Join us to the First Symposium of the CELISE project

The CELISE project is organizing the First Symposium at the Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie SGGW – Warsaw University of Life Sciences in Warsaw, Poland, on Tuesday, 25th July.

The Symposium will be located in Room no. 1/18A, building no. 34, SGGW, Warsaw, Poland and it will be chaired by Prof. Grzegorz Kowaluk from the SGGW and Prof. Alberto Coz from the University of Cantabria, Spain.

Apart from the Symposium, the CELISE project will have a Mid-Term Meeting of the project in the same place on Monday 24th July.

Here you can see the information and agendas of the Symposium and Mid-Term Meeting of the CELISE project:

Monday 24th July: Mid-Term Meeting

Time (CET)Session/ActivitySpeaker/ OrganizationNotes
10:00 – 10:30Introduction to the agenda. Remote participants and arrangements.A. Coz / UCConnection issues
10:30 – 11:00New amendment: changes of the CELISE project and the justification of the new amendment.A. Coz / UC   
11:00 – 11:30WP1 Description: main objectives, associated activities, milestones and deliverables (schedule and work plan) and linked secondments done and programmed for the next 6 months related to the WP1 (Biomass processing).L. Andze / LSIWC20 min. presentation of WP1. Q&A
11:30 – 12:00Coffee break
12:00 – 12:30WP2 Description: main objectives, associated activities, milestones and deliverables (schedule and work plan) and linked secondments done and programmed for the next 6 months related to the WP2 (Social business model tools).A. Coz / UC20 min. presentation of WP2. Q&A
12:30 – 12:45WP3 Description: main objectives, associated activities, milestones and deliverables (schedule and work plan) done and programmed for the next 6 months related to the WP3 (Transfer of knowledge of the action).T. Llano / UC10 min. presentation of WP3. Q&A
12:45 – 14:00Lunch
14:00 – 14:15WP4 Description: main objectives, associated activities, milestones and deliverables (schedule and work plan) done and programmed for the next 6 months related to the WP4 (Exploitation, communication and public engagement).G. Kowaluk / SGGW10 min. presentation of WP4. Q&A
14:15 – 14:30WP5 Description: main objectives, associated activities, milestones and deliverables (schedule and work plan) done and programmed for the next 6 months related to the WP5 ( ).A. Coz and M. Herrero / UC10 min. presentation of WP5. Q&A
14:30 – 16:00Workshop about future collaborations and possibilities: Definition and distribution of the tasks per group. Discussion per group. Final conclusions and collaborations.T. Llano / UC and J.C. Colmenares/ IChF10 minutes presentation, 50 minutes discussion per groups, 30 minutes conclusions
16:00 – 16:30Conclusions, questions and closure of the meeting.A. Coz / UC 
Agenda of the Mid-Term Meeting

The meeting can also be followed on-line here

Tuesday 25th July: Symposium

Time (CET)Session/ActivitySpeaker/ OrganizationNotes
09:30 – 09:50Welcome to the Symposium of the CELISE project. Remote participants and arrangements.G. Kowaluk/ SGGW 
09:50 – 10:10Presentation 1: Presentation of the CELISE project.A. Coz/ UC15 min. Presentation. Q&A
10:10 – 10:30Presentation 2: Valorization of lignocellulosic biomass: nanomaterials for advanced applications.J.C. Colmenares/ IChF15 min. Presentation. Q&A
10:30 – 10:50Presentation 3: Lignocellulosic materials in packaging and building materials towards Green Deal.L. Andze/ LSIWC15 min. Presentation. Q&A
10:50 – 11:10Presentation 4: Integrated biorefinery for the valorization of Colombian cocoa wastesK. Triantafyllidis/ AUTH15 min. Presentation. Q&A
11:10 – 11:30Presentation 5: Virtual reality as a tool to optimise resources and processes in science, technology and innovation projects: CELISE case study.F. Colmenares/ UCC15 min. Presentation. Q&A
11:30 – 12:00Coffee break
12:00 – 12:20Presentation 6: Lignocellulosic biomass towards circular economy.M. Kochaniec/ WUT15 min. Presentation. Q&A
12:20 – 12:40Presentation 7: Selected issues of lignocellulosic biomass valorization and functionalizationG. Kowaluk/ SGGW15 min. Presentation. Q&A
12:40 – 13:00Presentation 8: Experimental assays and simulation of a second-generation ethanol facility based on brewery spent grains.T. Llano/ UC15 min. Presentation. Q&A
13:00 – 13:20Presentation 9: Systems Thinking lessons for research & education in sustainability transformation during 2023 CELISE-secondment to Colombia.K. Stansfield/ VoCATE15 min. Presentation. Q&A
13.20-14:00Conclusions, questions and closure of the Symposium.A. Coz/ UC 
14:00-16:00Lunch
16:00-18:00Tour in Warsaw and visit to the Marie Curie Museum
Agenda of the Symposium

The meeting can also be followed on-line here