Why do we need a European circular economy strategy?
What should its main ingredients be?
What is the outlook for a sustainable European forest bioeconomy?
What bioeconomy gaps do we still need to fill
From Science to Policy 5: Leading the way to a European circular bioeconomy strategy was published by the European Forest Institute on 31 October 2017. Download the full study or the executive summary.
This event took place in two sessions:
Morning session: A new strategy for a circular European bioeconomy
Welcome & Opening
00:00 Göran Persson, ThinkForest President
08:27 Marijana Petir, Member of the European Parliament
The outlook for bioeconomy in the EU
15:21 John Bell, Director of Bioeconomy, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission
Strategic requirements for circular bioeconomy
37:10 Esko Aho, EFI Strategic Advisor (former Prime Minister of Finland)
Panel discussion: "Cities and regions role in circular bioeconomy"
1:32:05 Moderator Christian Patermann, former Director, European Commission
1:39:14 Janez Potočnik, Co‐Chair of UN International Resource Panel
1:54:23 Hanna Kosonen, Member of Parliament Finland & Member of EFI Board (Finland)
2:04:30 Lambert van Nistelrooij, MEP
2:12:49 Cecil Konijnendijk van den Bosch, Professor, University of British Columbia
2:20:01 Marc Palahí, Director, EFI
Concluding remarks
Christian Patermann, former Director, European Commission
Afternoon session: Outlook for a circular European bioeconomy
4:05:32 Panel discussion: “European regional outlook for circular bioeconomy”
Moderator: Joanna Dupont-Inglis, Chair, The EU Bioeconomy Panel
Leire Barañano , General Manager, Neiker-Tecnalia, Basque Country, Spain
Daniela Kleinschmit, Professor, University of Freiburg (Germany)
Joachim Kreysa, Adviser for Bio-economy, European Commission Joint Research Centre
Mårten Larsson, Deputy director general, Swedish Forest Industries Federation
Concluding remarks
Joanna Dupont-Inglis , Chair, The EU Bioeconomy Panel
