23.06 - 01.07.2018

Post grad summerschool ‘conflicting demands in European forests’

More and more, decision makers are confronted with conflicting demands when trying to develop sustainable land-use strategies. This may lead to a so-called wicked problem; a complex issue that defies complete definition, for which there can be no final solutions, since any resolution generates further issues, and where solutions are not true or false or […]

06.06 - 08.05.2018

Innovative bio-based products: Investment, Environmental Impacts and Future Perspective

Crowne Plaza Brussels- Le Palace, rue Gineste 3, Brussels The conference serves as a platform to present and discuss the considerations emerging from the study “Bioeconomy: Support to Policy for Research and Innovation”. The objective of the study is to provide a range of new information and analyses that will enable policymakers, investors, the scientific […]

29.05.2018 07:30 - 12:00

ThinkForest seminar: Role of bioeconomy in controlling forest fires

The next ThinkForest event, aims to provide a better science-policy understanding of the problem of forest fires. Forest fires have become an increasingly important environmental and economic global challenge. At worst, they cause human and fauna disasters, lost opportunities for livelihood, and play a major role in global CO2 emissions. In southern Europe, the cumulative effects […]

29.05.2018 07:00 - 13:30

FOREST EUROPE Workshop

Enhancing the long-term competitiveness of the forest sector in a green economy: Policies for forest-based bioeconomy in Europe The workshop will join policymakers, researchers and businesses from across the pan-European region to discuss issues of the forest sector competitiveness, and look for effective policy measures at international, national and regional levels. In this respect, the […]

27 - 30.05.2018

4th European Agroforestry Conference

The European Agroforestry Federation (EURAF) cordially invites you to join the European Agroforestry Conference 2018, to be held in Nijmegen (The Netherlands). ‘We all know the agroforestry goal, but how to get there?’ That will be the overall and main question on our 2018-conference. How to realise the transition to an agricultural sector, that uses […]

22 - 23.05.2018

Green Chemistry and White Biotechnology: From Innovation to Business

The 4th Edition of the International Conferences aims to make an inventory of innovative technologies and valuation approaches of green chemistry and white biotechnology activities in the world, to realize the sharing of knowledge and foster the creation of new research and development projects in the sector. Michel Hartman is the Managing Director of Burgo Ardennes, […]

22.05.2018 09:30 - 10:30

Solutions through innovation. What role for the bioeconomy in the next MFF?

The European Union is at a crossroads. While it needs to define the allocation of its financial resources and overarching priorities beyond 2020, a number of undertakings initiated under the current term will also extend and develop over the next one. The further development and expansion of the circular bioeconomy is one of them, which will be the […]

16.05.2018 11:00 - 15:00

Forwarder2020 project knowledge transfer seminar

The event is organized by the Horizon2020 funded project Forwarder 2020 on behalf of the European Commission and is free of charge.  When? 16th May 2018 (half-day event: 13.00 pm – 17.00 pm)Where? Banchory Lodge Hotel (Banchory, Scotland) (Dee St, Banchory AB31 5HS) (overnight accommodation available) Project´s first Knowledge Transfer Seminar will present the first […]

14 - 15.05.2018

11th International Conference on Bio-based Materials

The 11th International Conference on Bio-based Materials (Maternushaus, Cologne, Germany) is aimed at providing international major players from the bio-based building blocks, polymers and industrial biotechnology industries with an opportunity to present and discuss their latest developments and strategies. Bio-based building blocks and platform chemicals will be one focus of the conference. Plenty of new bio-based […]

13 - 17.05.2018

EUBCE 2018: 26th European Biomass conference & exhibition

Copenhagen will host the 26th European Biomass conference & exhibition (EUBCE). EUBCE is the leading platform for the collection, exchange and dissemination of scientific and industrial know-how in the field of biomass. It combines one of the largest biomass science and technology conferences with a high quality industry exhibition, attracting biomass professionals from around the globe.  The conference programme […]