National Bioeconomy Week 2025 takes place from October 13th to 19th 2025.
Teagasc events for National Bioeconomy Week
Shared Island Webinar – AIMBIO & Regenerate Projects
Online Webinar: Thursday, 16th October from 2 pm to 3 pm
This webinar will showcase two ground-breaking research projects to drive bio-based innovation across the island: REGENERATE and AIMBIO. Each backed by €4.5 million funding from the Government of Ireland’s Shared Island Fund, and co-funding from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland.
AIMBIO is All Island Marine Bio-based Refineries for Circular Blue-Bioeconomy. This project focuses on transforming marine by-products from aquaculture, fisheries, and processing into high-value ingredients for food, feed, cosmetics, and bio-based chemicals.
Register here for the Shared Island Webinar
Speakers:
- Patrick Barrett, Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine (DAFM)
- Gavin McQuaid, Department of Agriculture, Environment & Rural Affairs (DAERA)
- Gary Logue, Greenville
- Brijesh Tiwari and Shay Hannon, Teagasc Food programme
REGENERATE Project Partners: Greenville, Envirogrind, Munster Technological University, University College Cork, Foster Environmental and NuaFund
AIMBIO Project Partners: Teagasc, Trinity College Dublin, Technological University of the Shannon, Atlantic Technological University, Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, Indigo Rock Marine Research Station, BeoBio Teoranta and Islander Kelp Ltd.
“Harnessing Bioeconomy Solutions for Climate Adaptation – Exploration of Climate Risk, Cascading Impacts & Resilience building, at the local authority level”
An in-person event at the Teagasc animal and grassland, research and innovation centre, Grange, County Meath on Thursday, 16 October from 9.30 am to 4pm.
More details on the Harnessing Bioeconomy Solutions for Climate Adaptation can be found here
Signpost Webinar
Dr Maeve Henchion will present on: The Irish Bioeconomy: opportunities, challenges and strategic considerations, on Friday, 17 October from 9:30 to 10:30am on the weekly Teagasc Signpost webinar.
Register for the Signpost Webinar here
Sea the Future: Blue Bioeconomy for Growth Workshop
This workshop is organised by Donegal County Council and Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) as part of Bioeconomy Week Ireland 2025. Teagasc involvement will include contributions byy Mark Fenlon, Brijesh Tiwari, and Shay Hannon. It takes place on Monday 20th October in Killybegs, County Donegal.
Register for the Sea the Future: Blue Bioeconomy for Growth event here
Story Maps
Learning about the bioeconomy – Current 3rd level courses related to the Irish bioeconomy
Collaborators: Teagasc, MTU, DAFM
Data source: Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science – compiled as part of the CBEC project (funded by DAFM)
Irish Bioeconomy Research 2025 -Current projects working on advancing the Irish Bioeconomy
Collaborators: Teagasc, MTU, DAFM
Data source: DAFM, DECC, Irish Bioeconomy Forum
Bioeconomy Infrastructure – Examples from the FEDERI project
Collaborators: Teagasc, MTU, UCC
Data source: David Barry (MTU), Pan Li (UCC)