Title: The bio-economy – challenges and implementation – the research organizations’ perspective

The XXX EURAGRI Conference was held 25-27 September 2015 in Tartu.

E-BOOK TARTU 2016:

BIOECONOMY CHALLENGES AND IMPLEMENTATION – THE EUROPEAN RESEARCH ORGANISATIONS’ PERSPECTIVE

• Introduction – Bioeconomy challenges and implementation: the European research organisations’ perspective
• Chapter 1 – Bioeconomy, food and nutrition security
• Chapter 2 – Education for complex problem solving
• Chapter 3 – Opportunities and challenges in implementing a bioeconomy strategy: the university perspective
• Chapter 4 – Innovative education for the biobased economy
• Chapter 5 – The role and impact of university research on the bioeconomy in Romania
• Chapter 6 – Restructuring research institutions in view of emerging trends in agricultural research and the bioeconomy
• Chapter 7 –  Unleashing regional bioeconomy potential: the BioEconomy Regional Strategy Toolkit
• Chapter 8 – Innovation and social sciences and humanities in agricultural research
• Conclusion

PROGRAMME:

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CONTRIBUTIONS:

• Welcome address by the European Commission – Mr Thomas Arnold, DG Research & Innovation
• Reflections on opportunities and challenges in implementing a bio-economy strategy – a life sciences university’s perspective – Ülle Jaakma, Vice-rector, Estonian University of Life Sciences
• Big data in agriculture: consequences for research and research organizations – Christian Huyghe, INRA
• Teagasc Technology Foeresight 2035 Report – Gerry Boyle, Teagasc
• Interdisciplinary in higher education for the bio-economy – Gerlinde van Vilsteren, Centre for bio-based Economy, University Wageningen
• Research institutional restructuring – Markku Järvenpää, National Resources Institute, Finland
• Reconciliation and trade-offs, productivity – ecosystem services – Hervé Guyomard, INRA
• Experience in growing of woody biomass from plantations – R&D and practice – Mindaugas Šilininkas, R&D Euromediena 
• The role and the impact of university research on the bio-economy – Prof. Dr. Cosmin Salasan, Banat University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine “King Michael I of Romania”, Faculty of Agricultural Management, Romania
• Untapping regional bioeconomy potentials with BERST toolkit – functionalities and limitations – Prof. Luka Juvančič, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, Myrna van Leeuwen, Wageningen Economic Research, Holland.

HOST

Estonian Ministry for Rural Affairs and the University of Life Sciences, Tartu

VENUE

Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu