Tentative schedule. On-site registration at the premises of Business Joensuu, Länsikatu 15, Joensuu start at 8.30
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| 9.00 |
Welcome |
| Jukka Mönkkönen, Rector, University of Eastern Finland (UEF) (presentation) | |
| Marc Palahí, Director of the European Forest Institute (EFI) Chair | |
| 9.30 | Leadership in a world of accelerated changes and unprecedented challenges |
| Xavier Marcet, President of Lead to Change (presentation) | |
| Q&A and discussion | |
| Session 1:Towards a global circular bioeconomy: trends, challenges and opportunities for forests and forest-based sectors | |
| 10.00 | Which forest resources do we have globally to realize the bioeconomy? |
| Peter Csoka, Forestry Policy and Resources Division, Forestry Department, FAO (presentation) | |
| 10.20 | Global forest governance: ways forward for a sustainable bioeconomy |
| Alexander Buck, International Union of Forest Research Organisations (IUFRO) (presentation) | |
| 10.40 | Q&A and discussion |
| 11.00 | Coffee break |
| Session 2: Interpreting the forest bioeconomy: regional perspectives in the world | |
| 11.30 | European forest bioeconomy: key sectors and principles |
| Lauri Hetemäki, EFI (presentation) | |
| 11.50 | Russian potential of forest bioeconomy |
| Sergei Bobylev, Center for Bioeconomy and Eco-Innovations, Lomonosov Moscow State University (presentation) | |
| 12.10 | Circular economy in China and its connection with bioeconomy |
| Xiaoqian Chen, EFI (presentation) | |
| 12.30 | Q&A and discussion |
| 13.00 | Light lunch and drinks (end of the open seminar) |
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Theme 1 Forest in bioeconomy: issues at stake |
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| Moderator of the day: Antti Asikainen, Natural Resources Institute Finland (LUKE) | |
| 14.00 | Introduction to the YLP week |
| Elena Kulikova, Coordinator of the Young Leadership Programme, EFI (presentation) | |
| 14.20 | Participants will introduce themselves |
| 14.40 | Concept of bioeconomy in Europe: background, history, current situation |
| Antti Asikainen, LUKE (presentation) | |
| 15.20 | European forest under climate change and climate smart forestry |
| Hans Verkerk, EFI (presentation) | |
| 15.40 | Wood-based products in climate change mitigation |
| Pekka Leskinen, EFI (presentation) | |
| 16.00 | Panel discussion and wrap-up of the day |
| Panelist will be the same as the speakers above | |
| 16.30 | Coffee |
| 16.50-18.00 | Scenario building: Prospective of forest-based bioeconomy: Europe, China and Russia |
| Introduction to group work by Päivi Pelli, UEF | |