European Polysaccharide

Network of Excellence

(EPNOE)

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March 2014

EPNOE

Natural polymers such as starch, cellulose, chitin, carrageenan.

Produced by plants and animals.

Polysaccharides

Cellulose

Chitin

cotton

coconut

hemp

wheat

bacteries

tree

alga

Starch

crab corn

EPNOE

Full Members:

16 academic universities and research organisations in 9 EU countries.

About 20 companies embedded inside the Business and Industry Club.

A growing number of Affiliated Members.

epnoe-at-large : an informal web-based network with more than 200 members.

a common Research, Education and

Communication network.

A network tailored for promoting R&D

projects and boosting innovation.

EPNOE

EPNOE

1. Armines- Mines ParisTech , France2. Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, Austria3. Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany4. Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Polymerforschung, Golm,

Germany5. VTT, Finland6. Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Hamburg, Germany7. Åbo Akademi University, Finland8. "Petru Poni" Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Iasi, Romania9. University of Maribor, Slovenia10. University of Wageningen, the Netherlands11. Thüringisches Institut für Textil- und Kunststoff-Forschung,

Rudolstadt , Germany12. Institute of Biopolymers and Chemical Fibres Lodz, Poland13. University of Nottingham, UK14. Universiteit Utrecht, the Netherlands15. Universität Innsbruck, Austria16. Universität Graz, Austria

Full members

EPNOE

Missions of EPNOE

ResearchPerforming the best world-class, multidisciplinary research on polysaccharides.

InnovationDevelopment of R&D projects.

Applied research in all sectors (new sources, materials, food, health, biofuels, etc.).

EducationEducation of young scientists.

Dissemination of polysaccharide knowledge at all levels of society.

To provide its Members with an area of trustiness

and collaboration

EPNOE Members’ Knowledge and Skills

Enzymology

ChemistryExtraction

DerivatisationChemical analysis

Dissolution

Materialsscience

Processing

Chemicalengineering

Cellulose

Chitin/Chitosan

Starch

Hemicelluloses

Alginates

Microbiology

Life cycle assessment

PhysicsRheologyPhysical

characterisationSurface

Mechanics

BiocompatibilityBiological properties

Availability

and sources

Enzymology

ChemistryExtraction

DerivatisationChemical analysis

Dissolution

ChemistryExtraction

DerivatisationChemical analysis

Dissolution

Materialsscience

Processing

Chemicalengineering

Cellulose

Chitin/Chitosan

Starch

Hemicelluloses

Alginates

Microbiology

Life cycle assessment

PhysicsRheologyPhysical

characterisationSurface

Mechanics

BiocompatibilityBiological properties

Availability

and sources

EPNOE

EPNOE Association : four boards

The EPNOE network established in 2005 a registered non-profit organisation called “EPNOE Association”. Members are only legal bodies. It is managed by four boards:

General Assembly (votes the annual statement of accounts of

previous year and the activity plan of the year).

Governing Board (decides all the details of activity plan voted by

the General Assembly).

Executive Board (five persons): management body.

Finance Supervisory Board (three persons): controls finances.

EPNOE Activities

EPNOE

Activities

Research

Innovation and applied research

Sharing knowledge and information

Dissemination of polysaccharide knowledge

Education and training for students, young scientists and industrial researchers

Business & Industry Club for companies members of EPNOE

EPNOE

World class research level:EPNOE scientists among the best in their disciplines.

Output of 100+ publications per annum.

Participation in Europe-wide research.

EPNOE partner of American Chemical Society.

EPNOE scientists editors or board members of all major journals in the field.

EPNOE or EPNOE scientists organizing each year tens of

conferences and symposia.  

  Many formal collaborations:Comparison between 2000-2004 and 2011

Research

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Collaborations between full members (10)

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German Federal initiative

Four years from2000 to 2004

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Collaborations between full members (60)

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One year2011

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R&D project generations:New initiatives like dormant ideas.

Collective brain-storming.

Face to face meetings between

members to generate projects.

An effective methodology to ensure

total confidentiality.

 A very intensive participation of members to R&D projectsmore than 300 R&D projects running in the EPNOE community with a total research budget in excess of 30Meuro per annum.

Huge experience in project building (EC, national, industry)

EPNOE is associate member of Biobased Industries Consortium

Innovation and applied research

EPNOE

Member web-site:

Description of activities and expertise of EPNOE scientists.

Tool box: equipment list of EPNOE members.

Title and summary of on-going PhD topics in EPNOE members.

Company database: detailed list of more than 1500 companies working in the polysaccharide sector.

Database of academic researchers (10000+ entries).

Other information tools:

Regular flow of news, due to the strong position of EPNOE scientists in many influent committees.

Flow of information within epnoe-at-large network.   

Sharing knowledge and information

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Disseminationepnoe-at-large informal network.

EPNOE conferences EPNOE 2013 in Nice, France.

450 participants.

EPNOE 2015 in Warsaw, Poland.

EPNOE Newsletter

3-4 issues per year.

500 followers.

  

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Education and training

Opportunities for students and young scientists to gain experience in another member laboratory.

Development of video-lectures posted in the web.

Organisation of academic and industry-targeted training schools. Eight sessions are planned all over Europe in 2014-2015.

Strong relation with COST projects.

EPNOE FactsMembers• 16 academic institutions from 9 European

countries (see web site).• 20+ industrial Members including SME’s

from 4 continents. • Approx. 100 researchers directly

embedded in the network as full members.

Network at large• 250 scientists across the World constitute

the EPNOE network at large.Research• High quality research with an output of

100+ publications per annum.• Participation in Europe-wide research.Knowledge Transfer • more than 300 R&D projects running in

the EPNOE community with a total research budget in excess of 30Meuro per annum.

Education• More than 70 PhD students researching in

EPNOE related topics.• Academia-industry exchanges of students

and post-docs

Your company is working in the field of polysaccharides or polysaccharide-related products?

EPNOE is the perfect community to:

• Network with experts in this scientific field.

• Keep abreast of the latest research developments in your field of interest.

• Have access to scientists and engineers with the expertise to help develop your technologies, or provide scientific/technical assistance.

• Collaborate with industry and academic/research organisations to develop industry-focussed R&D projects and consortia.

• Have an easier access for participation  to EC-Projects.

• Publicise your achievements.

Industrial membership of EPNOE

EPNOE

BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY CLUB BENEFITS

• Participation at closed annual scientific conferences where EPNOE academic and research Members describe their latest results.

• Access to initiative results like the Dormant Ideas, list of 150+ ideas coming from academic EPNOE members.

• Access to the description of Master, PhD and post-doctoral topics running in the 16 academic/research EPNOE institutions. Access to the full text of dissertations.

• Access to EPNOE Tool Box.

• Access to several databases like list of companies, list of scientists (10 000 entries), list of scientific and industrial societies.

• Being involved into the new EPNOE-at-large network with 300 scientists all over the World.

• Being aware of European initiatives and trends (horizon 2020, “Bio-based Industries Consortium” initiatives.

• Access to major organisations involved in promoting the use of biomass-based polymers.

• Receiving on a regular basis news and information.

• Ensure that the R&D and education needs of industry are understood by the academic partners of EPNOE.

• Share expertise and knowledge, technology development and optimisation.

• Provide an efficient forum to outline collaborative projects on a fully confidential basis.

• Provide a forum where parties can discuss non-confidential issues with other member colleagues.

Business & Industry Club

EPNOE

EPNOE

Academic area: American Chemical Society (largest scientific society in the world).

• Organisation since 2013 of the EPNOE-ACS meeting on polysaccharides (450 participants)

• Organisation of topical meetings: next in March 2015 in Denver on Research on Renewable Materials: US and EU Perspectives  

 The development and implementation of bioeconomy strategies and research and innovation programs is currently seen as a promising opportunity to enhance the economy of nations and to provide new employment and business possibilities. This symposium will focus on identifying similarities, differences and synergies between US and EU initiatives and actions related to research on renewable materials in different countries.

Cooperation with external bodies

EPNOE

Industry / Innovation area : Polintegra (Poland)

Interregional Scientific-Industrial Centre (BIO)- Polymers - Materials – Technologies for Industry

POLINTEGRA CENTRE promotes and develops research-based innovation in scientific and technological areas where polysaccharides and polysaccharide-based products are developed.

Polintegra• 10 Academic institutions in Poland• 30 Companies in Poland

One of the three academic leaders is one of the vice-president of EPNOE member: Institute of Biopolymers and Chemical Fibres, Łódź

Cooperation with external bodies

EPNOE

ARTICLE IV - SCOPE OF THE COOPERATIONThe cooperation activities and exchanges between the members of Parties may include, but are not necessarily limited to, the following:

• Exchange of information;

• Organization of meetings;

• Brain-storming sessions;

• Establishment of projects between members of EPNOE Association and members of POLINTEGRA CENTRE;

• Building of R&D proposals between members of EPNOE Association and members of POLINTEGRA CENTRE;

• Common participation to stakeholder’s events.

Polintegra – EPNOE agreement

EPNOE

www.epnoe.eu