Program
XXX EURAGRI Conference
“The bio-economy – challenges and implementation – the research organizations’ perspective”
NB! The conference language is English. The conference is free of charge.
Sunday, 25 September 2016
19:00 – 21:00 Welcome reception. Hotel Dorpat
Monday, 26 September 2016
Moderator: Professor David Arney, Estonian University of Life Sciences
08:30 – 09:00 Welcome coffee and registration
09:00 – 10:00 Welcoming words ('a 10 min)
Estonian University of Life Sciences - rector Mait Klaassen
Estonian Ministry of Rural Affairs - Mr Toomas Kevvai, Deputy Secretary General for Food Safety, Research and Development
Welcome address by the European Commission - Mr Thomas Arnold, DG Research & Innovation
Address Slovakian Presidency - Mrs Dana Peškovicova, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of the Slovak Republic
Welcome address by Pascal Bergeret, president of the EURAGRI
10:00 – 10:30 Keynote presentation
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
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 11:30 Reporting from EURAGRI workshops
11.00-11.15 Big data in agriculture: consequences for research and research organizations - Christian Huyghe, INRA
11.15-11.30 The human dimension in the bio-economy framework – applications with relevance for the broad field of agriculture - Uno Svedin, Stockholm University; Bettina Heimann EURAGRI
11.30 – 12.30 Panel: The bio-economy – new demands for research organizations in agro-food and life sciences sector
11.30-11.45 Teagasc Technology Foeresight 2035 Report - Gerry Boyle, Teagasc
11.45-12.00 Interdisciplinary in higher education for the bio-economy - Gerlinde van Vilsteren, Centre for bio-based Economy, University Wageningen
12.00-12.15 Research institutional restructuring - Markku Järvenpää, National Resources Institute, Finland
12.15-12.30 Reconciliation and trade-offs, productivity – ecosystem services - Hervé Guyomard, INRA
12.30-13.00 Panel discussion with the speakers
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 18:30 Field trip See left-hand menu for more details
20:00 Conference dinner in restaurant Atlantis
Tuesday, 27 September 2016
Moderator: Professor David Arney, Estonian University of Life Sciences
9:00 – 10:00 Keynote presentations
09.00-09.20 Experience in growing of woody biomass from plantations - R&D and practice - Mindaugas Šilininkas, R&D Euromediena
09.20-09.40 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
09.40-10.00 Untapping regional bioeconomy potentials with BERST toolkit – functionalities and limitations - Prof. Luka Juvančič, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, Myrna van Leeuwen, Wageningen Economic Research, Holland.
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee break
10:30 – 12:30 Parallel discussion groups
Technological development focusing on food production in bio-economy - Isabel Roldan-Ruiz (ILVO). Moderated by Christian Huyghe, INRA - Forestry building, board room (2A1)
Education for complex problem solving - Lone Krogh Kjær-Rasmuissen (Aalborg University). Moderated by Nilla Nilsdotter-Linde, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences - Main building, room 211
Research institutional restructuring - Moderated by Pascal Bergeret, IAMM - Forestry building, room 2A12
Productivity – environmental services - Angelika Wurbs (ZALF). Moderated by Gianluca Brunori, University of Pisa - Forestry building, room 2B27
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:00 Reports from the parallel discussion groups
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee break
15:30 – 16:00 Conference wrap-up and conclusions Ülle Jaakma, vice-rector of the Estonian University of Life Sciences and professor David Arney, conference moderator
16:00 Closing of the conference Pascal Bergeret, President of the EURAGRI