Biosolutions High Level Summit 2024

The purpose of the Biosolutions High Level Summit is to increase focus on the potentials of biosolutions within EU and among member states. The summit was established in 2023 with the aim of making the summit a recurring gathering point for stakeholders within the biosolutions sector.  

Event

Konference

Biosolutions High Level Summit 2024

Venteliste

30. okt. 2024 kl. 10.00-16.00

Please note that the program is subject to continuous update. Additional speakers and titles will be confirmed in due course.

The purpose of the Biosolutions High Level Summit is to increase focus on the potentials of biosolutions within EU and among member states. The summit was established in 2023 and with the aim of making the summit a recurring gathering point for stakeholders within the biosolutions sector.  

10.00 - 10.15

Welcome

10.00 - 10.15

Linea Søgaard-Lidell

Member of The Danish Parliament

Venstre, The Liberal Party of Denmark

Brian Mikkelsen

Adm. direktør

Dansk Erhverv

Sofie Carsten Nielsen

Director

European Biosolutions Coalition & Danish Industry
10.15 - 10.45

Visions for the biotech industry in the EU

10.15 - 10.45

Mads Krogsgaard Thomsen

CEO

Novo Nordisk Foundation

Morten Bødskov

Danish Minister for Industry, Business and Financial Affairs

Ministry of Industry, Business and Financial Affairs

Jacob Jensen

Danish Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries

Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries
10.45 - 11.30

Towards a sustainable transition of food & agri

10.45 - 11.30

Ester Baiget

CEO

Novonesis

Dr. Jennifer Cords

Member of the Management Board and International Head of Corporate Affairs

LIDL International

Hanne Søndergaard

EVP of Agriculture, Sustainability and Communications

Arla Foods
11.30 - 12.15

Panel discussion: Industrial policy in a changing world – the case of biosolutions

11.30 - 12.15

G S Krishnan

Hon. President

Association of Biotechnology Led Enterprises in India (ABLE)

Jakob Schmidt

Trade Commisioner

Embassy of Canada to the Kingdom of Denmark.

Ditte Brasso Sørensen

Think Tank Europe

Alan Leventhal

U.S. Ambassador to Denmark

Thomas Grosfeld

Director in VNO-NCW, Member of European Biosolutions Coalition

VNO-NCW
12.15 - 13.00

Lunch, display and network

12.15 - 13.00
13.00 - 13.35

Panel discussion: How to finance and scale biosolutions in the EU

13.00 - 13.35

Kim Jørgensen

Director General and EIB Permanent Representative

European Investment Bank

Dirk Carrez

Executive Director

Bio-based Industries Consortium

Sara Sande

Managing Director of the Green Transition Team

Export and Investment Fund of Denmark.
13.35 - 14.25

Mash-up: Biosolutions companies presents the solutions of today and the future – and the barriers

13.35 - 14.25

Camilla Fenneberg

CEO

EvodiaBio

Line Kloster Pedersen

CEO and Founder

Visibuilt

Ananda Scherner

CEO

Agrobiomics

Matthew D ORR

VP of Regulatory Affairs

Vestaron

Per Falholt

CSO

21st.Bio

Anna Handschuh

Gourmey

Kelly Mulder

Bon Vivant

Eleni Ntokou

Product Development and Sustainability Manager

Unibio
14.25 - 14.45

Coffee Break

14.25 - 14.45
14.45 - 15.45

Overcoming the barriers of biosolutions way to market in the EU

14.45 - 15.45

Blaz Kurnik

Head of Group Climate change impacts and adaptation

The European Environment Agency

Henrik Busch-Larsen

Founder and CEO

Algiecel

Stine Bosse

Member of the European Parliament,

The Moderates

Matthew Pickard

Head of Biologicals & Seedcare Europe

Syngenta

Jannie Vestergaard

Chairperson

Slow Food in the Nordic Countries
15.45 - 15.55

Looking ahead: EU 2025: Towards a sustainable future with solutions from nature

15.45 - 15.55

Bogusław Wijatyk

Director General

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
16.30 - 18.00

Reception at University of Copenhagen

16.30 - 18.00

David Dreyer Lassen

Prorector at University of Copenhagen

Rasmus Munk

Chef and founder of Alchemist and Spora CPH

David Zilber

Chef and Food Scientist (ex-Noma)

Novonesis