Transition Towards a Sustainable Biobased Economy

James Clark is Professor of Chemistry at the University of York, and is Founding Director of the Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence and the Bio-renewables Development Centre. He started the award-winning company Starbons Ltd and he is now involved in commercialisation of novel bio-based solvents and new green technologies. He was founding scientific editor of the world-leading journal Green Chemistry. His research has led to numerous awards including Honorary Doctorates from universities in Belgium, Germany and Sweden. He has Visiting Professorships in South Africa and China, and was recently appointed as Chair-Professor at Fudan University. He has published over 500 articles (h index over 72) and written or edited over 20 books He has received numerous awards and distinctions including the 2018 Green Chemistry prize.


Piergiuseppe Morone is Full Professor of Economic Policy at Unitelma Sapienza with a strong interest in green innovation and sustainable development pushing his research at the interface between innovation economics, green chemistry and sustainability transitions, an area of enquiry that has attracted growing attention. His work regularly appears in prestigious innovation and environmental economics journals.
He is coordinator of STAR-ProBio (H2020 research project) aiming at developing sustainability assessment tools for bio-based products.
Piergiuseppe is head of the BiT-RG, a research unit at Unitelma Sapienza involved in research concerning the emergence of a circular and bio-based economy. Piergiuseppe is member of the Editorial Boards of Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry (ELSEVIER) and acts as Guest Editor for various journal.