Following the initiatives carried out by the Embassy of Italy during the year 2021 concerning the bioeconomy and the circular economy, it is a great pleasure to further strengthen bilateral collaboration in these sectors. We are pleased to announce that we are organizing a seminar entitled:
Building a bridge between Italy and France in the Circular Bioeconomy
March 28, 2022 – Embassy of Italy in Paris H 16.00-19.00
and that, on the occasion, a Memorandum of Understanding between the French association – Bioeconomy for Change (B4C) – and the equivalent Italian association – SPRING Cluster will be signed.
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PROGRAM
16.00 Registration/welcome coffee
16.20 Welcome
– Embassy of Italy
-Mrs. Alessandra Stefani. DG Mountain Economy and Forests Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forests (IT)
-Ministry of Agriculture and Food (FR): TBA
16.40 Boosting the European Bioeconomy – The Circular BioBased Joint Undertaking
-Mr. Philippe Mengal. Executive Director Circular Bio-Based Europe Joint Undertaking
-Mr. Adrian Leip. Head of the Bioeconomy Sector-DG Research&Innovation EU – Commission
17.00 Bioeconomy in Europe: facts and figures
-Mrs. Stefania Trenti, Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy
17.10 The case of bioplastics
-Mrs. Giulia Gregori, Head of Strategic Planning and Corporate Communication, Novamont, Italy
-Mr. Thomas Philipon, Chief Executive Officer , TotalEnergy-Corbion, France
17.30 Presentation of Bioeconomy for Change
-Mr. Christophe Rupp-Dahlem. Chief Executive officer B4C France
17.35 Presentation of SPRING Cluster
-Mr.Mario Bonaccorso, DG Cluster SPRING, Italy
17.40 The European Strategy of Bioeconomy for Change
-Mr. Christophe Luguel. Director Europe. B4C France
17.45 Cluster6 of Horizon Europe: new opportunities for French/Italian projects
-Mr. Danilo Porro. Italian Ministry of University and Research, Italy
17.50 Signature of the MoU between Bioeconomy for Change and SPRING
18.00 Networking cocktail