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Breakout 3: Building a sustainable bioeconomy

Harnessing the potential of bio-based products and fuels to mitigate climate change
06 Dec 2015
14:00 - 15:30
Salle des Seances
Jeroen van Campen
Gerard Ostheimer
Geoff Cooper
Dr. James Philp
Marcel Wubbolts
Robert Wright
Barend Verachtert
Glen Murray
Bliss Baker
Stephanie Batchelor

Breakout 3: Building a sustainable bioeconomy

KEY OBJECTIVES
  • Provide informal input into the COP21 agenda from a range of bio innovation stakeholders
  • Showcase the potential of biobased products and alternative low carbon fuels to help fight climate change
  • Identify policy measures that can enable the low carbon economy and solve the problem of climate change

 *** DRAFT PROGRAMME ***
14.00-14.10 Introductory remarks

  • Stephanie Batchelor, Director, State & International Policy, BIO
  • Bliss Baker, President, Global Renewable Fuels Alliance (GRFA)
14.10-14.30 Key note presentation

  • Glen Murray, Minister of the Environment & Climate Change, Ontario, Canada
  • Barend Verachtert, ‎Deputy Head of Unit Biotechnologies, European Commission
14.30-15.20 Interactive Panel discussionFormat: The lead speaker will be asked to present the topic while the responder will be asked to respond and discuss points raised with the audience.Moderator: Robert Wright, European renewable ethanol association (ePURE)Bioproducts:

  • Lead: Marcel Wubbolts, Chief Technology Officer, DSM
  • Response: Dr James Philp, Policy Analyst, OECD Secretariat

Biofuels:

  • Lead: Geoff Cooper, US Renewable Fuels Association (RFA)
  • Response: Gerard Ostheimer, Global Lead for Sustainable Bioenergy, UN Sustainable Energy For All Initiative and Jeroen Van Campen, Global Lead, Cellulosic Ethanol Licensing, Dupont
15.20-15.30 Conclusions: Elizabeth Farina, CEO, UNICA

 

 

Event Organisers:

The European Renewable Ethanol Association (ePURE), US Renewable Fuels Association (RFA), Canadian Renewable Fuels Association (CRFA) and Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) are part of the Global Renewable Fuels Alliance (GRFA), a non-profit global biofuels federation representing members from 44 different countries and over 65% of global renewable fuels. The GRFA and its members are committed to promoting the use of sustainable, renewable fuels as a means to reducing the damaging climate impacts of global transport emissions.

The Biotechnology Industry Association (BIO) is the world’s largest trade organisation representing biotechnology companies, academic institutions, state biotechnology centers and related organizations in the US and in more than 30 other nations. EuropaBio is the European Association for Bioindustries and its membership composes 60 member companies, 13 associate members and Bio-regions, and 16 national biotechnology associations. Its mission is to create an innovative and dynamic biotechnology-based industry in Europe.