In this episode we introduce the Valuebiomat project. The project is divided into 6 teams (sometimes referred to as work package in the podcast, as this is the technical term used in the project) and we hear one person from each team explain what it is their team does in the project.

Our guests this episode:

Jukka Seppälä is professor Polymer Technology at Aalto University in Finland. Jukka and his group have several decades of experience in research related to synthesis and characterization of novel (bio)polymers. Jukka is the Principal Investigator of the project and also leads the team investigating bio-based and CO2 capturing Polymers for 3D Printing.

Siddharth Jayaprakash is a doctoral candidate in the Advanced Manufacturing and Materials group at Aalto university in Finland. There he focusses on topics such as additive manufacturing and sustainable innovation. This team takes the biomaterials and uses innovative 3D printing technologies to turn them into products.

Hannu Ilvesniemi is professor at Luke, the Natural Resources Institute Finland. He has expertise in, among other things, forestry and environmental quality, ecosystem nutrient cycles, chemical characterization of biomass. His team focusses on Environmental and societal impact assessment using a holistic life cycle approach.

Jan Holmström is professor of operations management at Aalto University. In addition, he is an expert in supply chain management and design science research. Jan leads the team investigating transforming the plastics ecosystem through new business models. These new business models should take the novel bio-based plastics from lab to market.

Rosa Maria Ballardini is professor of intellectual property law at the university of Lapland. She leads the team that is focussing on fostering resource wisdom though legislative and policy actions. The team wants to identify missing or ill-defined regulatory frameworks (with regards to the valuebiomat value chain) and propose more workable solutions.

Katri Valkokari is research manager at VTT Technical research Centre of Finland, and Katri leads the team responsible for interaction within the Valuebiomat project. In addition, she is also the projects communication manager. Her team works on coordinating interaction between all the teams and uses modelling that integrate all the outcomes into a joint vision and scope.

The Talking Plastics Podcast is brought to you by Valuebiomat, to be found as @valuebiomat on twitter, Valuebiomat on youtube and on valiebiomat.fi. Valuebiomat is funded by the Strategic research Council (SRC) established within the Academy of Finland. You can find the podcast at @TalkingPlastics on twitter and can contact us at TalkingPlasticsPodcast@gmail.com.

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