AGENDA

Montag, 27. Januar 2025

Registration & Light Lunch

Welcome

Greetings from Ministry for Culture and Sciences NRW
Thorsten Menne, Forschungsförderung und Forschungspolitik, MKW NRW

Greetings from BioSC
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Christian Patermann Award 2024

13:30

Keynote Lecture

Accelerating the implementation of the SDGs in a (geo)politicized world: What role for Germany and Europe?
Axel Berger, German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), Bonn

I. What nature provides and humans create - Natural and man-made ecosystems

Feeding on diversity - useful plants and plant uses
Maximilian Weigend, Bonn Institute of Organismic Biology (BIOB) and Botanical Gardens, University of Bonn

Plant nutrition for sustainable plant production
Stanislav Kopriva, Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Cologne

Bio-based approaches for plant health
Sylvia Schleker, INRES - Molecular Phytomedicine, University of Bonn/ BioSC

Questions & Answers

Posters & Coffee

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Daniela Jacob, Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS), Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Hamburg

Integrated life cycle sustainability assessment as support for the development of sustainable bio-based products
Nils Rettenmaier, ifeu-Institut für Energie- und Umweltforschung, Heidelberg

Questions & Answers

Evening Lecture & Debate

II. Sustainability perspectives of the generations

The PRACC project: Practical Challenges of Climate Change - Intergenerational Justice and Freedom
Dirk Lanzerath, German Reference Centre for Ethics in the Life Sciences (DRZE), Bonn

Debate: Controversial sustainability perspectives of the generations

   Dirk Lanzerath, German Reference Centre for Ethics in the Life Sciences (DRZE), Bonn

   Sandra Venghaus, Decision Analysis and Socio-economic Assessment, RWTH Aachen/ BioSC

   Anna von Mikecz, Member Bioeconomy Council NRW, Vice Chair Nabu NRW, Düsseldorf

   Linda Lütkes, Office Bioeconomy Council NRW, Düsseldorf

Networking Dinner

The poster exhibition is open all evening.

Dienstag, 28. Januar 2025

Welcome Coffee

Keynote Lecture

Sustainable Development: International cooperation and contributions of bioeconomy
Adrian Leip, European Commission, DG R&I - Bioeconomy and Food Systems, Brussels

III. Natural human needs – Food supply and health

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Lee Greene, Food Hub NRW e. V., Düsseldorf

Fermenting a Sustainable Future: The Role of Micro- and Precision Fermentation in Achieving Global Sustainability Goals
Maria Scharfe, Formo, Berlin

From Innovation to Acceptance: Shelf Life-Extending Technologies to Combat Food Waste
Jeanette Klink-Lehmann, Institute for Food and Resource Economics, University of Bonn/ BioSC
& Florian Bourdeaux, Institute of Biotechnology, RWTH Aachen University/ BioSC

Questions & Answers

Posters & Coffee

IV. Beyond natural needs – Biomanufacturing and circular economy

Driving Bioeconomy Forward: From Biorefineries to Biomanufacturing
Michel Mangion, Bioeconomy for Change Network, France

The Jülich Biofoundry – Accelerated development of tailor-made biocatalysts and bioprocesses
Stephan Noack, IBG-1 Biotechnology, Forschungszentrum Jülich/ BioSC

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Katharina Saur, AVT - Process Engineering, RWTH Aachen University/ BioSC

Questions & Answers

Poster Awards

Closing Remarks

Farewell Lunch