Vilnius being the host city, the programme will follow Eastern European Summer Time (EEST).
The programme which brings together the community that enables the industry to deliver, including the researchers, policy makers, academia, regulators, global organisations and local leaders that build the framework for a sustainable society.
LBTA Scientific Symposium
‘Gene editing – from research to industry’
13:00 – 17:00 at the Life Science Center
EFIB´22 Pre-Forum Cocktail
18:30 – 20:30 in the Exhibition area of EFIB 2022
Pre-EFIB VIP Networking event
Invite-only
1-to-1 Partnering meetings
12:00 – 18:00
Morning sessions
Opening Plenary
Next generation economies: Industrial biotechnology for a sustainable society
09:00 – 10:15
Room Alfa
Welcome and keynote presentations
Chair
Welcome Address and Introduction
Tomas Andrejauskas, Lithuanian Biotechnology Association
Opening Video Statement
Virginijus Sinkevičius, European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries
Keynotes
Virginijus Šikšnys, Vilnius University
Kristin Schreiber, DG GROW, European Commission
Lithuanian Ministerial Address
Aušrinė Armonaitė, Minister of the Economy and Innovation of the Republic of Lithuania
10:15 – 10:45
Networking Break
10:45 – 12:00
Room Alfa
Video Statement
Thierry Breton, European Commissioner for Internal Market
Industry Keynote & Panel discussion
Industry Keynote
Panel
Rasmus von Gottberg, Genomatica
Tomas Andrejauskas, Lithuanian Biotechnology Association
12:00 – 13:00
Networking lunch
Afternoon sessions
13:00 – 14:30
Room Alfa
Food, Feed & Nutrition
Bio-based innovation for food system transformation
Chair
Friederike Grosse-Holz, Blue Horizon
Speakers
Seren Kell, Good Food Institute Europe
Jan van Schwamen, Formo
Wolfgang Gelbmann, EFSA
13:00 – 14:30
Room Zeta
Executive Roundtable
EuropaBio´s Executive Roundtable brings together Members and invited guests for a discussion on key recommendations to deliver a competitive bioeconomy, developed for the EFIB Vilnius Statement.
14:30 – 15:15
Networking break
15:15 – 16:45
Room Alfa
Session sponsor:
Bioprocesses & Technologies
Showcasing advances in manufacturing
Chair
Merja Penttilä, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
Speakers
Gerald Hofmann, Olon
Tiphaine Clément, Toulouse White Biotechnology
15:15 – 16:45
Room Lambda
Session sponsor:
Flavors & fragrances
Innovation and market for biotechnology alternatives
Chair
Filippo Giancarlo Martinelli, MAGFI
Speakers
Julio Boza, HTBA
17:00 – 18:00
Room Alfa
Start-up hour
Chair
Cindy Gerhardt, Planet B.io
Advisory panel
Friederike Grosse-Holz, Blue Horizon
Daniela Arruda Costa, Capricorn Partners
Pitching Companies
Jan Pieter van Tilburg, Nature’s Principles
Bernd Everaert, AmphiStar
Renaldas Urniezius, Cumulatis & Benas Kemėšis, Cumulatis
Wolfgang Sommeregger, Qubicon
Petri-Jaan Lahtvee, äio tech
EFIB´22 Networking Reception
19:00 – 22:00 at Vilnius Town Hall
(Organised walk from the Radisson Blu Lietuva to the Vilnius Town Hall at 18:30 or shuttle transfer from 18:50)
1-to-1 Partnering meetings
09:00 – 16:00
Morning sessions
09:00 – 10:15
Room Alfa
Sustainable Finance
Investing in innovation
Chair
Eivile Čipkutė, Lithuanian Banking Association
Speakers
Michael Brandkamp, European Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF)
Richard Kivel, GrayBella Capital
Friederike Grosse-Holz, Blue Horizon
Virginia Puzzolo, Circular Bio-Based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU)
09:00 – 10:15
Room Lambda
Sustainable Biomaterials
Perspectives on a circular plastics economy
Chair
Ludo Diels, VITO
Speakers
François de Bie, TotalEnergies Corbion
Alain Marty, Carbios & Anne Stenbæk, Novozymes
10:15 – 11:00
Networking Break
11:00 – 12:15
Room Alfa
Session sponsor:
Building blocks of the circular economy
Focus on feedstocks for the future
Chair
Harald Ruijssenaars, Corbion
Speakers
Zsófia Kádár, Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant
Christophe Luguel, Bioeconomy For Change
11:00 – 12:15
Room Zeta
EuropaBio SME BioForum
Driving the Green Transition
The SME BioForum brings together SMEs at EFIB to discuss key challenges for their successful growth and create recommendations for policy and regulation. The BioForum welcomes non-SME observers, subject to space.
Chair
Topic moderators
- Biomanufacturing: Tal Zeltzer, Phytolon
- Digital transition: Linda Dijkshoorn, EV Biotech
- Incentives for disruptive technologies: Miranda Lindsay-Fynn, Bio-Sep
12:15 – 13:30
Networking lunch
Afternoon plenary
13:30 – 15:00
Room Alfa
Outlook on biotechnology innovation and regulation
Chair
Annemiek Verkamman, HollandBIO
Presentation of EFIB Vilnius Statement & Biomanufacturing future
Panel debate with
Rob van der Meij, Capricorn Partners
Adrian Leip, DG RTD, European Commission
Nicoló Giacomuzzi-Moore, Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU)
Juozas Olekas, European Parliament
Handover to EFIB 2023 host
Closing reception in the Exhibition hall
15:00 – 16:00
