Ráðstefna um norrænt lífhagkerfi með áherslu á Ísland, Grænland og Færeyjar.

Ráðstefna verður haldin í Norræna húsinu 11. nóvember kl. 13:00 – 17:00. Ráðstefnan er styrkt af The Nordic Council of Ministers Arctic Co-operation Programme, NKJ (Nordic Joint Committee for Agricultural and Food Research) , AG-Fisk (Working Group for Fisheries Co-operation), SNS (Nordic Forest Research) and NordGen (the Nordic Genetic Resource Center),  og er hluti af verkefninu „Arctic bioeconomy“.

Ráðstefnan fer fram á ensku og er öllum opin.

Dagskrá

• 13:00 – 13:40
  Europe route to the Bioeconomy, challenges and perspectives for the Nordic Union -
  Dr.dr. Christian Patermann, keynote speaker
  
  
• 13:40 – 14:00
  Main results of Arctic Bioeconomy – lessons learned and the way forward -
  Sigrún Elsa Smáradóttir, Research Group Leader, Matís   
      
• 14:00– 14:15
  Trends in the Blue Bioeconomy: A Faroese Case Study -
  Dr. Unn Laksá, Research Project Manager, Syntesa
  
  
• 14:15 – 14:30
  Business opportunities and rural development in the Greenlandic Bioeconomy -
  Inunnguaq Hegelund, Chef at Hotel Arctic in Greenland
  
  
• 14:30 – 14:50
  Access to plant varieties in the Arctic agriculture -
  Dr. Svein Ø. Solberg, Senior Scientist, Nordic Genetic Resource Center
  
  
• 14:50 – 15:20
  Kaffihlé
  
  
• 15:20 – 15:40
  Bioeconomy in the Nordic countries, strategy, opportunities and needs - Dr. Lene Lange, professor, Department of Biotechnology and Chemistry, Aalborg University, Denmark
  
  
• 15:40 – 16:00
  European Bioeconomy - opportunities and challenges -
  Dr. Hörður G. Kristinsson, Director of Research, Matís
  
  
• 16:00 – 17:00  
  Panel umræður

Aðalfyrirlesarinn, dr. dr. Christian Patermann er fyrrverandi forstjóri DG Research European Commission, Biotechnology, Agriculture, Food Research og „faðir" lífhagkerfisins í Brussel. Einnig var hann starfandi í 1st German Bioeconomy Advisory Council.

Nánari upplýsingar veitir Sigrún Elsa Smáradóttir, fagstjóri hjá Matís.