Invitation to a mini-symposium
After the ban of tin-based antifouling paints, and with restrictions on copper-based ones, a need for alternatives has become urgent. This mini-symposium will focus on enzymes in relation to the European Union Biocidal Products Directive and enzymes as alternatives to metal-based antifouling products.
We have invited specialists from the enzyme industry to explain how enzymes work and how they can act in antifouling, representatives from national authorities to discuss enzymes in relation to the Biocidal Products Directive, a specialist in surface chemistry will discuss the particular properties of surfaces, followed by a presentation of the use of mathematical models in the formulation of enzyme-based antifouling paints. The meeting ends with a successful story of a new alternative antifouling paint.
Date and time: Monday, October 8, 2007, 13:00 - 16:15
Place: DHI Water Environment Health, Kogle Allé 2, DK-2970 Hørsholm, Denmark
The meeting is free-of-charge, but for practical reasons, pre-registration is necessary. Contact Vibeke Salmon, ves@dhigroup.com or +45 4516 9144
Program
Introduction - Stephen Wessels, DHI and BioPro consortium
Enzymes as antimicrobial agents - Steffen Danielsen, Novozymes A/S
Enzymes and the Biocidal Products Directive and REACH - Stephen Wessels and Anne Rathmann Pedersen, DHI and BioPro consortium
Administration of the Biocidal Products Directive by the competent authority - Mary Iakovidou, Swedish Chemicals Agency
Discussion and break (coffee, tea, fruit)
Case 1: Physio-chemical properties of surfaces in relation to fouling - K. Schaumburg
Case 2: The use of mathematical models in relation to enzymes in antifouling paints - Stefan Møller Olsen, Hempel A/S
Case 3: Enzymes and homeless barnacles - Rune Klitgaard, BioLocus A/S
Discussion and conclusions