Launch event of the Interreg SeaBioMat project at VLIZ / Ostend

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VLIZ – Flemish Marine Institute
28.03.2025 – 12:00 / 3:30 p.m.

Campus InnovOcean – Jacobsenstraat 1
8400 Ostende – Belgium

Program of this event

12:00 Welcome of participants / networking lunch
1:15 p.m. Introduction / VLIZ
1:30 p.m. Presentation of the Interreg / Interreg program
1:45 p.m. Presentation of the SeaBioMat / Centexbel project
2:00 p.m. Manufacturing, characterization and modeling of biosourced and recyclable composites / IMT NE
2:20 p.m. Coffee break
2:50 p.m. An overview of Ifremer’s expertise in the characterization of materials and microparticles / Ifremer
3:10 p.m. Assessment of microplastics, formation of biosourced plastics and effects of leachates, compared to synthetic plastics / VLIZ
3:30 p.m. From used nets to new opportunities: options for recycling fishing nets / ILVO
3:50 p.m. End of session/discussion