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Last year's Agenda

From 9:30 a.m. Arrival & registration


10:00 a.m. Welcome by RootCamp (Dr. Philipp Rittershaus) and Rentenbank (Nikola Steinbock)
Moderator: Anna Handschuh (Future Affairs Consulting)

10:30 a.m. Industria quo vadis?
Bioeconomy in the context of the transformation to sustainability
Keynote speech & panel moderation: Prof. Dr. Stefanie Heiden (ITE, Leibniz University)
Panelists: Nikola Steinbock (Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank), Benedikt Hüppe (Unternehmerverbände Niedersachsen), Mathias Hübner (K+S), Dr. Zee-Won Sur (KWS), Dr. Fabian Fischer (VW)

11:30 a.m. Welcome & Keynote
Lower Saxony Minister of Economic Affairs: Grant Hendrik Tonne

11:45 Networking break with start-up exhibition and lunch

12:45 Welcome address & keynote speech
Mayor of the City of Hanover: Belit Onay

13:00 Presentation of results & project introduction Bioeconomy Deep Dives

13:15 Could it be a little more?
Drivers of demand for bio-based resources through industry and rising consumption
Keynote speech: Dr. Christian Janze (Ernst & Young)
Panelists: Dr. Philipp Rittershaus (RootCamp), Dr. Christian Klar (BioökonomieREVIER), Lisa Heinemann (Welthungerhilfe), Dr. Stefan Schwarz (KWS)

2:15 p.m. Networking break

2:45 p.m. Will we all stay fed?
Potential for increasing primary production and optimizing resource efficiency
Keynote speaker: Dr. Wilhelm Klümper (Agora Agrar)
Panelists: Dr. Evelyn Reinmuth (University of Hohenheim), Dr. Lothar Hövelmann (DLG), Gerald Dohme (German Farmers' Association), Andre Heilemann (Emslandstärke), Lasse Ehlers (GEA)

3:45 p.m. Breakouts “Bioeconomy everyday”
My house, my car, my bread – case studies on monetizing technology-driven sustainability potential – organized by Niedersachsen.next

4:45 p.m. Closing, official end of the event

ab 17:00 Fingerfood & Networking