Burczyk Henryk, Maria Mackiewicz-Talarczyk, INF&MP

10:40

Coffee break

 

11:00

How the choice of the logistic chain can influence on the environmental impacts of the agro-energy system

Luigi Pari, CRA-ING

 

11:20

Sustainable crop production – an overview

Ralph Sims, IEA Bioenergy

11:40

Energy and Agricultural production – Sustainability of Biofuels

Spyros Kyristis, AUA

12:00

Can the production of non-food crops be economically viable? A case of arable land reallocation in Greece

Peter Soldatos, AUA

12:30

Working lunch break

 

13:00-15:00

Round table discussion and conclusions

15:00-16:00

Visit of the Institute Natural Fibres and Medicinal Plants

 
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