GasFermTEC, EAS, and Metrosert organised the international event „Three Pillars of Circular Bioeconomy: Talent, R&D, and Technologies“

GasFermTEC, Enterprise Estonia’s Programme for applied research (EAS) and Metrosert’s Applied Research Division jointly organised the international event „Three Pillars of Circular Bioeconomy: Talent, R&D, and Technologies“ on the 12-13th of February 2024 in the Öpik Conference Centre in Tallinn, Estonia (see program below). The event started with the international conference “Sustainable feedstocks and technologies for circular bioeconomy” on the first day while the second day included the seminar “Educating, training, and recruiting talents for circular bioeconomy” and the workshop session “Commercialise and advance your R&D for circular bioeconomy”.

The conference focused on sustainable feedstocks and technologies in light of the ambitions of the Green Deal and activities in Estonia in establishing an applied research centre and supporting DeepTech innovations. Leading local and international expert scientists and industry representatives in biosustainability presented cutting-edge technologies and shared their experiences in developing technologies for circular bioeconomy within the three conference sessions “Bioprocessing and biomanufacturing using biomass feedstocks”, “Biomanufacturing from CO2”, and “Foods, materials, and beyond”. The seminar focused on another crucial aspect of circular bioeconomy – talents – and covered various aspects of current and future talents: educating and preparing talents through curricula, scientific projects, and industry doctorates; talent attraction strategies; start-up support environments; and need for talents for applied research centres. The workshop session aimed to advance the knowledge and skills of both starting and senior entrepreneurs, scientists, and policy makers in circular bioeconomy within the four workshops that focused on deep-tech commercialisation, sustainability reporting and management, innovation management, and novel food and food-contact material regulations in the EU.

Event schedule:
Day 1
Day 2