Opportunities and challenges of sustainable forest bioeconomy

13:00-13:10 Opening the seminar

H.E. Mr. Anders Ahnlid , Ambassador of Sweden in Finland
Lauri Hetemäki, European Forest Institute
Göran Ståhl, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

13:10-13:20 Flagging the Sweden’s centennial gift to Finland, supported by the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry and the Wallenberg Foundation
Tomas Lundmark, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

13:20-14:00 Keynote address: The big picture: how does circular bioeconomy relate to grand societal challenges?
Robert Costanza, Australian National University
For more information on many of the papers referred to in the presentations, please visit www.robertcostanza.com

14:00-14:30 Development of new markets for ecosystem services in a bioeconomy
Jessica Nordin, Sveaskog, Sweden

14:30-15:00 Lessons learned on sustainability of forest bioeconomy
Jyrki Kangas, University of Eastern Finland

15:30-16:00 Markets for forest bioeconomy products
Lauri Hetemäki, European Forest Institute

16.00-16:50 Panel Discussion “What do the scientists agree on, and do not agree on, and why, on the benefits of forest bioeconomy? ”
Chaired by Markku Ollikainen, University of Helsinki, Finland

Antti Asikainen, Natural Resources Institute Finland 
Mikael Hildén, Strategic Research Council, Finland
Tomas Lundmark, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Annikki Mäkelä, University of Helsinki, Finland
Göran Ståhl, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences