Looking ahead to a circular European bioeconomy

This event took place in two sessions:

 

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)

 

Leading the way to a European circular bioeconomy strategy
1:06:00 Lauri Hetemäki, Assistant Director, EFI

 

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 

 

Welcome
3:30:28 Knut Øistad, Chairman, EFI Board

 

Outlook for European forest bioeconomy
3:32:19 Georg Winkel, Head EFI Resilience Programme

 

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