Program

Opening Session
 

• Welcome
   
• The Circular Economy and the Bioeconomy – Partners in Sustainability
  Mieke De Schoenmakere, European Environment Agency
   
• Bioresources and Scotland’s Circular Economy
  Amanda Ingram, Zero Waste Scotland
   
• Nordic Centres of Excellence on Bioeconomy
  Kyösti Lempa (NordForsk, c/o BIOWATER), Yagut Allahverdiyeva-Rinne (NordAqua), Fiona Provan (SUREAQUA)

Speaker Session 1 – Focus on Value Creation from Underutilised Resources

• Sludge-a resource without of place
  Siri Tømmerås, Skretting
   
• Value creation from Plus products
  Morten Sollerud, Norilia

 
Speaker Session 2 – Focus on Biomass Production

• The Nordic seaweed adventure - from idealism to industry
  Agnes Mortensen, Tari
   
• The National Algaepilot Mongstad: production of microalgae for food and feed
  Dorinde Kleinegris, NORCE
   
• Enzymes are transforming blue biorefineries
  Gro Elin Kjæreng Bjerga, NORCE
   
• Risavika Bioproduction
  Arild Johannessen, Biosentrum

Speaker Session 3 – Focus on Management

• Measuring sustainability in aquaculture and acting on it
  Biniam Samuel, Sustainable Food
   
• More than just the facts: some responsibilities of science in the bioeconomy
  Raffael Himmelsbach, NTNU
   
• The Regional Bioeconomy Strategy
  Sissel Bakke, Rogaland fylkeskommune
   
• Funding possibilities
  Steinar Bergseth, Norwegian Research Council

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