Overview
Join this one-day seminar at Université d’Artois (IUT de Béthune) exploring how nature provides polysaccharides as renewable raw materials for a wide range of applications—from fine chemistry and functional materials to packaging solutions.
Programme (20 November 2025)
08:30 — Welcome coffee
09:00 — Introduction — Pierre Marquis (VP Research, Université d’Artois)
Session (morning)
- Renewable resources for fine chemistry: platform molecules in multicomponent reactions — Yves Queneau (ICBMS, UMR 5246, Villeurbanne, France)
- Polysaccharides as versatile building blocks: from natural abundance to advanced functional materials — Idalina José Monteiro Gonçalves (CICECO, University of Aveiro, Portugal)
- Coffee break
- Corchorus olitorius: an under-explored plant rich in polysaccharides — Maryline Abert Vian (Avignon Université, INRAE, UMR SQPOV, France)
- Lunch break
Session (afternoon)
- Polysaccharides in packaging: algae, chitosan, starch, cellulose, pullulan — Frédéric Merle (Pôle Euramaterials, Tourcoing, France)
- Coffee break
- 17:00–18:00 — Discussion & conclusions
Who should attend
This seminar is relevant for researchers, students, and industry professionals interested in polysaccharide sourcing, functionalisation, materials, and applications—including packaging.
