European Economic
and Social Committee
Programme
DRAFT AGENDA
9.00 a.m. - 9.30 a.m. Opening of the Event
- Maurizio Reale, President of the Section for Agriculture, Rural Development and the Environment, EESC
- Jácint Horváth, CoR Rapporteur on Bioeconomy
- Wolfgang Burtscher, Deputy Director-General, DG RTD
9.30 a.m. - 10.30 a.m. Bioeconomy Strategies for Europe
Moderator: Andreas Thurner, EESC Member
- Jácint Horváth, Committee of the Regions: Committee view and the importance of our citizens
- Patrick Barrett, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Bioeconomy Strategy
- Susanna Albertini, EUBIONET: The importance of raising awareness at local and regional level: the role of the European Bioeconomy Network
Open floor discussion
10.30 a.m. - 10.45 a.m. Coffee break
10.45 a.m. - 12.00 p.m.
– Parallel Session 1: The Importance of Education and Training for Europe's Bioeconomy
Moderator: Mindaugas Maciulevičius, EESC
- Mindaugas Maciulevičius, EESC Rapporteur for the Bioeconomy: Presentation of the education part in the EESC opinion
- Iris Lewandowski, University of Hohenheim: European Bioeconomy University
- Lasse Brandt, VP HR, Metsä Fibre : Metsä Group approach to education and training
- Jesper Lund Larsen, European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism
Open floor discussion
– Parallel Session 2: The Blue Bioeconomy in Europe
Moderator: (tbc)
- Simo Tiainen, Rapporteur for EESC opinion on blue bioeconomy
- Anthony-Gerard Buchanan, CoR member, Councillor East Renfrewshire Council, Scotland
- Jyrki Suominen, DG RTD C4: Healthy Oceans and Seas: Innovating Blue Bioeconomy
- Felix Leinemann DG MARE A2 - Blue Economy Sectors, Aquaculture and Maritime Spatial Planning: Scaling up the Blue Bioeconomy: what’s next?
- Antidia Citores, Surfriders Foundation Europe: Plastic-Free Healthy Oceans case study
Open floor discussion
12.15 p.m. – 1.00 p.m. Closing Plenary: Bioeconomy and Food Systems
Moderator: Andreas Thurner, EESC Member
- Andrea Vettori, Deputy Head of Unit, DG ENV: Food, the bioeconomy and land use in the current climate and ecological crises
- Galin Gentchev, Policy Officer - Agricultural Bio-Energy and Bio-economy, DG AGRI: The role of the bioeconomy and agriculture in an evolving food chain
- Alin-Adrian Nica, SEDEC 1st Vice Chair, CoR: The link between bioeconomy and food
- Peter Schmidt: Closing speech (for bioeconomy event, welcome to lunch and open of World Food Day )
1.00 p.m. Lunch
Language regime to be announced