Programme
Teagasc Food Research Centre, Ashtown, Dublin 15, Ireland, D15 DY05
10th October 2024
9.00am
Registration
9.30am
Welcome by Director of Teagasc, Frank O’Mara,
9.45am
Ministerial Opening Address
Martin Heydon T.D., Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
10.00am
Jukka Kantola, Founder and CEO of the World Bioeconomy Forum, Finland
‘The Status of the Global Bioeconomy’
10.25am
Margarita de Gregorio, Secretary General, BIOPLAT Spanish Biocircularity Technology and Innovation Platform.
‘National Platforms to Stimulate Company Innovation in Biocircularity’
10.50am
Filippo G Martinelli, Director at Magfi <Sustainability in Action> Ltd., Malta and European Ambassador at the Irish Bioeconony Foundation.
‘Growing Circular Bioeconomy Businesses: Combining Sales, Investments and Grants’
11.15am
Networking Break
11.40am
Grigoris Chatzikostas, Vice President of Business Development, Re.Frame Food, Greece.
‘Global Perspectives of Biocircularity in Action’
12.05pm
Hendrik Waegeman, Head of Business Operations, Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant, Belgium
‘Scaling Manufacturing’
12.30pm
Panel Discussion: ‘Realising Ireland’s Ambition’ with:
- Karl Walsh, Head of Research and Bioeconomy Division, DAFM
- Marina Donohoe, Head of Research & Innovation, Enterprise Ireland
- Michael Gallagher, Innovation Manager, Bord Iascaigh Mhara
- Conor O’Daly, Director, Immcell Ltd.
- Kevin O’Connor, Director of BiOrbic, SFI Bioeconomy Research Centre
Chaired by Siobhán Jordan, Head of Technology Transfer and Commercialisation, Teagasc
1.00pm
Address by Mairead McGuinness, European Commissioner for Financial Services, Financial Stability and Capital Markets Union
1.15pm
Lunch
2.00pm
Enda Ryan, CEO, ClonBio Foods, Ireland
‘Creating Value in Practice’
2.30pm
Round Table Discussion
3.15pm
Round Up & Next Steps
3.45pm
Optional Pilot Scale Demonstrations – National Prepared Consumer Food Centre, Ashtown