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Innovating towards resource efficiency, jobs and growth The challenges and opportunities of creating an EU circular bioeconomy A European Parliament stakeholder event

The challenges and opportunities of creating an EU circular bioeconomy • Welcome : Sjerp VAN DER VAART , Head of the Information Office of the European Parliament • Moderation : Christian PATERMANN , former director DG RTD Biotechnology

The challenges and opportunities of creating an EU circular bioeconomy Keynote speech : John BELL , Director of Bioeconomy, • DG RTD, European Commission

The challenges and opportunities of creating an EU circular bioeconomy Panel - Environmental opportunities and challenges in developing a post- petroleum economy • Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI , MEP S&D (ITRE committee) • Cathy PLASMAN , Secretary General Bio.be / Essenscia • Joan Marc SIMON , Director, Zero Waste Europe • Pekka PESONEN , Secretary General COPA/COGECA

The challenges and opportunities of creating an EU circular bioeconomy Panel - Market creation and investment opportunities Lambert VAN NISTELROOIJ , MEP EPP (REGI • committee) Dirk CARREZ , Executive Director Bio-based • Industries Consortium (BIC) Monika SORMANN , Economy, Science and • Innovation Vlaanderen

The challenges and opportunities of creating an EU circular bioeconomy Panel - Policy coherence Nils TORVALDS , MEP ALDE (ENVI committee) • Nathalie MOLL , Secretary General EuropaBio • Harmen WILLEMSE , NEN, Netherlands • Standardization Institute Philippe MENGAL, Executive Director Bio-based • Joint Undertaking

Nils Torvalds, MEP

The challenges and opportunities of creating an EU circular bioeconomy Signing of the BIC Vanguard Memorandum of Understanding • Gianni FAVA , regional Minister for Agriculture for Lombardy Region • Ron VAN DER HELM, deputy Secretary General Province of Zuid-Holland • Dirk CARREZ , BIC

The challenges and opportunities of creating an EU circular bioeconomy Closing remarks • Markku MARKKULA , President of the Committee of the Regions

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Thank you. results of this event will be posted on www.europarl.be (a link will be sent to all participants) for more information : rafael.deroo@europarl.europa.eu