Bioregions Facility launch event
9 March 2020, Palacio Euskalduna, Bilbao, Spain
Programme |
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| 9:00 |
Registration and coffee |
Opening session |
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| 9:30 |
Welcome & opening |
European context |
Chair: Marc Palahí, Director of European Forest Institute |
| 9:45 | Introduction to forest-based circular bioeconomy Peter Wehrheim, Head of the Bioeconomy and Food Systems Unit in the European Commission's Directorate-General for Research and Innovation |
| 10:00 | Private-public partnerships for the bioeconomy Philippe Mengal, Director of Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking |
| 10:15 | Investing in the Circular Bioeconomy Adrian Enache, Forestry Sector and Rural Development Specialist at European Investment Bank |
| 10:30 | Moving forward innovation in the bioeconomy: lessons learnt from an angel investor Nick Lyth, CEO of Green Angel Syndicate Ltd |
| 10:45 | Institutional opening Iñigo Urkullu, Lehendakari (President) of the Basque Government |
| 10:55 | Coffee break |
Regional perspectives |
Chair: Diana Tuomasjukka, Principle Scientist at the Bioeconomy Programme, EFI |
| 11:15 | The role of regions to achieve the circular bioeconomy Ulrika Landergren, Chair of the Commission for Natural Resources (NAT) of the European Committee of the Regions |
| 11:30 | Introducing the Bioregions Facility Inazio Martinez de Arano, Head European Forest Institute Mediterranean Facility |
| 11:45 | Basque bioeconomy experience and plans Arantxa Tapia Otaegi, Minister of Economic Development and Infrastructure of the Basque Government |
| 12:10 | North Karelian bioeconomy experience and plans Risto Poutiainen, Regional Mayor of North Karelia, Finland Harri Palviainen, CEO of Business Joensuu |
| 12:35 | North Rhine Westphalian bioeconomy experience and plans Hubert Kaiser, Head of the Department of Forestry and Nature Conservation and Head of State Forestry Administration, North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 13:00 | Discussion and closing words |
| 13:15 | Photo |
| 13:20 | Networking lunch |