4th PHA World Congress - 2025 (hybrid)

PHA (Poly-Hydroxy-Alkanoates or polyhydroxy fatty acids) is a family of biobased polyesters. As in many mammals, including humans, that hold energy reserves in the form of body fat there are also bacteria that hold intracellular reserves of polyhydroxy alkanoates. Here the micro-organisms store a particularly high level of energy reserves (up to 80 % of their own body weight) for when their sources of nutrition become scarce. Examples of such Polyhydroxyalkanoates are PHB, PHV, PHBV, PHBH, and many more. That’s why we speak about the PHA platform.

This PHA-platform is made up of a large variety of bioplastics raw materials made from many different renewable resources. Depending on the type of PHA, they can be used for applications in films and rigid packaging, biomedical applications, automotive, consumer electronics, appliances, toys, glues, adhesives, paints, coatings, fibres for woven and non-woven and PHA products inks. So PHAs cover a broad range of properties and applications.

That’s why bioplastics MAGAZINE in cooperation with GO!PHA is now organizing the 4^th PHA-platform World Congress on 04+15 September. This congress will continue the great success of the first three PHA platform World Congresses in Germany and the US, and the  PHA-days at the Bioplastics Business Breakfast @ K'2019 and K'2021.

The congress will address the progress, challenges and market opportunities for the formation of this new polymer platform in the world. Every step in the value chain will be addressed. Raw materials, polymer manufacturing, compounding, polymer processing, applications, opportunities and end-of-life options will be discussed by parties active in each of these areas. Progress in underlying technology challenges will also be addressed.

In addition it is planned to record all presentations and  them available as "video-on-demand".

GO!PHA will also offer a Masterclass (if enough demand) on the afternoon of September 03, 2025. This online masterclass can be booked for EUR 400. Details can be found here.

WHOVA will be made available in Summer 2025

See the Whova Attendee User Guide

The 4^th PHA platform World Congress wild be held in Germany, most probably in Düsseldorf

Below you can see a videoclip of the 1st PHA platform World Congress as well as some more clips of other conferences we organized in the past. 

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