place in Ghent, Belgium, from 19th to 24th May. More than 500 students from all around the world competed for the Next Generation Programme of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)

Reinhard Töpfer and Dr. Bernhard Schäfer represented their institutes. They presented their core competences in monitoring insects in agro-ecosystems, developing alternative non-chemical plant protection

production of leather substitutes, bioplastics, composites, and insulating materials. Due to the competing chemical, oil and wood industry products, but also due to the ban on the cultivation of fibre hemp