On behalf of the Star-COLIBRI FP7 project on biorefineries, we would like to invite you to our 2-day European Expert Forum Conference, taking place in Budapest on 12-13 April 2011 - in the framework of the Hungarian Presidency of the European Union - to highlight the importance of biorefinery research and cooperation.
This event will give you the chance to network with stakeholders from industry, research and policy sectors. The conference will also give you with the opportunity of providing input to the Joint European Biorefinery Vision for 2030 and help shape the Joint European Strategic Research Roadmap 2020 for Biorefineries. These two major policy documents will be presented at a high-level policy conference on biorefineries in Brussels in October 2011.
Who: Biorefinery experts, scientists, industry representatives, policymakers
What: 2-day conference on biorefineries, covering the whole value-chain from biomass to end products.
When: 12-13 April 2011
Where: Budapest, Radisson Blu Béke Hotel
Conference highlights:
- Find new opportunities for project-to-project research cooperation
- Participate in the discussion to draw up a Joint European Research Roadmap for biorefineries
- Discover how new forms of collaboration, together with greater transparency, can strengthen the European biorefinery sector
- Learn more about Public-Private Partnerships and initiatives in R&D and Innovation
- Learn about our Vision for an integrated biorefinery sector by 2030.
Please confirm your participation by 1 April using the online registration form at: http://www.star-colibri.eu/events/
If you wish to stay at the Radisson Blu Béke Hotel, please fill in the hotel room booking form.
Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Jasmiina Laurmaa (j.laurmaa(at)europabio.org).
We are looking forward to welcoming you to Budapest.
Star-COLIBRI project partners
Star-COLIBRI is a partnership between five European Technology Platforms and five prominent research organisations: the aim of Star-COLIBRI is to facilitate information exchange, industrial exploitation of research results and to promote coordination in the area of future biorefinery-related research.