ICT-BIOCHAIN is hosting its final conference on May 28, from 11:00 to 12:30, as an online session during which it will present the main results and outcomes of the project, as well as its lessons learned and recommendations.

The agenda will revolve around the following topics:

11:00 – WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
11:05 – THE ICT-BIOCHAIN PROJECT
11:10 – DIGITAL INNOVATION HUBS – WORK CARRIED AND ACHIEVEMENTS
11:45 – ICT-TOOLS – WORK CARRIED AND ACHIEVEMENTS
12:10 – LESSONS LEARNED, BEST-PRACTICES, FINAL CONCLUSIONS
12:20 – Q&A

You can register for free in this link https://bit.ly/ICT-BIOCHAIN-Final-conference

The eWorkshop on Upcycled proteins

The eWorkshop will be an online dissemination and networking opportunity between parties involved or interested in projects that work on Upcycled Proteins, or in related market and regulation issues. These include EU projects, field experts, academia and industry representatives, but it also welcomes students and any general public that wants to join and learn from the content and benefit from the experience.

Thematic blocks

The event will last around an hour and will be divided into 3 thematic blocks:

1. Proteins from industry by-products.
2. Proteins coming from urban biowaste.
3. Upcycled proteins: market and regulation.

Block 1 and 2 will count with speakers from relevant H2020 active projects related to the topic. For now, these include Pro-Enrich and GreenProtein for Block 1 and Valuewaste and Scalibur for Block 2. Finally, block 3 will count with experts in the field of market and regulation.

Innovarum will host the event and introduce and present all speakers.

How to attend the event?

Click to “register” and fill the registration form. On the date of the event, you will receive a link to join the eWorkshop!

• Registration: The eWorkshop on Upcycled proteins registration.
• Date: 28 May 2020
• Time: 13:00 to 14:30
• Agenda: click here to download!

Attendance to the eWorkshop is completely free!

On April 21, 2020 at 10:00 CEST it will be held the interactive online workshop titled “Creation of a Chain of Native Wool in Italy” organized, in the context of the EU funded projects Biobridges and BIOVOICES, in collaboration with the University of Bari.
The workshop aims at creating a new supply chain for the valorisation of native Italian wool and provide innovative solutions to solve current problems.

During the workshop case studies and good practices will be presented, challenges, barriers and opportunities to promote the development of the supply chain that enhances the use of native wool will be identified and discussed aith the audience.
The workshop will be practical and aimed at generating ideas and stimulating possible collaborations among the participating stakeholders and promoting the sustainable and circular development of the bioeconomy in the Italian reality.

The event will be held in Italian.

More info and registration HERE

The Bio-Based Industries Consortium (BIC) invites stakeholders and society for a public consultation on the new draft strategic agenda for research and innovation for 2030 (SIRA2030).

The draft SIRA2030, published in March, describes the main technology and innovation challenges for the coming years, towards a sustainable and competitive bio-based industry in Europe. It is a step-by-step plan for achieving the ambitions that BIC together with 15 partner organizations published in 2019 in the vision document ‘The circular bio-society in 2050’. This includes:

• Developing new business models involving strategic partners, such as primary and market sectors, more;
• Accelerate the commercialization of sustainable solutions in a circular bio-economy;
• Setting up climate neutral operations to combat climate change;
• Establish new purchasing and consumption patterns for a circular bio society.

The main changes compared to SIRA 2020 are the introduction of end markets (consumers, society as a whole), a better integration of primary sectors in the design of value chains, the increasing role and impact of digitization and the circularity of bio-based value chains.

Substantive contribution

This SIRA2030 was drawn up using input from four task forces with BIC members and the 15 organizations that support the Vision 2050. The advisory bodies of the BBI JU also made a substantive contribution.

Details of the new Horizon Europe innovation program (successor to Horizon 2020) and the European Commission’s underlying European Green Deal are not yet final. And investigations into the availability of bio-waste and into the quantitative contributions of the biobased industry to the UN SDGs and associated KPIs are also currently in a final phase. In the meantime, the draft of SIRA2030 has already been submitted to the European Commission and the public stakeholder consultation.

All relevant stakeholders and society are invited to contribute to the development of the SIRA2030, by participating in a public consultation. BIC will bundle the results of this consultation on an anonymous basis in a report to be published on its website.

Ultimately, in order to implement the agenda, BIC, together with the European Commission, wants to create a new public-private partnership under Horizon Europe. This can build on the performance of the current Bio-Based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI JU).

Participation in the public consultation is possible until April 30, 2020. For more information and registration, see the BIC website.

Source: https://www.agro-chemistry.com/news/bic-opens-public-consultation-on-new-research-agenda/

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On 31 March 2020, another AlpBioEco Focus Group Workshop about eco-innovative business models in the value chain of herbs in the Alpine Region will take place online!
This Focus Group Workshop is about a previously developed eco-innovative business model concept, that centers around the product “herbal pacifier”. On 31 March 2020, invited industry experts and researchers will discuss, validate and further develop this pre-selected eco-innovative business model concept. The webinar is organised by the AlpBioEco project partner, ITKAM, the Italian Chamber of Commerce for Germany.