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Karen Siegel participated in the Science Slam Talk series on bioeconomy organised by Haus der Wissenschaft Braunschweig (in German). Using the example of the paper industry and the pulp mill conflict between Argentina and Uruguay during the 2000s, she discussed in which ways bioeconomy development may support sustainable, inclusive and peaceful development and what some of the challenges are. The other panellists included Ulrike Neumann with a presentation on microalgae and Sebastian Kistler with a discussion of ethical principles in bioeconomy. The discussion was hosted by Julia Offe and Holger Kühnhold.

Thomas Dietz, Karla Rubio and Jan Börner participated of The Global Bioeconomy Summit 2020 Plenary Session on November 20, presenting the Global Survey of Bioeconomy experts. In his second edition, after it was first launched in 2017, the 2020 survey was conducted among 5000 experts from 49 countries on centred in three main areas: background information, follow-up questions and government assessment. The overall guiding questions were to address how are we doing in promoting and regulating bioeconomic transformation and what can be done to improve bioeconomy governance. Based on the data analysis and results, the authors developed a set of recommendations for policy makers at the national and international level in order to fill bioeconomy governance gaps emerging from its promotion (enabling governance) and its regulation (regulatory governance).

Watch the presentation here:

To access the full survey:

https://gbs2020.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GBS-2020_Expert-Survey_web.pdf

Virtual seminar with Daniela Gomel on 4 December “Mere deployment of renewables or industry formation, too? Exploring the role of advocacy communities for the Argentinean energy policy mix”.

Daniela Gomel is a political scientist (University of Buenos Aires) with an MSc in Energy Policy (SPRU, University of Sussex). She also attended postgraduate courses on electric mobility and the precautionary principle for sustainability transitions. She will present her research on the policy processes that result in policy mixes for sustainability energy transitions and how they impact on the socio-technical changes (for more information, please see: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2020.02.003)

Daniela is now a policy specialist at Fundación Vida Silvestre Argentina and teaches energy and public policy in different universities. Previously she worked in the public sector and for other NGOs focusing on energy and agriculture policy and participatory processes.

Please e-mail Karen.Siegel@uni-muenster.de if you would like to participate in the seminar.

The IAMO Forum is an annual conference organized by the Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies. The 2021 edition of the conference will focus on how the transition to a bioeconomy may shape agrifood systems and affect global food and nutrition security. The conference will take place on 7-9 June 2021 and the deadline to submit abstracts is 24 January 2021.

Find out more here.

The International Consortium on Applied Bioeconomy Research (ICABR) has opened the call for abstracts for its 25th annual conference. The conference will take place from June 29 – July 2, 2021, in Ravelo, Italy. Its focus will be on the challenges and opportunities caused by COVID-19 for building a more sustainable and resilient bioeconomy.

Proposal for organized sessions, papers and posters should be submitted via the conference web-site. The deadline for submission has been extended to January 15^th, 2021. Submissions will be reviewed and information about acceptance circulated by January 30, 2021.

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The Global Bioeconomy Summit 2020 will open on Monday, November 16th. This year’s virtual meeting will start off with a series of three-day long workshops and follow-up with plenary sessions on the 19th and 20th of November, which will focus on innovations to achieve a sustainable bioeconomy.

The Center for Development Research (ZEF) is co-organizing two workshops. The first workshop will be held on November 18 and will focus on international policy instruments and governance of the bioeconomy and circular economy. The second will be a two-parts workshop, taking place on November 16 and 18, and it will address regional cooperation for innovative bioeconomy pathways to promote health and well-being.

Find out more information about the GBS 20202 here.