We are pleased to invite you to the high-level lunch debate on “Future research infrastructure for European leadership in circular forest bioeconomy” in connection with the 9th European Innovation Summit (EIS) in Brussels. The final ERIFORE workshop, hosted by Ms Sirpa Pietikäinen MEP, will take place on Wednesday, 29 November, in the Members’ Salon of the European Parliament from 12:30 to 14:30. The event is organized together with Knowledge4Innovation.
One of the global challenges is to move from the fossil-based economy to sustainable bioeconomy. The forest-based sector has the opportunity to take the lead here by linking the whole value chain from the management and use of natural resources to the delivery of products and services. The forest bioeconomy has high potential in energy products, chemicals and new materials.
The event will highlight the following issues:
A detailed agenda and description will be updated on the webpage of the event. The topic will be introduced by high-level keynote speakers:
Moderator: Jussi Manninen,
Executive Vice President of Solutions for Natural Resources and Environment Business, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
Humberto Delgado Rosa,
Director Natural Capital, EC, DG ENV
Dirk Carrez,
Executive Director of the Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC)
Mika Härkönen,
ERIFORE Coordinator, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
If you are interested in attending, please register here no later than Friday, 17 November 2017. In addition, Knowledge4Innovation is pleased to invite you to the other 9th EIS conferences.
We are looking forward to welcoming you to the ERIFORE high-level lunch debate and the 9th European Innovation Summit.
Mika Härkönen, ERIFORE Coordinator
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 654371