The Science Year 2020 will focus on the bio-economy and therefore on a new and sustainable economy. In various lectures, a science slam and a panel discussion, experts from Germany and the Netherlands will address the question of the role of the plant-based bioeconomy in the process of a transition to a fossil-free economy. IAMO scientist Frans Hermanns, among others, will provide insights into current research.
Programme
Welcome
- Peter Vermeij | Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Nele Hermann Valente | Genius GmbH
Keynote speech
- Prof. Dr. Peter Westhoff | Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Political impulses
- Andrea Noske | Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
- Sascha Bollerman | Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality in the Netherlands
Insights into current research
- Prof. Dr. Andreas Weber | Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS)
- Dr. René Klein Lankhorst | Wageningen University & Research
- Dr. Frans Hermans | Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), ScienceCampus Halle – Plant-based Bioeconomy (WCH)
Prospects for the economy
- Dr. Grégoire Hummel | Phenospex
- Achim Raschka | Nova Institute
Slam and pulse
- Dr. Martin Becker | Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK-Gatersleben)
- Dr. Natalie Laibach | Progressive Agrarwende
Panel discussion: What would you like: Feed, food, fuel, fiber? - Research for a plant-based bioeconomy
- Dr. Rosalina Babourkova | Futurium
- Dr. Jon Falk | Saaten-Union Biotec
- Dr. Jens Freitag | Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK-Gatersleben)
- Kees de Vries | Member of the German Bundestag
Moderation: Nina Parzych, Genius GmbH
Please register by 28 February here.
SALON Global Agriculture "Impulses for the plant-based bioeconomy - focus on photosynthesis"
5 March 2020 | 09:00 - 13:00
Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Klosterstraße 50 | 10179 Berlin
