AGENDA

10.30 Welcome

University of Limerick, Vice President Research

10.35 Introduction

BBI JU - Libre Project Officer

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Ireland

10.45 LIBRE Presentation - Project Co-Ordinator, University of Limerick

11.00 LIBRE Technical Session: Lignin Based Carbon Fibres for Composites

Precursor development – University of Bolton

Manufacturing and Scaling Up - Institute of Textile Chemistry and Chemical Fibres

Life Cycle Assessment - Chalmers University of Technology

Questions and discussion

11. 40 Break and Video

11.45 Market Opportunities for LIBRE solutions

Automotive - Centro Ricerche Fiat

Wind Technology – Eire Composites

Alternative Applications for Lignin Carbon Nano-fibres - University of Limerick

Questions and discussion

12.15 Conclusions

TIME:CEST

Lignin Based Carbon Fibres for Composites

The LIBRE project consists of a consortium of industry and academic research organisations. It aims to develop and demonstrate the feasibility of lignin based carbon fibre materials for application in energy and automotive sectors.

www.libre2020.eu/