Program in July

With the help of water, temperature, and pressure, a carbon-rich material, hydrochar, can be produced from biogenic residues. This process is called HTC. After an activation step, these carbons can be used as electrodes in batteries or super capacitors. As part of the bioeconomy, biogenic residues are replacing fossil resources and extending value chains with valuable materials and products.
The lecture explains the various kinetic processes during the formation and growth of these coals and gives an overview of the advantages of the process.

The event will take place as a ZOOM meeting:
https://uni-hohenheim.zoom.us/j/94871293088?pwd=Z2NxZmgybDNtRlptTDdSd29rd25sZz09
Meeting-ID: 948 7129 3088
Password: ATS2020

Lecture in the series “Bioeconomy Showcase”

Speaker: Dennis Jung

Biodiversity is an indispensable resource for the bio-based economy - and thus also part of the bio-economic concept. But the decline of species is a major problem of our time. The University of Hohenheim is researching into greater biodiversity in urban and rural areas.

Length: approx. 20 minutes

The symposium "Toolbox Climate Protection - Sustainable Products, Projects, Processes", planned for 6 & 7 July 2020 in Würzburg, Germany, will unfortunately not take place due to the Covid-19 pandemic. C.A.R.M.E.N. e.V. is offering a large part of the planned export talks as web conferences in July.
Biobased products can make a major contribution to a sustainable economy. Using the example of miscanthus and hemp, possibilities for energetic and material use are shown in detail. Miscanthus seems to be well-suited for the changing demands due to climate change. As a C4 plant and permanent crop, it copes very well with heat and drought and can produce a great deal of biomass with reduced resources. Miscanthus also seems to be able to be used for many different things.
In addition to heat and power generation, miscanthus can be used to produce raw materials for the chemical industry and for 3D printing, for example. Industrial hemp shows its strengths primarily through the possibilities for using its fibers for materials, textiles, and insulation materials and its grains, which are gaining in importance as a valuable foodstuff.

The link for participants will be sent after registration.

Speakers: Among others, Prof. Dr. Iris Lewandowski and Dr. Andrease Kiesel, Department of Biobased Resources in the Bioeconomy

The PMAP conference addresses the major challenges posed by the fact that global phosphorus reserves are finite. For animal producers, researchers, and consumers alike, it is becoming increasingly important to rethink existing processes and find ways to use phosphorus efficiently and sustainably in animal production. The uniqueness of the PMAP conference lies in the combination and linking of different research areas of national and international research groups concerning nutrition, genetics, physiology, and microbiology.

Project PFIFF - Polymer Fibers From Bio-based Furanoates

Bioeconomy showcase at the Hannover Messe: The Hohenheim Department of Conversion Technologies for Renewable Resources will be presenting its PFIFF project at this important industrial exhibition. The team led by Prof. Dr. Andrea Kruse is investigating fibers that can be used as the starting material for bio-based plastics. In short: PEF instead of PET. Because polyethylene furanoate (PEF) can replace the widely used plastic PET, is recyclable, and it is 100% bio-based. To be found at the stand of the BMBF department 726 "Bioeconomy".

In Germany, up to 100,000 tons of old baked goods accumulate every year, which are mainly used for energy purposes as they are not suitable for consumption or as animal feed. In cooperation with the University of Hohenheim, the Fraunhofer WKI in Braunschweig is developing a process for converting old bakery products into organic basic chemicals and biofuel. This web-seminar will present the research approach and illustrate the key role that bio-based chemicals play in the production of bio-plastics and in building a bio-based economy.

The link to the virtual conference room will be sent by email to the registered participants one day before the web-seminar.

If protein-containing foods are produced primarily on the basis of animal products, this places a burden on the climate and environment, as the consumption of land, water, and energy resources is immense. In the bioeconomy, the development of new protein sources - for example, through legumes - therefore plays a key role. Our guest this time: Henrik Maaß from the Hohenheim Research Center for Global Food Security and Ecosystems.

Length: approx. 16 minutes

New sustainability for regional appreciation and value creation
68th Stuttgart Academy talks of the Baden-Württemberg Academy for Nature and Environmental Protection

The world is currently working at full speed to overcome the catastrophic health, economic, social, and ecological consequences of the SARS-CoV-2 pathogen, which has been rampant since the end of 2019. The pandemic is forcing us to rethink and requires us to learn from the crisis and focus on preventive measures. The Environmental Academy, together with top experts, addressed this topic on 18 June and 2 July, focusing on wilderness protection as a global preventive health strategy and crisis knowledge for climate protection within the framework of the digital Stuttgart Academy talks. Next, the focus will be on sustainable land use.
Complex and interdependent global supply chains pose enormous economic and social risks. If some or even the majority of the links involved fail, the entire system could collapse. As a result of the restrictions imposed during the corona pandemic, global economic output has fallen sharply, numerous industries are suffering massive losses, and the livelihoods of millions of people are threatened. We need to turn back to the regional and local level to guarantee secure and stable supply chains even in times of crisis, but for decades, the management of our local farmland has followed the global trend towards modern, rationalized, and highly effective intensive farming. This is praised as the basis for long-term and economic security of supply. The recent occurrence of Covid-19 infections in large slaughterhouses in Northern Germany, however, reveals the dramatic aberrations of this value-added method, with poor working conditions and animal suffering increasingly being criticized as the pinnacle of the failed agricultural policy of recent decades. In addition, there is environmental damage caused by agrochemicals, considerable land consumption, monocultures, habitats broken up by human developments, and dwindling biodiversity as the flip side of industrialized agriculture.  The once species-rich mosaic of nature and culture has become a life-hostile uniform agrarian landscape. With the destruction of natural ecosystems and ecological cycles, we are depriving ourselves of the basis of our existence, without which economic and social life cannot function in the long term. How do we manage to combine food security, nature conservation, economic efficiency, and quality of life?  How can our cultural landscapes be equipped to ensure sustainable and crisis-proof value creation? How do we steer agricultural and social policy support measures to initiate regional transformation processes? 

The following speakers from the University of Hohenheim are involved:
Prof. Dr. Claudia Bieling, Department of Societal Transition and Agriculture
Apl. Prof. Dr. Friedrich Longin, Scientific Director of the State Seed Breeding Institute, Wheat Working Group

Complete program

Press conference and tour of the exhibition "Bioeconomy”

On 30 July 2020, the exhibition ship MS Wissenschaft will start its tour through 19 German cities in Münster. Wissenschaft im Dialog GmbH cordially invites the public to the opening of the exhibition "Bioeconomy" and to a press tour on board the ship.

Date: Thursday, 30 July 2020, 10-11 a.m.
Location: The ship is located in Münster at the city harbor, Höhe Kunsthalle.

Participants at the press briefing:

• Cordula Kleidt, Federal Ministry of Education and Research
• Andrea Noske, Federal Ministry of Education and Research
• High-ranking representative of the city of Münster
• Markus Weißkopf, Science in Dialogue (WiD)

Tour of the exhibition:
Scientists from Jülich, Osnabrück, and Stuttgart present selected exhibits

• Prof. Dr. Andrea Kruse, University of Hohenheim: New Products from Bio-Waste - How products can be manufactured from renewable raw materials without competing with food cultivation.
• Jacqueline Dupont, University of Osnabrück: Food of the future - Are insects and in-vitro meat sustainable alternatives to conventional meat?
• Dr. Christina Kuchendorf, Forschungszentrum Jülich: Clean water through algae - How we can use algae to purify our waste water and extract valuable nutrients at the same time.

In the Science Year 2020|21 - Bioeconomy, the exhibition ship of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research shows how a sustainable economy based on renewable resources can be created: Detergents, medicines, and cosmetics can be produced from mushrooms. Puffed corn can be processed into flooring and plastics. And important food products in the future could be algae, insects, or in-vitro meat. The exhibition also deals with controversies, such as that concerning biofuels: Although these replace fossil raw materials, they often take up cultivation areas that are valuable for food production.

The exhibition is recommended from the age of twelve. Admission is free.

Opening Hours: Daily 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. (Thursday, 30 July, from 2:30 p.m.)
 
The first docking locations:
Münster: 30 July - 2 August 2020, docking location: City harbor, level with the Kunsthalle  
Hamm: 3 - 5 August 2020, docking location: Hafenstraße, behind jetty "Santa Monika" (3 August from 1 p.m.)
 
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Due to the measures taken to contain the Covid-19 pandemic, only a limited number of people can be on board MS Wissenschaft at the same time. We therefore ask you to register early for the press event - if possible by Friday, 24 July 2020
by email: sabine.hoscislawski@w-i-d.de or
by telephone: +49 30 206229567

We need the following information from you:

• Name, email, editorial office
• Planned period of stay on board
• Please also register your interview requests in advance by email/telephone.
• Photos: www.ms-wissenschaft.de/presse

Science Year 2020|21 - Bioeconomy
Scarcer resources and farmland with a growing world population are just as serious global challenges as climate change and the decline in biodiversity. The question is: How can we live more sustainably, conserve resources, and at the same time secure our standard of living? One answer could be that we move away from an economy based on fossil resources towards a sustainable, bio-based economy - the bioeconomy. Science is driving these innovations forward and ensuring that microorganisms, proteins, algae, and other "little heroes" of the bioeconomy have a big impact. The Science Year 2020 - Bioeconomy makes these first steps towards a bio-based economy tangible. At the same time, it invites citizens to actively shape this change in dialogue with science and research through numerous discussion and participation formats.
 
Wissenschaft im Dialog - the Organization for Science Communication in Germany
Wissenschaft im Dialog (WiD) is the organization for science communication in Germany. WiD brings science and the public into conversation, promotes awareness of the social importance of science, and strengthens the understanding of its processes and findings. To this end, WiD organizes discussions, school projects, exhibitions, competitions, and operates online portals on science and science communication throughout Germany. WiD is constantly developing new communication formats that strengthen the dialogue with society, focus on controversial issues, and reach new target groups. The non-profit organization was founded in 2000 by the major German science organizations on the initiative of the Stifterverband. Foundations were added as partners. WiD is significantly supported by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. Web

In the Science Year 2020|21 - Bioeconomy, the exhibition ship MS Wissenschaft is touring Germany on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. On board the MS Wissenschaft, you will gain insights into the bioeconomy, the sustainable form of economic activity that relies on renewable resources. Microorganisms and raw material cycles, new active ingredients from nature, food of the future, and political and social questions that arise on the way to a bio-based economy. Various exhibits from science and research invite you to discover, try things out, and participate.

On board the MS Wissenschaft is the exhibit “New Products from Bio-Waste" from the Department of Conversion Technologies of Biobased Resources at the University of Hohenheim. It deals with the question "How can products be manufactured from renewable raw materials without competing with food cultivation?” We can now make many products from plants instead of from oil or coal. But when we produce clothing, food storage containers, computer cases, furniture parts, medicines, and materials for batteries with biological substances, a new problem arises. Areas on which these are cultivated are no longer available for our food. But there is a way out: We can use the non-edible byproducts of the food. And the more food is produced, the more of this bio-waste is available. As long as we use the resulting products, they store carbon. If these are burned in the end, they only release as much carbon dioxide (CO2) as the plants have absorbed before to grow - they are therefore CO2-neutral.

The ship tour starts in Münster on 30 July. From there, the ship first heads for the Ruhr area and via the Rhine and Main to Franconia, then via the Danube to Straubing. This year's tour ends there on 17 October. In total, MS Wissenschaft will visit 19 cities.

Information and up-to-date news on dates: https://ms-wissenschaft.de/

Opening event and start of the exhibition on 30 July 2020