2 International training 2 Contact Switching to a biobased economy Dipl.-Agr.-Biol. Sabine Krieg MBA 15 staff members of the Indonesian state research agency BPPT (Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technol- ogy) took part in a training seminar in November 2016 on the topic “From Petrochemicals to a Biobased Economy” organized by Fraunhofer. The participants irst completed a week of training at Fraunhofer WKI in Braunschweig and got to know the basic sustainable aspects of a wood-based econ- omy. After this, at Fraunhofer IGB in Stuttgart they gained insights into the laboratory methods for biotechnological pro- duction of sustainable, biobased products and then discussed implementation examples on a large industrial scale in detail with scientists at Fraunhofer CBP. At the same time, the train- ing session offered opportunities to visit various companies. International inquiries, project initiation Phone +49 711 970-4003 sabine.krieg@igb.fraunhofer.de Dipl.-Kffr. Jenny Ullrich EU projects, project management Phone +49 711 970-4070 jenny.ullrich@igb.fraunhofer.de 2 7