Speakers

Meet the experts at the BIOPOLYMER Congress

Ivana Burzic

Ivana Burzic

Project Leader | Kompetenzzentrum Holz GmbH

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Tuesday, June 16, 2026

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Bettina Dempewolf

Bettina Dempewolf

Head of Communications | Plastics Europe Deutschland

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    Since July 1, 2023, Bettina Dempewolf has been Head of Communications at Plastics Europe Germany. Previously, she headed the conference department and was responsible for the member network at SKZ – The Plastics Center. Before joining SKZ, from 2014 to 2019, Dempewolf managed the office of former Bavarian State Parliament member Georg Rosenthal. From 2010 to 2014, she was responsible for fundraising in the Presidential Staff of Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg. Prior to that, she worked for five years as the personal assistant to the President of Leibniz University Hannover.

Tuesday, June 16, 2026

09:45 - 10:15

Andreas Eder

Andreas Eder

Project Manager | ecoplus. Niederösterreichs Wirtschaftsagentur GmbH

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Monday, June 15, 2026

Introduction of the partner country Austria

Prof. Dr. Ramani Narayan

Prof. Dr. Ramani Narayan

Michigan State University and member of the Supervisory Board of Northern Technologies International Corp. 

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Prof. Dr. Michael Sander

Prof. Dr. Michael Sander

Lecturer at the Department of Environmental Systems Sciences | ETH Zurich, Organic Environmental Chemistry

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Dr. Gerd Unkelbach

Dr. Gerd Unkelbach

Director Molecular Bioproducts | UPM Biochemicals

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Tuesday, June 16, 2026

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