Webinar series: Sustainable and circular bioeconomy – Bio-based industries, research and innovation – online

Webinar series: Sustainable and circular bioeconomy – Bio-based industries, research and innovation
The aim of the webinar series is to inform the audience about the sustainable and circular bioeconomy, with a special focus on the Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking call published in April 2020. The series will consist of three parts, 90 minutes each. The first occasion will detail the bioeconomy developments in Europe, Central-Eastern Europe and in Hungary. The second occasion will focus on the opportunities of industry and research sector; while the third one will provide a standing-ground for the establishment of the local and regional strategies and action plans. It is important to mobilize all the stakeholder groups: we aim to involve academic, higher educational, industrial and government sector, as well as the municipal actors.

Paloma Mallorquín, BBI JU Project Officer, will participate in the session on 23 June, from 14:00 to 15:30. She will present BBI JU and the Annual Work Programme 2020 during the session ‘Bio-based industries, research and innovation’.

Agenda of the webinar:
14:00 –14:05 Introduction: Dr Barna Kovács, Permanent Representation of Hungary to the EU, Brussels
14:05 –14:40 Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI JU) and the Annual Work Plan 2020: Paloma Mallorquin, project officer, BBI JU
14:40 –14:45 Questions/discussion
14:45 –15:00 Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC): Marco Rupp, representative of BIC
15:00 –15:20 Bioeconomy Knowledge Center Tevecia Ronzon, representative of Joint Research Centre (JRC)
15:20 –15:30 Discussion with the presenters

The webinar-series is organised by the Hungarian Bioeconomy Cluster, Ministry of Agriculture, National Research, Development and Innovation Office and the National Delegation of Hungary at the European Committee of the Regions.

This webinar will be held in English.

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You can register under the following link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScvUJ0paJbSkbShCd9YFSbSzAMtxq8fAxsYNridV2dDZg0jkw/viewform