Moderator: Niels Halberg, Director, Danish Center for Food and Agriculture, Aarhus University
| Tuesday 17 November 2020 | |
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| 15:00-15:05 | Welcome by MEPs Asger Christensen and Pernille Weiss |
| 15:05-15:15 | Opening speech: Jorge Pinto Antunes, Member of Cabinet, Commissioner for Agriculture |
| 15:15-15:25 | Key-note: The science behind the potentials of green biorefinery by Uffe Jørgensen, Head of Centre for Circular Bioeconomy, Aarhus University |
| 15:25-15:45 | The European potential – 2 cases: Turning underutilized grassland into valuable products by James Gaffey, Principal Investigator, Institute of Technology, Tralee Ireland Biorefining of grass will contribute to a sustainable rural development in Europe by Johan Sanders, Grassa, The Netherlands |
| 15:45-16:00 | Reflections from and questions to the Commission with Silke Boger from DG AGRI; Fabien Ramos from DG CLIMA; Tomasz Calikowski from DG RTD |
| 16:00-16:20 | Q&A to experts and Commission |
| 16:20-16:30 | Conclusion by MEP Pernille Weiss |
