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One and a half days full of dialogue, inspiration and networking around the regional bioeconomy. In our review you will find impressions, voices and the highlight clip - take a look now!

From laboratory product to drugstore shelf: Dr Wagner-Solbach, Managing Director of Sanomol GmbH, talks about the challenges and successes of scaling up bio-based products - from spider silk to indigoidine. With over 35 years of experience, he supports start-ups on the path from idea to market maturity. Read how “Sourcing - Scaling - Selling” is becoming a formula for success in the bioeconomy.

In this interview, Prof. Dr Stefanie Heiden from the Institute for Innovation Research, Technology Management and Entrepreneurship at Leibniz Universität Hannover talks about the growing importance of biologisation in business. As an expert in the field of industry-related training at TransBIB, she explains how companies can benefit from biological principles.

Separation processes are a key factor for the competitiveness of the bioeconomy - as Arne Gröngröft, Head of the Separation Processes and Process Simulation Working Group at the DBFZ Leipzig, emphasises in this interview. He provides insights into current projects, the importance of simulation techniques and international networking in IEA Bioenergy Task 42. An exciting conversation about technology, knowledge transfer and teamwork in the bio-based economy.

Lee Greene is a driver of transformation in the food system @Food Horizons. She has been driving the transformation of the food system for almost 20 years, with her own start-ups, as a consultant and sparring partner for companies, and as an enabler of start-ups.

Do you want to master real challenges and use your knowledge to have a positive impact on the bioeconomy? Our bioeconomy challenge will give you the chance.