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The Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania, as co-coordinator of the Policy Area Bioeconomy under EU Strategy of the Baltic Sea Region and Nordregio invites to the Conference on the progress and possibilities of ‘industrial symbiosis’ across the Baltic Sea Region (BSR) in their transition towards biobased economy.
The aim is to create analytical clarity between the aims (sustainability, green economy, circular economy) and the means (valorisation, industrial symbiosis). After clarifying concepts, presentations will illustrate how ‘industrial symbiosis’ can be a useful concept and model to accelerate the transition towards the green and bioeconomy. You will learn about the practical steps needed to facilitate collaboration between industries, induce value creation along supply chains, and overcome potential challenges. Additionally, you will also gain insights from the practical experiences of businesses and public actors in the BSR who are engaged in industrial symbiosis activities.
This seminar is open to public authorities, business representatives, academics, or anyone who is keen to explore how industrial symbiosis can facilitate the transition to a circular economy.
Programme:
Moderator: Marius Jokubaitis
- Opening Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania (5 min)
- What is (bio) industrial symbiosis and how can it contribute to circular economy? – breaking down concepts – Alberto Giacometti, Senior Research Advisor, Nordregio, Sweden (5 mins)
- Research perspective: Status quo of industrial symbiosis in the BSR, key lessons, enablers and challenges – Alberto Giacometti, Maija Kāle, Anna Berlina, Nordregio, Sweden (20 min)
- Shaping Lithuania’s secondary raw materials system: the role of industrial symbiosis – Teresė Škutaitė, Head of GreenTech Hub, Innovation Agency Lithuania (10 min)
- Stimulating innovative solutions for industrial symbiosis in the BSR – Bioboosters experience – Lina Stanionytė, International project coordinator of Sunrise Tech Park, Lithuania (10 min)
Coffee break (30 min) - Industrial symbiosis: practical cases and experiences
- Sotenäs Symbiosis Centre, Sweden, Stina Gotlieb, Sweden (online) (10 min)
- JSC “Balticovo”, Toms Auškāps, Director of Communications and Development, Board Member (online) (10 min)
- Kemi-Tornio, Janne Rautio, Project Manager, Digipolis Technology Park and Circular Economy Centre in Kemi, Finland, (10 min)
- Sinergia – Platform for industrial symbiosis, Vanda Rogovska and Laura Kristiāna Vičmane, Project Managers at Sinergia, Latvia (10 min)
- Panel discussion on development of bio-industrial symbioses (50 min.)
- Wrap-up – summarizing learnings (5 min)
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