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April 28th, 14:00 CET

05.00-07.00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) 07.00-09.00 Central Standard Time 08.00-10.00 Eastern Standard Time (EST) 13.00-15.00 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) 14.00-16.00 Central European Time (CET) 20.00-22.00 China Standard Time (CST) 21.00-23.00 Japan Standard Time (JST)

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Roland Wohlgemuth (Lodz University of Technology); Alfredo Aguilar (ESAB); Jan Lucht (SKB, scienceindustries)
14:00	Biotechnologies for net-zero carbon: sustainability aspects for policy makers Dr. Jim Philp, Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation, OECD, Paris, France
14:30	Bioeconomy strategies for a sustainable future Roman Brenne, M. Sc., Policy Officer in the Bioeconomy & Food Systems Unit of the Directorate-General for Research & Innovation at the European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
15:00	Approaching Circularity with Wood and Biomass Residuals Prof. Dr. Orlando Rojas, Bioproducts Institute and Departments of Chemical & Biological Engineering \| Chemistry \| Wood Science, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
15:30	Innovation as a tool for developing Bioeconomy in Brazil Dr. Marcelo Moura, Instituto de Inovação, Unidade SENAI CETIQT Parque, Cidade Universitaria, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Under the Spotlight

BlueTools-Webinar on April 30
The Nagoya Protocol on ‘Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (ABS)’ represented a deep transformation on the discovery and use of new enzymes from nature since 2014. The recent COP16 decision to adopt the necessary arrangements for the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the use of DSI on genetic resources (see https://www.cbd.int/doc/decisions/cop-16/cop-16-dec-02-en.pdf) will undoubtedly impact academic and industrial research and innovation on microbiomes and biocatalysis, in which databases are often mined to find novel enzymes and biosynthetic pathways but also to develop computational tools.

This workshop seeks to inform researchers on microbiome and biocatalysis about the recent agreements regarding benefit sharing for DSI and features different academic and industrial stakeholders. The aim is to reflect on >10 years of ABS and on the expectations for the new paradigm around DSI.
21 April 2025
Webinars 2021-24 on the Digital Platform
ESAB Webinars from 2021 till now are finally available on the ESAB Digital Science and Technology Platform on the subscription basis. Choose between 30-Days- and 1-Year-Subscription.
26 November 2024

Latest news

Jobs & Positions
The new website area "Jobs & Positions" is online. These pages can only be accessed by the ESAB members. You are kindly invited to apply for ESAB Membership.
6 April 2023
ESAB Institutional Membership
Institutional membership has been established as a new membership category. Academic, governmental, research and other public Institutions as well as private companies based inside or outside Europe and whose activities are related to the field of applied biocatalysis, are welcome to apply for Institutional Membership.
24 February 2023