Bioeconomy Special Session

Tuesday, September 27, 2011, 18:00

Which is the European political strategy for the use of renewable raw materials along the whole value chain?
Which are the strategies in such important countries like Brazil and Russia with large biomass resources?
What kind of international cooperation could be of mutual benefit?
What are the expectations of biobased industries?

High-ranking governmental and industrial representatives will give answers in this special session devoted to Bioeconomy.

Dr. Alfredo Aguilar-Romanillos, Head of Unit Biotechnologies, Directorate Biotechnologies, Agriculture, Food, Directorate - General for Research and Innovation, European Commission, Brussels/B

Prof. Dr. Carlos Alberto Aragão de Carvalho Filho, President of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), Brasilia/BR

Prof. Dr. Vladimir O. Popov, Director of the A.N. Bach Institute of Biochemistry,
Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow/RUS

Dr. Manfred Kircher, Chairman of the Board of CLIB2021 (Cluster Industrielle Biotechnologie), Düsseldorf/D