Bioeconomy Innovation Day 2024 Agenda is here!

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Bioeconomy innovation day 2024 agenda collage: conifer tree and in front a calendar, alarm clock, floating light bulb, a crane holding a tree log, under the calendar there's a tree log and a tote bag. Text: Bioeconomy innovation day 5 June 2024 in Lemgo, Germany. Agenda is here.

Bioeconomy Innovation Day 2024 sessions present new opportunities for forest owners and advancements in circular bio-based solutions. This discussion is relevant for economies and societies as they move towards a green transition with the need for circular bioeconomy solutions.

The event will take place on 5 June 2024 in Lemgo, Germany, and our co-organisers – European Forest Institute’s Bioregions Facility, Landesbetrieb Wald und Holz NRW, OWL University of Applied Sciences and Arts (TH OWL), Smart Wood Center OWL, and CO2Bau – are excited to welcome you.

Check out the agenda below (last updated on 28 May) and register for the event today.

Agenda

Preliminary agenda – 5 June 2024 (CEST)

Updated on 28 May 2024

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  • 8:15 | Registration
  • 9:00 | Welcoming words
  • Speaker: Welcoming words by the Ministry and organisers
  • 9:30 | Keynote speech: Bioeconomy Council of North Rhine-Westphalia
  • Speaker: Prof. Dr. Katja Frühwald-König, TW OWL
  • 10:00 | Keynote speech: Realising the circular wood-based bioeconomy – striped unicorns, circular rainbows, and truths difficult to share
  • Speaker: Veronika Auer, Product Sustainability Communication, EGGER Group
  • 10:30 | Networking and coffee

Pitch session 1: New opportunities for forest owners

  • 11:00 | Keynote speech: New value streams and opportunities for forest owners in Europe
  • Speaker: Petra Palátová, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
  • MicoQR: Making the best of forest mushrooms by Pablo Sabin, Director, Cesefor
  • Ecosystem Value Association: Keeping nature valuable by Elias Raiser, Value-chain manager, EVA
  • Ecobase: Realising the value of carbon sequestration in European forests by Jaan Sepping, CEO and founder, Ecobase
  • WOWnature: Post-natural disturbances forest restoration through private funding by Federico Corro, Forestry Project Officer, Etifor
  • Land Life: Future Forests: Why Quality and Integrity is Critical in Reforestation Efforts by Jessie Hurst, Chief Operating Office, Land Life
  • 12:20 | Lunch and networking

Pitch session 2: Advanced and circular bio-based solutions 

  • 13:40 | Keynote speech: Towards a more sustainable wood construction sector
  • Speaker: Dr. Daniela Klein, Research Services and Team leader JAS analytics, Jowat SE
  • Strong by form: High-performance bio-composites by Andrés Mitnik, CEO, Strong By Form
  • CircuLignum: From a line to a circle – changing the economy in small steps by Noemi König and Martin Tremmel, CircuLignum
  • WOODC.A.R and CARpenTiER:: Wood as a sustainable lightweight construction material in the mobility sector by Thomas Krenke, Innovationszentrum-Weiz
  • Metsä Wood: New innovations in hybrid construction – towards a more sustainable future by Kalle Ikonen, Manager, Corporate Affairs – European Union
  • Nature2Bond: Bio-based sustainable adhesive system by Anuj Kumar, Senior Scientist, Luke 
  • 15:00 | Coffee break

Networking session: Initiatives for supporting innovation in forest and wood-based bioeconomy

  • 15:30 | Keynote: Investment opportunities in the forest bioeconomy sector
  • Panel discussion
  • Zentrum Holz:  Supporting innovation in forest and wood-based bioeconomy in North Rhine-Westphalia by Dr Lukas Emmerich, Wald und Holz NRW
  • Forestry Hub of Catalonia: Catalonia’s forest bioeconomy innovation support by Neus Puy, Head of Bioeconomy, Health and Governance Programme, CTFC
  • Future Forest Initiative: Germany’s first forest start-up accelerator by Christoph zu Stolberg, Head of International Relations and Forest Lab, FFI
  • Woodknowledge Wales: Enabling innovation through collaboration across the wood value chain by Christiane Lellig, Regenerative Systems Change
  • 17:00 | Networking reception
  • 18: 00 | End of the Bioeconomy Innovation Day 2024

Strong by form

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CircuLignum

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Ecobase

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CARpenTIER

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Nature2Bond by Luke

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WowNature

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Kerto® LVL by Metsä Wood

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MicoQR by Cesefor

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Landlife

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Forest Climate Standard by eva

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Christiane Lellig, Regenerative Systems Change

Christiane Lellig

Regenerative Systems Change, Woodknowledge Wales

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Christoph zu Stolberg, Head of International Relations & Forest Lab

Christoph zu Stolberg

Head of International Relations & Forest Lab, Future Forest Initiative (FFI)

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Prof. Dr. Katja Frühwald-König

Katja Frühwald-König

Professor and Bioeconomy Council of North Rhine-Westphalia member, TH OWL

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Lukas Emmerich, Wald und Holz NRW

Lukas Emmerich

Wood sciences and Cluster management, Landesbetrieb Wald und Holz NRW

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Neus Puy

Head of Bioeconomy, health and governance programme, Forest Science and Technology Centre of Catalonia (CTFC)

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Petra Palátová, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

Petra Palátová

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

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Veronika Auer, Product Sustainability Communication at EGGER Group

Veronika Auer

Product Sustainability Communication, EGGER Group

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Bioeconomy Innovation Day 2024 in a nutshell

  • In-person event for researchers, government officials, public and private sector representatives, or anyone interested in bioeconomy.
  • Networking space for discussions on the latest trends in the forest bioeconomy.
  • Presentations of innovation pitches with close-to-market or in-the-market solutions that provide new opportunities for forest owners and advanced and circular bio-based.