Symbiosis in Action: Scaling Bio-based Business Models Across Europe

SYMBIO-SYMBA Final Conference AGENDA 8:30–9:00 | Registration & welcome coffee 9:00–9:15 | Opening Session: Joint Perspectives on Advancing Industrial Symbiosis • Welcome and opening remarks • Motivation and expected impact of the joint SYMBIO–SYMBA Final Event • Complementarity of the two projects and opportunities for joint exploitation SYMBIO Coordinator: Ilaria Re – LGCA SYMBA Coordinator: Antonietta Pizza – ENCO 9:15–9:40 | Joint Policy Session • Industrial Symbiosis Policy Overview • SYMBA policy brief – applying the SYMBA methodology towards a full-scale and sustainable bio-based economy • SYMBIO policy recommendations – regional replication and policy uptake • Q&A session Moderator: Ilaria Re – LGCA Presenters: Mafalda Quintas – EC/REA Valentina Oquendo Di Cosola – Climate-KIC Erica Locatelli – ICLEI Antonia Zerobin – ANRI 9:40–11:10 | Delivering Industrial Symbiosis: SYMBA and SYMBIO Results and Achievements SYMBA results • SYMBA approach: a structured framework for identifying and implementing symbiosis opportunities • Consumer perceptions and acceptance of circular bio-based products • SYMBA Evaluation Model • Training materials • Q&A session Moderator: Antonietta Pizza – ENCO Presenters: Gonzalez Monjardin and Lucia Jimena – CETAQUA Mirko Busto – ENCO Antonio Ordovás Carreras – AIMPLAS Hector David Leiva Ñaupa – CIRCE SYMBIO results • Regional Data Hub across 12 EU regions • Shaping value chains through VCG.AI Platform • Building 10 industrial symbiosis business models • The industrial symbiosis economic, environmental and social impacts • Q&A session Presenters: Maria Elena Saija – LGCA Miha Skrokov – ANTEJA Antonia Zerobin – ANRI Rafael Castillo Barrero – FCTA Katie Beverley – CMU 11:10–11:30 | Coffee break 11:30–12:00 | Beyond the Projects: Building Impact through Collaboration and Key Exploitable Results • Collaboration with sister projects and EU initiatives • Identifying and promoting the Key Exploitable Results (KERs) • CCRI initiative and opportunities to join its network – TBC • Q&A session Moderator: Ellen Gale – Climate-KIC Presenters: Dr. Simone Wurster – Fraunhofer ISI / RISERS project Ilaria Re – Vanguard Initiative Speaker CCRI TBC 12:00–12:20 | SYMBA & SYMBIO Awards Recognition of the regions and stakeholders that supported the implementation of the two projects. SYMBA Coordinator: Antonietta Pizza – ENCO SYMBIO Coordinator: Ilaria Re – LGCA 12:20–12:30 | Closing Remarks & Call to Action EC Project Officer – REA/B/03 12:30–14:00 | Light Lunch & Networking