Venue
Sparks, 60, rue Ravenstein – 1000 Brussels
Event Type
On September 8, Cefic will hold a high-level panel discussion “Building the bioeconomy – Setting targets to stay on target?”.
The panel discussion will bring together policymakers, industry and stakeholders to discuss how Europe can move from bioeconomy ambition to industrial reality with a particular focus on market-pull measures and the forthcoming Biotech Act II.
Panellists will explore three key questions that are central to scaling Europe’s bioeconomy:
- How demand-side measures and biomass-derived content targets can help create lead markets for the European bioeconomy;
- What enabling conditions are needed to scale the bioeconomy, notably in terms of access to sustainable biomass and coherent frameworks across the Single Market;
- How the upcoming Biotech Act II can act as a tool to industrialise the bioeconomy, supporting deployment at scale and delivering on the Bioeconomy Strategy.
Programme
13:00 – 14:30
Lunch
14:30 – 15:30
Keynote speeches and Audience Q&A
Prof. Dr. Ludo Diels, Senior Advisor, VITO – Portfolio Manager, Processes4Planet (A.SPIRE) – Professor, University of Antwerp – Advisory Board Member, World BioEconomy Forum
Véronique De Bruijn, Independent Advisor – Venture Partner, ICOS Capital – Board Member – Former CEO, Photanol
15:30 – 17:00
Panel discussion – Audience Q&A – Closing remarks
Panellists
- Hans Ingels, Head of Unit for Bioeconomy, Chemicals and Cosmetics, European Commission (DG GROW)
- Martin Ledwon, Vice President Marketing, Sustainability and Communications, UPM Next Generation Renewables
- Rupert Posner, Director, Global Sustainability Advocacy, Home Care, Unilever
- Virginia Puzzolo, Head of Programme Unit, Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU)
Moderated by Marco Pellegrini, Cefic Bioeconomy Manager
17:00 – 18:00
Networking reception
For any questions, please contact Céline Oostens at coo@cefic.be. Registration of interest is at the above link, the Cefic team will send a confirmation email and further details.
