Charlie McConalogue, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine will give an overview on Irish policy developments and implementation in the bioeconomy area. In addition the author of an European Commission study will presents the results of this study on scenarios on how demand and supply for biobased chemicals and materials could grow to 2030, […]
The OECD Programme on the Circular Economy in Cities and Regions Policy Seminar on plans to discuss the policy recommendations and co-create an Action Plan on n the circular economy in Ireland. Why you should attend? ► To share your view on how Ireland can promote, facilitate and enable the circular economy ► To highlight […]
Building A New Biobased Value Chain: Learnings from industry and experts on developing new functional innovative ingredients from dairy side streams for pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, cosmetics and biodegradable packaging markets. In conjunction with Bioeconomy Ireland Week 2021, Munster Technological University and the Circular Bioeconomy Research Group present this INGREEN session where we explore the key learnings […]
European policy insights on valuable nutrients in the agri-food sector In conjunction with Bioeconomy Ireland Week 2021, BiOrbic Bioeconomy Research Centre is delighted to host this session with an expert from the European Sustainable Phosphorous Platform. This event will explore the policy landscape at the European level on valuable nutrients in the bioeconomy, and how […]
Teagasc’s Research Directorate was closely involved in the development of the National Bioeconomy Policy Statement, which was published in 2018. It continues to support the development of the bioeconomy though research grounded in science & technology as well as social science-based disciplines. This webinar gives a flavour of some current/recent research across different Teagasc research […]
Irish Rural Link are hosting this webinar as part of its delivery of RUBIZMO, an EU Horizon 2020 funded project in which IRL are one of 16 partners. RUBIZMO- Replicable Business Models for Modern Rural Economies - aims to identify the vital ingredients for developing entrepreneurship and successful business models across the sectors of food […]
Learnings on an all-Ireland level of how your domestic food and garden waste can be sustainably transformed into high value products Bringing the Bioeconomy Home: Learnings from experts on how food waste from your home and garden waste can be transformed to contribute to a valuable local circular economy and the fight against climate change. […]
The aim of this workshop is to engage stakeholders in a discussion about the use of biobased fertilisers and biopesticides in Irish agriculture. The workshop will feature short presentations from researchers working on testing the efficacy, environmental impact and economic feasibility of biobased products in barley growth. These researchers are part of the Department of […]
BiOrbic, in collaboration with Pint of Science, presents an evening of engaging talks that will give you a window into the latest 'bioeconomy' research! What's a bioeconomy? It's an economy that moves away from fossil fuels and instead relies on living organisms like microbes, plants and animals to provide the things we need - from […]
The Circular Bioeconomy Cluster South-West Cluster and AgriTech Ireland Cluster are coming together to host an online event to shine a light on companies and leaders who are harnessing technology and innovation to address complex sustainability challenges in agriculture and in tandem building innovative bio-based products, businesses and value chains. In Ireland, we know that […]
This event will showcase innovative companies who are producing biobased products. We’ll hear from Woolcool which produces packaging from sheep’s wool, Heaxafly which farm black solder flies, Celignis which will talk about the blue economy using seaweed and Meade Potato which have developed the first starch plant from waste potatoes. Commercialising a Natural Material […]
