VIN — Het Vlaams Innovatienetwerk

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of SOLVAY's industrial activities in Antwerp, SOLVAY is organizing a three-day event related to ‘Sustainability and Innovation'. During this event, a meeting of Flanders' strategic Initiative for Sustainable CHemistry (FISCH) will take place on the premises of the SOLVAY factory at Lillo. This meeting takes place on September 24th 2010, and is organized in close collaboration with the Flemish Government and essenscia flanders. Christiane Malcorps, national director of SOLVAY-Belgium, and Jean-Marc Chamberland, director of the SOLVAY factories in Antwerp, cordially invite you to attend this FISCH meeting. Theme of this meeting will be related to ‘cluster intensification' and ‘sustainable chemistry innovation' in the Antwerp Harbor region.

Program
13.00h: Sandwich reception

14.00h: Introduction to FISCH, the importance of FISCH for SOLVAY and for the Chemical Cluster in the Antwerp Harbor - Christiane Malcorps & Jean-Marc Chamberland (SOLVAY NV)

14.30h: SOLVAY initiatives in Sustainable Chemistry - Sustainable PVC for sustainable development - Xavier Van Kesteren (SOLVIN)

15.00h: Innovation and support to strengthen the durable chemical cluster in Flanders - Dirk Van Melkebeke (EWI)

15.15h: Benchmarkstudy Worldharbours - Xavier Vanrolleghem (Antwerps havenbedrijf)

15.30h: Development of the Antwerp Petroleum South brownfield - Brecht Lootens (Stad Antwerpen)

15.45h: Regional strategy to use renewable resources for the production of sustainable chemicals. FISCH study - Ludo Diels (VITO)

16.00h: Workshop drink related to the 8 FISCH projects + interactive quest for ‘Grand (visionairy) FISCH projects'

Please confirm your attendance before Sept. 12th, 2010 by e-mailing Marina Goeyvaerts (Marina.Goeyvaerts@solvay.com)