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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.
Opening
The Bioeconomy: People, Planet, Policies
Break
Corporate Leaders and the Financial World
Bioproducts around us
Break
Looking to the Future
Closing of the Forum 2023
Conclusion
Declaration 2023
Annual awards 2023
Times expressed in EST – Local time in Washington D.C.
08:30
Studio open – live from Washington D.C.!
Studio team opening for online audience
09:00
H.E. Mikko Hautala, Ambassador of Finland to the United States
Gregory Jaffe, Senior Advisor for Regulatory Affairs in the Office of the Secretary at USDA
Amanda Beal, Commissioner, State of Maine Department of Agriculture,
Conservation & Forestry
Timo Jaatinen, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment
Jukka Kantola, Founder of the Word BioEconomy Forum
09:30
Dr Rocio A Diaz-Chavez, Senior Research Fellow, Imperial College London, Advisory Board, World BioEconomy Forum
Dr Jim Philp, Policy analysist, OECD
Ulla Lainio, Commercial Counsellor, Embassy of Finland in Washington DC
Claire Hawkins, Director, Natural Resource Markets & Economic Development, Department of Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry, State of Maine
Shannon Lott, Natural Resources Deputy, Michigan Department of Natural Resources
09:50
Moderated by Dr Rocio A Diaz-Chavez, Senior Research Fellow, Imperial College London, Advisory Board, World BioEconomy Forum
Dr Kelly Seagraves, Senior Advisor in the U.S. Department of State’s Office of the Special Envoy for Critical and Emerging Technology
Dr Alka Sharma, Senior Adviser, Department of Biotechnology
Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt of India
Dr Silke Boger, Agricultural Counsellor at the Delegation of the European Union to the United States of America
Patrick Barret, Agricultural Inspector, Research Division, Bioeconomy, Agriculture Knowledge & Innovation Systems
11:00
11:25
Asko Hyttinen, Board member, World Bioeconomy Forum
Rafael Cayuela, Author & Corporate Chief Economist, EMEAI Strategy, Development Senior Director EMEAI, Sustainability Chair, Dow
Moderated by Asko Hyttinen, Board member, World Bioeconomy Forum
Mary Lystad, Global Sector Lead, Forest and Wood Products,
Manufacturing Agribusiness & Services Department, International Finance Corporation
Elisson Wright, Senior Environmental Finance Specialist at World Bank Group
Camillo Santa, Biodiversity & Natural Capital Specialist, Inter America Development Bank (IADB)
Paula Caballero, Regional Managing Director for Latin America, The Nature Concervancy
12:25
13:20
Ludo Diels, Prof. Emeritus at Antwerp University, senior advisor at VITO and portfolio manager of Processes4Planet
Andrea Hodgson, Program Scientist on the BioFutures Program, Schmidt Futures
13:40
Moderated by Merja Penttilä, Research professor, VTT Industrial Biotechnology
India Hook-Barnard, Executive Director, Engineering Biology Research Consortium, EBRC
Megan J. Palmer, Senior Director, Public Impact, Ginkgo Bioworks
M. Abdul Ali, Corporate Strategy & Business Development, DMC Biotechnologies
Chris Stowers, Senior Director, Biotechnology & Analysis, dsm-firmenich
14:50
15:15
Mark Pitts, Executive Director, Government & Industry Affairs at American Forest & Paper Association
Markus Melin, Research Manager at Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)
15:35
Moderated by Ludo Diels, Prof. Emeritus at Antwerp University, senior advisor at VITO and portfolio manager of Processes4Planet
Stefan Sundman, VP, Public Affairs at UPM
Mojgan Nejad, Associate Professor, Michigan State University
Lauri Lehtonen, SVP, Head of Innovation Biomaterials, Stora Enso
Jack Miller, Principal Consultant, Biobased Markets, Market-Intell LLC
Kelly Tiller, Founder & Chief Strategy Officer at Genera Energy Inc.
16:30
16:50
Mark Rudnicki, Professor of Practice Forest Biomaterials, Michigan Technological University
Flora Ismail Tibazarva, Board member, National Environment Council, Vice Chairperson, Biotechnology Society of Tanzania, Advisory Board, World BioEconomy Forum
17:00
Moderated by Mark Rudnicki
Lev Neretin, Environment Team Lead, Head of Environment and Social Management Unit, Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment (OCB) at FAO
Christine Lang, Co-Chair of the International Advisory Council on Global Bioeconomy (IACGB)
Gerard Ostheimer, Manager of the Clean Energy Ministerial Biofuture Campaign
Jukka Kantola, Founder and CEO at the World BioEconomy Forum
Sarah R Carter, Senior Fellow, Federation of American Scientists
18:00