The programme is based on four theme areas of the World BioEconomy Forum. The programme will consist of presentations and high level panel discussions. The programme planning is under way in the Advisory Board.
The dress code for the event is business casual.
Day I
18 October 2021
Opening
Lunch
Get together dinner
State of Pará
Day II
19 October 2021
Lunch
Gala dinner
Annual awards
Day III
20 October 2021
Workshops
for in-person participants
Declaration of the Forum 2021
Lunch
Press conference
Day I – 18 October 2021
08:30
Opening ceremony
Jukka Kantola, Founder of the Word BioEconomy Forum
Helder Barbalho, Governor of the State of Pará
Marcello Brito, President of ABAG
José Carlos Fonseca, Executive Director, Ibá
Alexandra Moreira, ACTO Secretary-General
Gov. Flavio Dino, Governor of the state of Maranhão
Hamilton Mourão, Vice President of Brazil, Chairman of the National Council of Legal Amazonia
09:30
Coffee break
10:00
Introduction of the theme: The Bioeconomy: People, Planet, Policies
Overview on recent biostrategies worldwide by Dr Christian Patermann
Keynote speech: Bioeconomy in Brazil
Dr. Izabella Teixeira, Former Minister of Environment for Brazil
Keynote speech: Bioeconomy in the Amazon
Mercedes Bustamante
11:00
Panel 1 – Biostrategies worldwide
Moderated by Dr Christian Patermann
Panellists:
Dr. Arturo Luis Luna Tapia, ICGEB Liaison Officer, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Colombia
Ignasi Rodríguez Galindo, Responsible for External Relations, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food, Government of Catalonia
Julius Ecuru, Programme Manager, BioInnovate Africa
Nur Hygiawati Rahaya, Director of Forestry and Water Resource Conservation, Ministry of National Development Planning, Indonesia (BAPPENAS)
Marisa Lameiras da Silva, Adviser to the Minister of Environment and Climate Action, Portugal
12:30
Lunch
13:30
Introduction of the theme: Global Leaders and the Financial World
Hosted by Teresa Presas, Senior Advisor, World BioEconomy Forum
13:40
Keynote speech: Status of the global economy
Joaquim Vieira Ferreira Levy, Director of Economic Strategy and Relations with Markets of Banco Safra in Brazil
14:00
Panel 2: Sustainable Financing
Moderated by Michael Nettersheim
Panellists:
Gustavo Montezano, President of the Brazilian development bank BNDES
Mary Lystad, Global Sector Lead, Forest Products Investments
The International Financing Corporation IFC
Ana Yang, Executive Director, Hoffmann Centre at Chatham House
Sergio Rial, CEO Latin America, Santander
15:00
Coffee Break
15:30
Keynote speech: Role of leadership in the Bioeconomy
Onno van den Heuvel, Global Manager of UNDP’s Biodiversity Finance Initiative BIOFIN
15:50
Panel 3: CEO Panel
Moderated by Teresa Presas
Panellists:
Joachim Schönbeck, Board Member, Andritz
Cristiano Teixeira, CEO, Klabin
Celso Tacla, Area President South America, Valmet
Dr. Sara Boettiger, Head of Global Public Affairs, Science & Sustainability, Bayer Crop Science Division
Dr. João Paulo Brotto Gonçalves Ferreira, CEO, Natura
17:15
End of the day
19:00
Get together dinner with the Government of Pará (by invitation)
Day II – 19 October 2021
08:30
Wrap-up Day I / Introduction of the theme: Bioproducts around us
Teresa Presas, Senior Advisor, World BioEconomy Forum
08:45
Keynote speech: Building a sustainable and circular bioeconomy with forests and forests products: status and trends
Sven Walter, Team leader, Forest products and statistics, FAO
Keynote speech: Trillion Tree Campaign
Dr. Constantin Zohner, Lead Scientist, Crowther lab, ETH Zurich
09:15
Panel 4: Feedstocks & Services provided by bioeconomy
Moderated by Aida Greenbury, Co-founder, World BioEconomy Forum
Panellists
Grant Rosoman, Global Forests Solutions Senior Advisor, Greenpeace
Georg Buchholz, Program Manager, Forest and Climate Change Program (FORCLIME)
Dr. Robert Nasi, Director General, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
Hannu Hämäläinen, Sales Director, Chempolis
Dr. Joice Nunes Ferreira, Researcher of Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA), Brasília
Fernanda Mourão Arruda, Ateliê Xibé
10:30
Coffee break
11:00
Keynote speech: Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI)
Michael Carus, Founder and Managing Director, nova-Institute
Keynote speech: Status of bio-based plastics and materials
Hasso von Pogrell, Managing Director, European bioplastics
11:20
Panel 5: Bio-based alternatives for materials
Moderated by Ludo Diels
Case textiles
Bibiana Rubini, R&D&I Executive Manager, Suzano
Dr. Janne Poranen, CEO, Spinnova
Case consumer materials
Roberto Werneck, Technical expert, Open Innovation, Braskem
Nelleke van der Puil, Vice President of Materials, LEGO Group
Case Car Industry
Alper A. Kiziltas, Technical Expert, Ford Motor Company
12:30
Lunch
13:30
Introduction of the theme: Looking to the Future
Teresa Presas, Senior Advisor, World BioEconomy Forum
13:35
Keynote speech:
Dr. Nísia Trindade Lima, President, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), Ministry of Health, Brazil
13:50
Keynote speech:
Puyr Tembé
14:10
Panel 6: Tropical Bioeconomy in a Global Context
Moderated by Dr. Ricardo Abramovay
Panellists:
Valmir Ortega, Former State Secretary in Pará
Roberto Waack, Concertación for the Amazon, FSC
Tatiana Schor, Executive Secretary, Executive Secretariat for Science, Technology and Innovation Amazonas, Professor at the Federal University of the Amazon
Dr. Flora Tibazarwa, Program Director at Southern African Innovation Support Programme II
Dr. Gabriela Bianchi dos Santos, Mahá Biocosméticos
15:30
Coffee break
16:00
Keynote speech: Health and the Bioeconomy
Ahmed Fahmi, Programme Specialist, Chief of Section, UNESCO
16:10
Panel 7: Health and the Bioeconomy
Moderated by Mark Rudnicki, Professor of Practice, Forest Biomaterials, Michigan Technological University
Panellists:
Dr. Vivian Camacho, High Level Commissioner Alma Ata, PAHO, Peoples’ Health Bolivia (Bolivia)
Zulay Poggi, Researcher and university professor in the area of Innovation, Central University of Venezuela, Center for Development studies CENDES
Alison Mears, Co-Founder and Director Parsons Healthy Materials Lab
Dr. Yu Yuan, Executive Vice President of Association of Bio-industry Experts, Chengdu High Tech Zone
Dr. Lian Thomas, Scientist, University of Liverpool and the International Livestock Research Institute
17:30
Closing of the Day II
19:00
Day III – 20 October 2021
09:00
Wrap-up Day II
09:15
Workshops
for in-person participants
10:15
Presentations of the workshops
11:30
Conclusions and Declaration of the Forum 2021
12:30
Lunch
13:00
Press conference
The organizer reserves the right to amend the programme shown above.