Graphic: World BioEconomy Forum.
The 2022 season will consist of online roundtable talks and the annual conference in September 2022. The programme is based on a four-pillar structure to ensure broad engagement of the circular bioeconomy stakeholders.
Day I – 7 September 2022
Times expressed in EET – local time in Finland
The Bioeconomy: People, Planet, Policies
09:30
Introduction of the theme by the session head
- Dr. Christian Patermann
Overview on recent biostrategies worldwide
- Dr. Christian Patermann, “Father” of European bioeconomy, former EU Commission director and advisor to the German Government on bioeconomy matters
Keynote: Governing the Bioeconomy: Some international perspectives
- Stefan Bößner, Research Fellow, Stockholm Environment Institute, SEI
Day II – 8 September 2022
Looking to the future
15:45
Panel 7 – The bioeconomy role in the climate change mitigation
Moderated by Dr. Mark Rudnicki, Professor of Practice, Forest Biomaterials, Michigan Technological University
Panelists
- Philip Osano, Centre Director SEI Africa
- Jeff Nuss, Founder and Former President & CEO, GreenWood Resources, Inc.
- Rainer Häggblom, Chairman of the Board, Häggblom & Partners
- Michael Jenkins, CEO, Founding President, Forest Trends
- Jim Hourdequin, CEO, Lyme Timber
Agenda. Graphic: World BioEconomy Forum.
