Bioeconomy and business development – experiences from Chile and Finland

Based on the collaboration between 7 Chilean and Finnish universities there will be arranged 4 bioeconomy webinars. Aim of the webinars are to share the knowledge on bioeconomy and enable to create new collaboration between Chile and Finland. Collaboration can educational or RDI activities to name a few. This time webinar will concentrate on business development and especially on social economic view points on bioeconomy.

Programme

Time in Chile (Time in Finland)

09:00 (15:00) Opening words. Rosa Alzamora, Universidad de Concepción. 

09:10 (15:10) Nature based solutions and bioeconomy. Adrián Rodríguez, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. 

09:30 (15:30) Sustainability transition in forest bioeconomy. Katri Rusanen, University of Eastern Finland.

09:50 (15:50) Bioeconomy and circularity for the agri-food sector in the south of Chile. Anibal Concha, Universidad Austral de Chile.

10:10 (16:10) A bio-based entrepreneurship. Claudia Godoy, BIORIGEN.

10:30 (16:30) Generating business environment for bioeconomy. Harri Auvinen, Savonia University of Applied Sciences.

10:50 (16:50) Closing words. Francisco García, Universidad Austral de Chile.

 All registered will receive the participation link on 26.9. to the Zoom webinar.

For further information, please contact Piritta Torssonen, email piritta.torssonen@uef.fi.