Day 1 - 30 September 2013
The SQUARE 3, Place Coudenbergh, 3rd floor,
1000 Brussels (Bus stop "Royale" or "Bozar"; Metro: Gare Centrale)
Day 2 - 1 October 2013
EU Commission, Brussels DG Research RTDI;
COVE 2 Bldng., 7th Floor, Room Number: 7183
Place Charles Rogier, 16
1210 Brussels
Day 1 - Morning Agenda 8:30-13:00
Global Challenges and the Bioeconomy – part of the solution or part of the problem? A Communication Case
8:30 - Welcome and coffee by Rhonda Smith, chair of CommNet network
9:00 - Opening, European Commission, Thomas Dodd, DG RTDI, Bioeconomy
Keynotes:
A.) Food Security – the bioeconomy trilemma between food-feed-fuels Prof. Tim Benton, UK Champion for Global Food Security, & Professor of Population Ecology, Leeds University
B.) PlantGenetics – a worldsaver against hunger and climate threats Prof. Heribert Hirt, President of the EU Plant Science Organisation EPSO, INRA, France
C.) OCEANs – Is there still potential for blue growth with littered and polluted seas? Prof. Jan Calewaert, European Marine Board, Oostende, Belgium
11:00 - Panel debate with:
- Wolfgang A. Weber, BASF;
- Dirk Carrez, CleverConsult, EFIB Advisory Board;
- Pekka Pesonen, Copa Cogeca (Agriculture);
- Jo M. Wills, EUFIC, (Consumers);
13:00 - Lunch
Day 1 - Afternoon Agenda 14:30-17:30
14:00 - Workshop: Bioeconomy Communication drives Innovation and Society - 6 Best / Worst Cases in Bioeconomy Communication:
- The BIO-TIC Study – Identifying Hurdles to Industrial Biotechnology in Europe. by Claire Gray, BIO-TIC project coordinator;
- BiOCROPS – fewer pesticides; by Garlich von Essen, European Seed Association (possible: the ABSTRESS Project et al.)
- OPTIMISC – success stories on energy plants by Olena Kalinina, Project Manager, Hohenheim University
- BIOCONSEPT – A game to explain the biorefinery by Anne Deft, Tygron / Ellen Fehtke, RTD services
- NAWATECH – EU-India cooperation in water technology and management: research - efficient communication with SME in the Bioeconomy from EU and India, by Lucia Doyle, ttz, Bremenhaven
- HORSE MEAT – worst case: Flight or fight – how similar are scientists and horses in their reaction to crises? Focus on food fraud not health fears by Rhonda Smith, Minverva Comms, UK
Launch of CommNet PR desk - Innovation Catalogue / Poster-Session with CommNet articles on CommNet projects.
17:30 - Cocktail together with EFIB/ Europabio at THE SQUARE, Exhibition Area, Brussels
Day 2 Agenda - upon invitation only
Two round table talks with retailers, SME organizations, technology transfer experts, BioPlastics industry, consumer organizations. On business prospects of CommNet Projects.
Register now
Online registrations are now closed. Please contact dc@pracsis.be if you wish to attend.
The Forum takes place in the premises of the conference centre THE SQUARE, Brussels. Entrance: Coudenbergh Place, close to bus stop “Royale” or “Bozar”. After registration you will receive a confirmation, including the ways how to get there. There is free entrance, free coffee, free lunch and a free cocktail for the visitors at the 2nd Bioeconomy Forum.
This forum is a side-event of the EFIB, European Forum of Industrial Biotechnologies, which charges an entrance fee. If you wish to attend the EFIB on 1 - 2 Oct 2013, please register extra on the site: efibforum.com
CommNet and the participants of the 2nd Bioeconomy Forum will network with the EFIB visitors on 30th September during the Cocktail in venue: THE SQUARE.
For just 99€ you also can attend the EFIB Marketplace (1 – 2 Oct), an exhibition of 50 firms showcasing the latest developments and products (biomaterials, enzymes, bio-plastics, etc.)