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Towards a sustainable bioeconomy
Research • Educate • Connect
Towards a sustainable bioeconomy

8th International BioSC Symposium "Bioeconomy and sustainability"

with Christian Patermann Award for Benedikt Wynands

January 27-28, 2025 | LVR Landesmuseum Bonn | Colmantstr. 14-16, 53115 Bonn

The 8th International BioSC Symposium focused on how bio-based solutions can contribute to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Almost 200 participants from science, business and politics spent two exciting days at lectures, panel discussions and poster sessions. Thorsten Menne, Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia, opened the symposium and presented in the presence of the namesake the BioSC's Christian Patermann Award 2024 to Benedikt Wynands, Forschungszentrum Jülich, for his outstanding interdisciplinary supervision of doctoral theses on the bioeconomy. Fabian Kolodzy, RWTH Aachen University/DWI, as well as Berith Rothkranz and Lars Halle, both Forschungszentrum Jülich, were awarded the BioSC Poster Prize. The newly awarded PRACC Poster Prize for climate-relevant bioeconomy research went to Marcel Mann and Paul Cordero, both from RWTH Aachen University. The next BioSC Symposium will take place on November 24-25, 2025 in Bonn.

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AGENDA

Montag, 27. Januar 2025
12:00

Registration & Light Lunch
13:00

Opening Session

Moderation: Ulrich Schurr, Forschungszentrum Jülich / BioSC

Greetings from Ministry of Culture and Science NRW
Thorsten Menne, Research Funding and Research Policy, Ministry of Culture and Science of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Greetings from BioSC
Ulrich Schurr, Spokesperson Management Board BioSC
13:15

Christian Patermann Award 2024

13:30

Keynote Lecture

Moderation: Ulrich Schurr, Forschungszentrum Jülich / BioSC

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
14:15

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

Moderation: Ingar Janzik, BioSC

Feeding on landscapes - natural landscapes, naturalesque landscapes and humanscapes
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
15:30

Posters & Coffee
16:30

Moderation: Sandra Venghaus, RWTH Aachen University / BioSC

The role of bioeconomy for climate change mitigation and adaptation (cancelled due to illness)
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
17:30

Evening Lecture & Debate

II. Sustainability perspectives of the generations

Moderation: Ulrich Schurr, Forschungszentrum Jülich / BioSC

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
18:30

Networking Dinner

The poster exhibition is open all evening.

Dienstag, 28. Januar 2025
08:30

Welcome Coffee
09:00

Keynote Lecture

Moderation: Heike Slusarczyk, BioSC

Sustainable Development: International cooperation and contributions of bioeconomy
Adrian Leip, European Commission, DG R&I - Bioeconomy and Food Systems, Brussels
09:45

III. Natural human needs – Food supply and health

Moderation: Georg Groth, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf / BioSC

Tasty futures – Accelerating system change through food
Lee Greene, Food Horizons & Food Hub NRW e. V., Düsseldorf

Fermenting a Sustainable Future: The Role of Micro- and Precision Fermentation in Achieving Global Sustainability Goals (cancelled due to illness)
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
11:00

Posters & Coffee
12:15

IV. Beyond natural needs – Biomanufacturing and circular economy

Moderation: Dörte Rother, Forschungszentrum Jülich / BioSC

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

Integrated Bio-Process Development at the Center for Next Generation Processes and Products - Itaconic Acid Production as a Case Study
Katharina Saur, AVT - Process Engineering, RWTH Aachen University/ BioSC

Questions & Answers
13:30

Poster Awards
13:45

Closing Remarks
13:50

Farewell Lunch