Tuesday 12 March, 2024
| What Drives Commercialisation? | |
| Mary Coughlan (Master of Ceremonies) | |
| 10.00 | Welcome, Percy Foster |
| 10.05 | Minister Address: |
| 10.20 | Global Perspective on the Bioeconomy Juka Kantola, Founder and CEO, World Bioeconomy Forum |
| 10.40 | |
| 10.50 | Q&A |
| 11.00 | Tea & Coffee Networking Break in Exhibition Hall |
| Best in Class | |
| 11.30 | Professor Martin Tangney OBE Founder & President Celtic Renewables Ltd Director Biofuel Research Centre, Edinburgh Napier University confirmed Multi-million-pound plant will use Celtic Renewables’ patented technology to convert 50,000 tonnes of unwanted and low-value biological material into high-value renewable chemicals, sustainable biofuel, and other commercially and environmentally valuable commodities. |
| 11.50 | |
| 12.10 | Q&A |
| 12.30 | Irish Bioeconomy Awards |
| 13.00 | Networking Lunch |
| Session: Bioeconomy in Action in Ireland and Northern Ireland | |
| 14.00 | Creating Ammonium Sulphate in Ireland from Industrial Liquid Waste In March 2023 Enva started construction of a new facility that will manufacture agricultural fertiliser pellets containing Ammonium Sulphate recovered by Enva from industrial liquid wastes. The €5m investment at Enva’s EPA licenced facility in Greenogue, Dublin will be the first of its kind anywhere in the world and will utilise an innovative process developed in-house by Enva. Enva have also received End-of-waste status from the Environmental Protection Agency for the ammonium sulphate. Roger McDermott, Managing Director, Enva |
| 14.15 | |
| 14.30 | |
| 14.45 | Q&A |
| 15.00 | Discussion Panel: Bioeconomy Action on the Ground Dr. Dearbhail Ni Chualiann, Director, Director of Enterprise, Employment, Property and Engineering, Údarás na Gaeltachta Derek O’Brien, Bioorbic Dr Ian Archer, CEO BioConnect Ireland |
| 15.30 | Discussion Panel: Unlocking Finance Moderator: Stephen Napier, Irish Bioeconomy Foundation |
| 16.00 | ENDS |
| Tea & Coffee Networking Break in Exhibition Hall | |