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World BioEconomy Forum goes to Brazil – live from Belém!
18–20 October 2021
The World BioEconomy Forum is a global platform for circular bioeconomy stakeholders to share ideas and promote bio-based solutions. We are fully committed to sustainability across the board and believe that climate change is real. As there is no one-size-fits-all bioeconomy, we have created a new tool to evaluate the status of the circular bioeconomy – the Four-Pillar Structure. We use the Four-Pillar Structure at all our events and activities to analyze and highlight the current status of the circular bioeconomy. Using this tool we are able to derive actions to facilitate a circular bioeconomy, to endorse sustainability and to mitigate climate change. You can find out more about our mission and the Four-Pillar Structure by viewing the recording of our latest press conference below.
Forum 2021
World BioEconomy Forum goes to Brazil – live from Belém!
Live from Belém 18–20 October 2021
There is no one-size-fits all bioeconomy, but several bioeconomies based on their own strengths. That is one of the key reasons we will be heading to Brazil for the World BioEconomy Forum 2021. The Forum will be held in Belém, the capital of the state of Pará. The location is at the mouth of the Amazon River – again at the heart of a particularly important ecosystem. The World BioEconomy Forum would like to present Belém and the state of Pará as a real hot spot of the circular bioeconomy in 2021, and share its narrative with the global circular bioeconomy society. Walking the talk – we can learn from Brazil and the Amazon region at the same time as sharing our lessons from the other parts of the world.
The Forum is co-hosted by the state of Pará with partners the Brazilian Agribusiness Association (ABAG) and The Brazilian Tree Industry (Ibá). Together we will offer an unmissable event.
To jump into the themes of the event, take a look at the video below to hear what was said about the bioeconomy and the Amazon at our latest Roundtable discussion!
Programme
Day I
18 October 2021
The Bioeconomy: People, Planet, Policies
Lunch
Global Leaders and Financial World
Get together dinner
Hosted by the State of Pará
Day II
19 October 2021
Bioproducts around us
Lunch
Looking to the Future
Gala dinner
Annual awards
Day III
20 October 2021
Workshops
for in-person participants
Declaration of the Forum 2021
Lunch
Press conference
Latest speakers published
Zulay Poggi
Professor in Innovation, Universidad Central de Venezuela
Roberto Werneck
Technical expert, Open Innovation, Braskem
Dr. Gabriela Bianchi dos Santos
Researcher and lecturer at the Federal University of Western Pará (Ufopa), Co-founder of Mahá Bicosmetics
As always, the programme will end with the joint declaration
The World Bioeconomy Forum 2021 will be a hybrid event. We all are looking forward to the time when the pandemic no longer effects our hugely popular onsite event, but in the meantime we are also making preparations for an online event which will still come to you live from Belém.
You are warmly welcome to Belém, Brazil! Onsite or online – we will be live and the Forum will take place as usual.
The Launch Event was held jointly in Belém, Brazil and Helsinki, Finland. In the event the organiser, host and partners deliver their greetings, followed by prestigious keynote speakers from Brazil including Nobel Laureate Dr. Carlos Nobre.
Host 2021
The State of Pará
Pará has 144 municipalities, with a population of 8.6 million inhabitants (IBGE, 2018) distributed over an area of more than 1,245,870.798 km². The State stands out as the largest consumer market and the largest economy in the Amazon and the northern region of Brazil, contributing 2.2% of the national GDP and 43.5% of the GDP of the Northern Region, results that position the Pará economy as the 12th largest economy in Brazil.
www.pa.gov.br
Official partners
ABAG
ABAG (Brazilian Association of Agribusiness) was founded in 1993 with the purpose of helping Brazilian agribusiness in the process of sustainable development, engaging the sector and stakeholders of the industry both in Brazil and abroad.
The association plays an important role promoting and strengthening the agro industrial system and its relationships with governments, private sector, class entities and education institutions.
ABAG is the only association that congregates all the players of the segment, from the field to the industry, distribution and services. With 100 associate members and a strong presence in the agribusiness events calendar, ABAG also provides information through lectures, interviews, debates, forums, conferences, workshops and fairs, all so crucial when it comes to promoting the development of the market and of our professionals.
www.abag.com.br
Ibá
The Brazilian Tree Industry (Ibá) is the association responsible for institutionally representing the planted tree production chain, from the fields to the factory, with its main stakeholders.
With its prominent position in the development of a low-carbon economy, the forest-based sector is notable for its high productivity, high investments in technology and innovation, best practices for forest management, social responsibility, and modern production facilities. This industry is economically very significant, accounting for 1.2% of Brazilian GDP and gross revenues of R$ 97.4 billion; it is looking to the future, investing in research to develop products that are in line with the bioeconomy.
www.iba.org