BioBase4SME Team is gladly co-organising the Global Biobased Businessplan Competition (G-BiB)

This is a competition for Master and PhD students in Germany and Belgium. The objective of G-BiB is to stimulate entrepreneurship and innovation producing a bio-renewable chemical, material and/or fuel product. G-BiB is an initiative of the BioInnovation Growth mega-Cluster (BIG-Cluster).

MORE INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION

Find all relevant information on the organisers website including the regulations.

Register for free from 17 February until 17 March 2019

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Tanja Meyer, European Project coordinator, Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant

Bari, 19 Marzo 2019 

Università degli studi di Bari Aldo Moro

Il progetto BIOVOICES, finanziato dalla Commissione Europea che mira a promuovere il dialogo tra i vari gruppi di stakeholder, ha organizzato un Mobilization and Mutual Learning (MML) Workshop dal titolo “La Bioeconomia come opportunità di sviluppo regionale basato sulle risorse territoriali in Puglia”

L’evento si terrà a Bari il 19 marzo 2019 presso l’Università degli studi di Bari Aldo Moro in collaborazione con Assobiotec, Biocosì, CNR, Cluster SPRING, EggPlant, European Bioeconomy Network, Federchimica,  FVA New Media Research, GRACE, MISTRAL, Power4Bio, Università degli studi di Bari Aldo Moro,VALUEMAG, e avrà come obiettivo quello di favorire il coinvolgimento e la collaborazione tra gli attori locali, per identificare opportunità di sviluppo territoriale che siano in grado di valorizzare le caratteristiche regionali e le risorse esistenti.

Il workshop sarà organizzato in due sessioni, che affronteranno le sfide e opportunità rappresentate da

• SEA – Blue BioEconomy
• LAND – Agri-food, Forestry BioEconomy e Urban waste

Ogni sessione presenterà casi di studio, che forniranno spunti ed esempi pratici per stimolare la discussione durante la successiva tavola rotonda, nella quale  gli stakeholder della Quadruple Helix lavoreranno sulle sfide, opportunità e barriere per promuovere lo sviluppo regionale.

Il taglio della giornata sarà pratico per generare idee e stimolare possibili collaborazioni tra gli stakeholders partecipanti per promuovere lo sviluppo sostenibile reso possibile dalla bioeconomia nella specifica realtà territoriale pugliese.

I risultati del workshop verranno presentati il giorno seguente (20 marzo 2019) durante la Presentazione del 5° Rapporto sulla Bioeconomia in Europa, di Banca Intesa in collaborazione con Assobiotec e Cluster SPRING.

La preregistrazione al sito www.biovoices.eu/bari è requisito indispensabile alla partecipazione

Per maggiori informazioni è possibile contattare info@fvaweb.it

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The BIOVOICES project, funded by the European Commission aims to promote dialogue among the various stakeholder groups, has organized a Mobilization and Mutual Learning (MML) Workshop entitled “Bioeconomy as a regional development opportunity based on territorial resources in Puglia”

The event will be held in Bari on March 19, 2019 at the University of Bari Aldo Moro in collaboration with Assobiotec, Biocosì, CNR, Cluster SPRING, Federchimica, FVA New Media Research, GRACE, Mistral, Power4Bio, University of Bari Aldo Moro, VALUEMAG, and will have as its objective to encourage the involvement and collaboration between local actors, to identify opportunities for territorial development that are able to enhance regional characteristics and existing resources.

The workshop will be organized in two sessions, which will address the challenges and opportunities represented by:

SEA – Blue BioEconomy
LAND – Agri-food, Forestry BioEconomy and Urban waste

Each session will present case studies, which will provide insights and practical examples to stimulate discussion during the next round table, in which the stakeholders of the Helix Quadruple will work on the challenges, opportunities and barriers to promote regional development.

The day will be practical to generate ideas and stimulate possible collaborations between the participating stakeholders to promote sustainable development made possible by the bioeconomy in the specific territory of Puglia.

The results of the workshop will be presented the following day (March 20, 2019) during the Presentation of the 5th Report on Bioeconomics in Europe, by Banca Intesa in collaboration with Assobiotec and Cluster SPRING.

From biomass production to commercialisation, multiple barriers need to be overcome for the market uptake of bio-based products in Europe. Within the BIOrescue project, partners have developed an innovative biorefinery concept to transform lignocellulosic biomass feedstock, including used mushroom compost, into novel bio-based products.

Looking towards the project’s end, the BIOrescue consortium is pleased to invite all interested stakeholders, including partners from other biorefinery projects, to join them in a dedicated workshop to be held in the morning of 28 February in Mainz, Germany, to discuss the challenges and opportunities arising from the exploitation of sustainable biomass sources in Europe for the commercialisation of new bio-based products.

To explore this topic, EU-funded projects and industry stakeholders will present the support measures implemented in terms of infrastructure development, standardisation and market uptake for bio-based products. In that sense, all participating partners will also be invited to pitch their concept and ideas for the development of the European bio-based industry and to present or discover inspirational examples of biorefinery projects at the occasion of the poster session organised during the coffee break.

Outcomes from the discussion will feed the BIOrescue project’s policy recommendations to support the development of a bio-based economy in the agro-food industry. These will be presented to a panel of policy makers at the project final event on 4 April 2019 in Brussels.

Join our workshop to exchange ideas and voice your opinion on the future of the European bio-based industry sector. Are you interested in pitching your biorefinery concept and / or presenting a poster to feed the discussions? You can indicate it in the registration form and seize this opportunity to network with your future partners. For more information, do not hesitate to have a look at the workshop agenda, and click here to register to the event.

We have the pleasure to inform you about an ongoing call for proposals EAC/A03/2018 for Sector Skills Alliances for implementing a new strategic approach (“Blueprint”) to sectoral cooperation on skills “Blueprint for bioeconomy, new technologies & innovation in agriculture”. Please download the necessary information.

This call might be of interest to some of the Stakeholders that you communicate to. If you wish to send it out it is important to communicate it ASAP because the deadline for submission is on 28^th of Feb.

Best Regards,

Bioeconomy Team