ERRIN/ERIAFF joint initiative
BOOSTING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND FACILITATING INVESTMENTS THROUGH THE BIOECONOMY:
HOW TO BUILD EFFECTIVE REGIONAL STRATEGIES?
19 - 20 March 2015, Brussels
Draft AGENDA
March 19th – Regional Office of the Lodzkie Region in Brussels (Square Marie-Louise 2, Brussels)
18:00 – Networking reception & Exhibition
March 20th – Committee of the Regions (Rue Belliard, 99-101 - 1040 Brussels)
8:30 – Registration (please arrive sharply at 8:30 for the registration procedures)
9:00 – Welcome and keynote speeches
Moderator: Richard TUFFS, ERRIN Director
- Rogier VAN DER SANDE, Member of the Council at the Province of South Holland and CoR rapporteur for
Bioeconomy (TBC)
- John BELL, Director for Bioeconomy at the European Commission DG RTD
- Reinhard BUESCHER, Head of Unit Chemicals Industry at the European Commission DG GROW
9:30 – European Bioeconomy as a driver for (Regional) development: Views and perspectives
- Barend VERACHTERT, Interim Executive Director of the BBI JU - The EU Bioeconomy strategy and the BBI
- Fabio FAVA, Italian representative H2020 SC2 and JPI BBI – Bioeconomy in the EU Mediterranean area:
the case of Italy
- Stanislaw BIELECKI, Lodz University of Technology – Bioeconomy in the Eastern EU area: the case of
Poland
10:30 – Coffee Break
- Pekka PESONEN, COPA-COGECA Secretary General – Opportunities and challenges for farmers and agricooperatives in EU
- Aljoscha REQUARDT, Secretary General at CEPF – Opportunities and challenges for foresters
- Dirk CARREZ, Executive Director of the Biobased Industries Consortium – The potential for bio-based
industries
12:00 – Lunch break
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Regional panels:
An open debate about the development and implementation of Regional Bioeconomy Strategies
with the participation of ERRIN and ERIAFF Regions and invited experts from European
Commission and from other European stakeholders.
The debate is supported by a mirror group with the participation of:
Pilar GUMMA and Virginie RIMBERT (EC DG AGRI), Timoteo de la FUENTE (EC DG GROW), Max
SCHULMAN (COPA-COGECA), Myrna van LEEUWEN or Remco KRANENDONK (BERST project), Dirk
CARREZ (Biobased Industries Consortium), Alessandro ANNONI (JRC), ...
13:15 – Panel 1 – Stimulating bioeconomy environments at regional level
Participants:
Asko PELTOLA, Regional Mayor of the Region South Ostrobothnia
Ewa FLORCZYK, Expert at the Marshal's Office of Łódzkie Region
Anders OLSSON, Manager at the Regional development organization of Varmland
Cécile GUYON or Jean-Paul SIMIER, Regional Agency for Development and Innovation of Bretagne
Andrea LAZZERI, Director of the Centre for Materials Science and Engineering, UNIPI – Tuscany
Moderator: Corolien HUISMAN, Expert at the South Holland Province
14:45 – Coffee break
15:15 – Panel 2 – A bioeconomy for EU Regions: Tools and actors
Participants:
Javier ESPARZA, Regional Minister of Navarra
Håkan SAMUELSSON, Strategist at the Regional Government of Skane
Thierry STADLER, President of Regional IAR Cluster, Picardie
Carolina GRAU, Director General for Industry and Energy of the Government of Extremadura
Lars HORSHOLT JENSEN, Cluster manager in Central Denmark
Paola MARIANI, Expert at the AgriFood Technology Cluster of Lombardy
Moderator: Expert from Varmland Region
16.45 – Wrap-up and next steps
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Richard TUFFS, ERRIN Director
Gianni SALVADORI, Minister for Agriculture of Tuscany Region and ERIAFF coordinator (TBC)
Irina PILVERE, Expert from the Latvian Presidency of the EU Council
Markku MARKKULA, President of the Committee of the Regions (TBC)
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