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How can regional and international networks, innovation ecosystems and public policy frameworks work together to turn locally grounded innovation into investable and scalable bioeconomy impact?
This workshop brings together cluster leaders, policymakers and researchers from Europe, Africa and Latin America to explore that question. Two roundtables will look at:
The workshop is organized by SPRING – the Italian Circular Bioeconomy Cluster, the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), BioInnovate Africa/icipe and the Catalonia Bioeconomy Hub (BioHubCat).
Welcome and framing (5 min)
Mario Bonaccorso, SPRING – Italian Circular Bioeconomy Cluster
Roundtable 1: Regions connecting regions – networks and innovation clusters as infrastructure for deployment (25 min)
Moderator: Víctor Falguera, Catalonia Bioeconomy Hub (BioHubCat)
Roundtable 2: Connecting governance levels – policy, regulation, markets and investment readiness (25 min)
Moderator: Julius Ecuru, BioInnovate Africa/icipe
Audience bridge-building exercise (20 min)
Facilitators: Hugo Chavarría, IICA / Latin American Bioeconomy Network; Peter Minang, Director for Africa, Landscape Alliance
Synthesis and next steps (10 min)
Hugo Chavarría, IICA / Latin American Bioeconomy Network
Closing remarks (5 min)
Inge Arents, Managing Director, Flanders’ FOOD, and spokesperson, European Bioeconomy Clusters Alliance (EBCA)
This workshop is part of the Global Bioeconomy Summit 2026. To attend, pre-register for the summit at gbs2026.org/registration. Registrations are approved by the summit organizers, who will then send instructions for completing registration and payment.
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