9:00 – 11:00

Session 1. Growing fiber crops in Europe

9:00 – 9:10

Welcome by INF&MP management

9:10 – 9:20

INF&MP activities

Isabella Maciejowska, INF&MP

9:20 – 9:40

Project outline

Myrsini Christou, CRES

9:40 – 10:00

Land use competition issues for food, feed, energy and fibre production

Ralph Sims, IEA Bioenergy

10:00 – 10:20

The role of fibrous plants in cleaning polluted soil

Ryszard Kozlowski,
former INF&MP

10:20 – 10:40

First tests on hemp harvesting, baling and treatment with flax machineries

Luigi Pari, CRA-ING

Hemp harvesting

Video by TEBECO

10:40 – 11:00

Coffee break

11.00 – 12:00

Session 2. Industrial uses of fiber crops

11:00 -11:20

From growing kenaf to its industrial use

Andrea Monti,
Alessandro Zatta, UniBo

11:20 – 11:40

Fibre crops for the fibre industries: advantages and bottlenecks

Valerio Zucchini, KEFI

11:40 -12:00

Flax & Industrial hemp- valuable plants for agriculture and industry

Krzysztof Heller,
Malgorzata Strybe, INF&MP

Fibre production from hemp

Video by
Mark Reinders, Hempflax

12:00 – 13:00

Light Lunch break

13:00 – 15:00

Round Table:

Topics:
1. Restricting factors limiting broader industrial use of fibre crops (supply, costs, physical traits, consistency in quality, technical performance, economic viability and security of the investment, etc.)

2. Prespects to widen the range of potential feedstocks

3. R esearch gaps and recommendations

Minutes:

15:00

End of meeting