Vision 2040: The future role of the forest bioeconomy in Europe
Venue: Marmorsaal, Stubenring 1, 1010 Vienna, Austria
Programme
Conference Moderators:
Leo ARPA, Head of R&D, Mondi Group, Co-Chair NSG Austria
Peter MAYER, Managing Director at BFW, Co-Chair NSG Austria
9:30 – 10:00 Registration and coffee
10:00 – 10:15 Welcome
- Elisabeth KÖSTINGER Austrian Minister for Sustainability and Tourism (video)
Lena EK Chair of the Board of FTP, Chair of the Board of Södra
Ingwald GSCHWANDTL Director, Federal Ministry Sustainability and Tourism
Hermine HACKL Secretary General, FHP
10:15 – 12:00 Circular bioeconomy: The role of the sector
Introduction to the circular bioeconomy
Daniela KLEINSCHMIT, Professor at the University of Freiburg
Panel discussion with FTP Shareholders
Bernard DE GALEMBERT Innovation and Bioeconomy Director, CEPI
Meri SILJAMA Interim Secretary General, CEPF
Patrizio ANTONICOLI Secretary General, CEI-Bois
Piotr BORKOWSKI Executive Director, EUSTAFOR
Open discussion
12:00 – 13:30 Lunch break
13:30 – 14:45 Launching a European Vision 2040…
Launching the FTP Vision 2040
Lena EK, Chair of the Board of FTP and Chair of the Board of Södra
Vision 2040 and wood technologies
Alfred TEISCHINGER, Head of Department of Wood Technology, BOKU
The Power of digitalisation
Matthias SCHMIDT-PFITZNER, Partner at McKinsey & Company
Open discussion
14:45 – 15:15 Coffee break
15:15 – 16:15 EU Innovation Policies…
The relevance of EU research funding
Johan ELVNERT, Managing Director of FTP
EU research policy 2020 and onwards
Tomasz CALIKOWSKI, Policy Officer, European Commission, DG RTD
EU innovation policy 2020 and onwards
Jeremy WALL, deputy Head of Unit, European Commission, DG GROW
Open discussion
16:15 – 16.30 Conclusions (meeting chairs)
16:30 Closing
