Biokenaf QLK5 CT Final meeting Athens Hotel Acropol 26 & 27 February 2007 Efi Alexopoulou CRES

The objectives of this meeting are to:  Review the work done from the beginning of the BIOKENAF project  Report on the achievements, milestones and deliverables from the beginning of the project  Discuss about the last deadlines of the BIOKENAF project Objectives of this meeting

Work that was done after the last technical meeting in Madrid  All the partners working on WP2 tried to finish the field trials and to collect and evaluate all the data  Preparation of several articles that will presented in the next Biomass Conference in Berlin (May 2007)  A lot of work had been done after the meeting in Bologna on the growth model and this meeting is going to focus on presentation of the model.  All the WP leaders tried to fulfill that were responsible for and all this work will be presented today

Deliverables Deliverable time D1Updated timetable2 D2Link establishment with AKS3 D3Detailed literature review for kenaf 3 D4Protocols for all field trials3 D5First final report and minutes for the project meetings 13 D6Second final report and minutes for the project meetings 25 D7Data collection for the growth model 6-36

Deliverables Deliverable time D8List with the appropriate cultivation techniques 36 D9Third year report and minutes for the project meetings 37 D10List of appropriate harvesting dates and methods D11A dynamic growth model and biomass production simulation model 42 D12Technical specifications of kenaf based products for selected industrial uses 12-40

Deliverables Deliverable time D13Economic characteristics and market perspectives for the industrial products D14Quality characteristics and energy potential of kenaf as a biofuels for thermo chemical processes D15Environmental impact assessment and LCA 39 D16Cost analysis40 D17Economic comparison of kenaf with other annual crops 40

Deliverables Deliverable time D18Seminars for the dissemination of the demo fields D19Technical visits for farmers in the 2 ha fields D20Handbook42 D21Booklet40 D22Papers in European and International conferences and journals 42 D23Final report42

Actions to be done in the next two monthsDelivery date Collect all the necessary data from the fields of the fourth year as soon as the final harvest of the fields will be done in order to give them to University of Thessaly for the model validation 15/3/07 The final report has to be sent to CRES as soon as possible 31/3/07 In order CRES to prepare the chapter for adaptability and productivity for the Handbook I need the data from the last year as soon as possible 15/3/07 Final report and cost statement until end of February /1/07 Everything has to be ready (final report and cost statement) two months after the finish of the project 30/4/07