Europe’s bioeconomy: building the next generation of industrial leadership

This high-level session will open the forum by outlining how industrial bio-based innovation contributes to Europe’s broader competitiveness objectives. Speakers will reflect on the current geopolitical and policy context, including the forthcoming EU Bioeconomy Strategy. The session will also focus on future outlook, the importance of industrial ecosystems and the role of the public-private partnership in scaling up and delivering solutions that benefit citizens, regions and all actors in the value chain

From lab to fab: enabling scale up of bio-based innovations

This session will focus on the critical transition from research in the laboratory to industrial-scale demonstration. It will explore the technical, regulatory and systemic conditions that must be in place to allow promising bio-based solutions to reach first-of-its-kind industrial scale demonstration. CBE JU-funded projects will illustrate how the partnership has supported scale -up and deployment of innovations and what is needed to accelerate this progress.

From demonstration to market uptake: enabling replication and full-scale commercialisation

Building on real-world experiences, this session will examine how bio-based industrial actors move from industrial demonstration to full-scale commercialisation. It will address challenges linked to access to finance, market uptake and long-term investment predictability. The discussion will highlight practical solutions that can enable the European Union to strengthen its position as a leader in sustainable industrial transformation.

CBE JU role in the new EU bioeconomy vision: what is needed to boost Europe’s competitiveness?

This final session will bring together perspectives on how to better support the Europe’s bio-based sector in the current challenging global context. Building on the day’s discussions, from moving innovation beyond the lab to securing financing and creating the right conditions for market uptake, it will look at how existing tools can work better together, where gaps still remain, and what support should be considered.

It will also reflect on how the Joint Undertaking can continue playing a key role in strengthening Europe’s industrial base, driving sustainable innovation and supporting the implementation of the upcoming bioeconomy framework.