Conference on the Nordic bioeconomy focusing on Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands.
A conference will be held at the Nordic House on 11 November at 13:00 - 17:00. The conference is sponsored by The Nordic Council of Ministers Arctic Co-operation Program, NKJ (Nordic Joint Committee for Agricultural and Food Research), AG-Fisk (Working Group for Fisheries Co-operation), SNS (Nordic Forest Research) and NordGen (the Nordic Genetic Resource Center), and is part of the project "Arctic bioeconomy".
The conference is held in English and is open to everyone.
Agenda
- 13:00 - 13:40
Europe route to the Bioeconomy, challenges and perspectives for the Nordic Union -
Dr.dr. Christian Patermann, keynote speaker - 13:40 - 14:00
Main results of Arctic Bioeconomy - lessons learned and the way forward -
Sigrún Elsa Smáradóttir, Research Group Leader, Matís
- 14: 00– 14:15
Trends in the Blue Bioeconomy: A Faroese Case Study -
Dr. Unn Laksá, Research Project Manager, Synthesis - 14:15 - 14:30
Business opportunities and rural development in the Greenlandic Bioeconomy -
Inunnguaq Hegelund, Chef at Hotel Arctic in Greenland - 14:30 - 14:50
Access to plant varieties in Arctic agriculture -
Dr. Svein Ø. Solberg, Senior Scientist, Nordic Genetic Resource Center - 14:50 - 15:20
Coffee break - 15:20 - 15:40
Bioeconomy in the Nordic countries, strategy, opportunities and needs - Dr. Lene Lange, Professor, Department of Biotechnology and Chemistry, Aalborg University, Denmark - 15:40 - 16:00
European Bioeconomy - opportunities and challenges -
Dr. Hörður G. Kristinsson, Director of Research, Matís - 16:00 - 17:00
Panel discussion
The main speaker, dr. Dr. Christian Patermann is the former director of DG Research European Commission, Biotechnology, Agriculture, Food Research and the "father" of the bioeconomy in Brussels. He was also active in the 1st German Bioeconomy Advisory Council.
For further information Sigrún Elsa Smáradóttir, director of Matís.