Moderator Thierry STADLER

Thierry Stadler is the Chairman of the cluster Industry and Agroressources, the French Bioeconomy Cluster, since 2014. He has a Ph. D in plant biochemistry and is also graduate in project management. He spent three years at the University of Lille as researcher working on seaweeds and algae. Thierry organized in 1986 the first international workshop on algal biotechnology. He joined EXTRACTIS (previously CVG, Center of valorization of carbohydrates and natural products) in 1987 and became CEO in 1995 (current position). In 2004, he set up a startup working on fermentation in Amiens. He became General Director of the cluster IAR in 2006 till 2014. Thierry STADLER is member of SME’s and institution boards and is member of the biobased expert group at the European commission. He is Vice President of ACDV (association gathering 50 companies working on plant based chemistry).