Moonshot Advisory Board Event
Moonshot projects that were started in the years 2021 and 2022 and have now come or are close to their conclusion, will present the results of their work. The Moonshot program invites all the industrial partners that have signed a letter of intent, demonstrating their active interest in the projects, to participate in the Moonshot Advisory Board Event. The project selection specifically includes projects that are not covered by the recently updated Advisory Board Agreement (Call year 2022 and onwards), for which dedicated confidential Advisory Board meetings will take place.
Why participate?
You gain exclusive early access to advanced research in Flanders that is relevant to the transformation of the industry. The Moonshot program pursues 4 research trajectories (MOT’s):
- Biobased chemistry (MOT1)
- Circularity of carbon in materials (MOT2)
- Electrification & Radical Process Transformation (MOT3)
- Energy Innovation (MOT4)
Event program details
Two parallel advisory board sessions will be organized during the event. The project coordinators will introduce their project in a concise slide presentation (10 min) followed by a Q&A (5 min). In first instance, companies that have signed an LOI for one or more of these projects are invited to this event. Researchers from the following projects will report about their work and findings:
Parallel session 1
Biobased Chemistry (MOT1)
FUCATIL
Full Carbon Utilization: conversion of abundant Flemish waste streams into platform chemicals using advanced separation and catalytic technologies
Presenter: Evelien Uitterhaegen (Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant)
AC2GEN
Acrylates from 2nd generation sugars: a powerful combination of fermentation, catalysis, and CO2 recycling.
Presenter: Sofie Lodens (Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant)
WODCA
Waste oil to long-chain dicarboxylic acids
Presenter: Prof. Inge van Bogaert (Ghent University) & Prof. Iris Cornet (University of Antwerp)
Circularity of Carbon in Materials (MOT2)
PREFER
The plastics refinery: no more waste
Presenter: Prof. Kevin Van Geem (Ghent University)
CYCLOPS
Chemical recycling of oxygenated polymer materials.
Presenter: Kathy Elst (VITO) (tbc)
CoRe2-2
Condensation Polymers for monomer/oligomer Recovery and Reuse 2
Presenter: Prof. Dirk De Vos (KU Leuven)
Energy Innovation (MOT4)
ARCLATH-2
Artificial clathrates for safe storage, transport and delivery of hydrogen.
Presenter: Prof. Johan Martens (KU Leuven)
TEMPEL
Temperature assisted water electrolysis.
Presenter: Metin Bulut (VITO)
InduFlexControl-2
Control algorithms for flexibility in power-to-X and industrial processes-2
Presenter: Prof. Geert Deconinck (KU Leuven)
Parallel session 2
Electrification & Radical Process Transformation (MOT3)
ICO2CH
Integrated CO2 Capture and Hydrogen production.
Presenter: Metin Bulut (VITO)
P2O
Power-to-Olefins: Electrified steam cracking and plasma booster
Presenter: Prof. Georgios Stefanidis (Ghent University)
2CCO2
Dual catalysis approach for the carboxylation of aliphatic olefins using CO2 as the carbon source.
Presenter: Prof. Dirk De Vos (KU Leuven)
CLUE
CLUsters for CO2 electrolysers to Ethylene.
Presenter: Deepak Pant (VITO)
CAPTIN-2
Intensification of CO2 capture processes-2
Presenter: Prof. Joeri Denayer (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
Nano-CCU
Novel nanomaterials and nano-architectures for CO2 capture and utilization
Presenter: Prof. Philippe Vereecken (IMEC) (tbc)
SYN-CAT
Synergetic design of catalytic materials for integrated photo- and electrochemical CO2 conversion
Presenter: Daniel Choukroun (University of Antwerp)
MOONRISE
Hybrid membrane/sorption technology for more efficient C2 and C3 separations.
Presenter: Prof. Ivo Vankelecom (KU Leuven)