Academic global collaboration in the bioeconomy

In this session we will explore how universities can enhance global collaboration in the bioeconomy and sustainability field to reach the SDG's faster, and will build upon the key outcomes of the GBS2024 workshop in Nairobi, Kenya, and provide a platform for discussing innovative strategies to foster international partnerships in education, research, and innovation. 

The European Bioeconomy University tackles this enormous challenge by educating a new generation of truly European experts, fostering rigorous, relevant and responsible research, and transferring knowledge into society and the economy. The European Bioeconomy University is an alliance of the eight leading European universities in this field. It will act not only as a think tank for knowledge generation, but also as a creative hub for knowledge transfer to transform diversity into creativity, support the European approach of democratic, transparent and participative processes and foster actual change in an innovative sustainable approach. The alliance is currently being chaired by UEF until 2027.

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Agenda

Tentative agenda Event Time zone (America/New York)

On site venue/Time EDT (Scandinavia House, 58 Park Ave, New York, NY 10016, USA)

9:00 - 10:00 Welcome coffee and pre-meeting networking

10:00 - 10:10 Introduction presentation Nataša Lovrić & Denis Dobrynin

10:10 - 11:10 

Elspeth MacRae, IACGB

Lucía Pittaluga, Latin American University Bioeconomy Network

Grant Edwards, Lincoln University, New Zealand

Thomas Rewe, African Bioeconomy University

Herrick Fox, North American Bioeconomy

Orachos Napasintuwong, Asian Bioeconomy

11:10 - 12:00 Roundtable discussion & Conclusions (Nataša Lovrić)

12:00 - 13:00 Networking lunch (on site)