Building the Bioeconomy together
Lessons learned from the Green Deal and the way forward for European forestry and the forest-based ecosystem.
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15 November 2023, 09:00 – 11:15 CET
ACE events, Av. d’Auderghem 22, 1040 Brussels
The Finnish Forest Industries Federation, the Confederation of German Forest Owners‘ Associations (AGDW – Die Waldeigentümer), the French Forestry Cooperatives Organisation (UCFF), SITLiD (Polish Association of Foresters and Wood Technologies), the Association of the Austrian Wood Industries, FAM and the Swedish Future of Forestry would like to invite you to a bioeconomy seminar. The seminar will focus on how wood-based products and smart forestry management can contribute to making Europe a sustainable industrial leader and at the same time contributing to biodiversity, a circular economy and combating climate change.
Agenda
09.00 – 09.30 Registration and networking coffee
09.30 – 09.50 Introductory remarks
Marcus Wallenberg, Chair of FAM, Sweden
09.50 – 10.20 Session 1 – Forests – a key in the renewable economy
Paula Lehtomäki, CEO, Finnish Forest Industries
Torbjörn Haak, Coreper 1 Ambassador, Sweden
Pierre-Olivier Drège, Vice-President, UCFF, France
Franc Bogovič, Member of the European Parliament
10.20 – 10.50 Session 2 – The substitution effect in the renewable economy
Anne Sander, Member of the European Parliament
Franz Wirtenberger, Coreper 1 Ambassador, Austria
Dieter Lechner, Deputy MD, Holzindustrie, Austria
Gary Healy, Director, Coillte, Ireland
10.50 – 11.00 Q&A
11.00 – 11.15 Concluding remarks
Håkan Buskhe, CEO of FAM, Sweden
