This workshop aims at creating a community of researchers that study and develop algae as vehicles for sustainable nutrient recycling and water reuse in agriculture. Algae can accumulate large amounts of nutrients, e.g. phosphate or nitrate, from wastewater and at the same time also clean the water, thereby making a game changing difference to the sustainability of human food production.

The workshop consists of a mini-conference on September 6, 2018, and a match-making event on September 7, 2018 which will facilitate creation or development of project consortia.

More information, agenda & registration: www.biosc.de/workshop/npc_storage

Plants are a major resource for sustainable bioeconomy. They provide food, feed, and fiber to a growing world population and ensure the renewable energy supply. In the frame of the 4^th BioSC Spotlight, external guests and BioSC members will present their research activities aimed at contributing to sustainable agriculture by securing crop yield and quality while reducing fertilizer and pesticide use. The event will bring together experts of academia and industry in different disciplines, accelerate the identification of fruitful research fields for further collaboration, establish a network to analyze value chains, and explore opportunities for future dissemination activities.

More information will soon be available here: www.biosc.de/Spotlight_PlantPerformance_en

After two successful  NRW-wide PhD days on “Future Bioeconomy” the place and date of the third are fixed now: 31^st of October in Düsseldorf. The focus of this event is the perception and description of the bioeconomy aspect in the industry. Representatives  of bioeconomy-oriented companies will present their definition and perspective of bioeconomy in plenary talks. Moreover the PhD students will have the chance to discuss these topics with the industry representatives in a world-café format.

More information will soon be available here: www.biosc.de/PHD_Day

The BioSC Forum 2018 takes place on November 12 in the conference hotel of Gustav-Stresemann Institute in Bonn. All projects funded in the frame of the NRW Strategy Project BioSC in 2018 will be presented.

Call for contributions: The Core Groups also have the opportunity to present their bioeconomy activities beyond the NRW Strategy Project. These can be funding proposals, but also patents, excellence initiative proposals or infrastructures. Activities arisen from the BioSC competence network or relying on it will be preferred. There are 15 min for each contribution including questions.

If you are interested in presenting your bioeconomy-related activities beyond the NRW Strategy Project, you are invited to send an informal proposal to biosc@fz-juelich.de until September 16, 2018. The proposals will be handed over to the BioSC executive board that will select contributions until October 8, 2018.

More information, agenda & registration: www.biosc.de/biosc_forum_2018_en

Meeting the Grand Societal Challenges and successfully implementing a sustainable bioeconomy requires the contribution of various stakeholders and research disciplines. Basic, applied and industry-oriented research including the natural, agricultural, engineering and economic sciences have to be bundled into a systemic integrative approach. At the 3rd International BioSC Symposium, experts from academia and industry discuss recent results and new developments for a sustainable bioeconomy from different points of view.

External guests and BioSC members present their interdisciplinary projects in the following sessions and complementary poster presentations:

Session I: Socioeconomic Perspectives within a Sustainable Bioeconomy

Session II: Innovations for Plant Production and Resource Management

Session III: Green Value Chains ‐ Processes and Products from Biomass

The Call for Poster Abstracts is open! www.biosc.de/Poster_Call_2018

More information, agenda & registration: https://www.biosc.de/symposium_2018