Bioeconomy – Essential for the Future and Security of Mankind
-
Elisabeth-Herz-Kremenak-Saal
Plenary
/
German and English languageWe need a systemic response to the problems of the Anthropocene era. In many parts of the world, security is being threatened by manmade changes to the biosphere resulting in significant risks for the future. Which innovations are needed to transform our fossil-based economies and how can bioeconomy policies contribute to finding adequate solutions?
| |||||
| |||||
| |||||
| |||||
|
Dr. Daniela JACOB
Director, Climate Service Center Germany, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Hamburg
| 1995-2015 | Founder; Leader, wind energy consultant anemos-jacob |
| 2009-2013 | Adjunct Professor, Regional Climate Change, University of Bergen |
| 2013-2014 | Deputy Director, Climate Service Center, Hamburg |
| 2014-2015 | Acting Director, Climate Service Center 2.0, Hamburg |
| since 2015 | Director of Climate Service Center Germany, Hamburg |
| since 2016 | Visiting professor, Faculty of Sustainability, Leuphana Universität, Lüneburg |
Ph.D. Elspeth MACRAE
Chief Innovation and Science Officer, Scion, Crown Research Institute, Rotorua
| 1983-1992 | Scientist, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research |
| 1992-1998 | Scientist Postharvest, HortResearch |
| 1998-2000 | Portfolio Manager Kiwifruit Quality, HortResearch |
| 2000-2002 | Portfolio Manager Kiwifruit Science, HortResearch |
| 2002-2004 | Scientist Genomics, HortResearch |
| 2004-2006 | Science Leader Industrial Biotechnology, HortResearch |
| 2006-2008 | Group Manager Biomaterials Research, Scion |
| 2008-2011 | Group Manager Bioproduct Development, Scion |
| 2011-2018 | General Manager Manufacturing and Bioproducts, Scion |
| since 2018 | Chief Innovation and Science Officer, Scion |
DI MBA Maria PATEK
Director General, DG Forestry and Sustainability, Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Regions and Tourism, Vienna
| 1983-1994 | Officer, Torrent and Avalanche Control, Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, Vienna |
| 1994-2002 | Head, Regional Headquarter for Burgenland and Southern Lower Austria, Austrian Service for Torrent and Avalanche Control |
| 2002-2016 | Head, Directorate of Torrent and Avalanche Control, Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, Vienna |
| 2016-2018 | Director General for Water Management, Federal Ministry of Sustainability and Tourism, Vienna |
| 2018-2019 | Director General for Forestry and Sustainability, Federal Ministry of Sustainability and Tourism, Vienna |
| 2019-2020 | Austrian Federal Minister for Sustainability and Tourism, Federal Ministry of Sustainability and Tourism, Vienna |
Dr. Dr. h.c. Joachim VON BRAUN
Director, Center for Development Research, University of Bonn; Chairman, German Bioeconomy Council, Berlin
| 1975 | Dipl. Ing. Agriculture, University of Bonn |
| 1975-1980 | Research Associate, Faculty of Agriculture, Institute of Agricultural Economics, University of Göttingen |
| 1978 | Doctoral Degree, Agricultural Economics, University of Göttingen |
| 1979-1980 | Visiting Fellow, Institute of National Planning, Cairo |
| 1981-1982 | Research Fellow, IFPRI - International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC |
| 1982-1983 | Assistant Professor, Institute of Agricultural Economics, University of Göttingen, Germany |
| 1984-1990 | Research Fellow, IFPRI - International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC |
| 1990-1993 | Director, Food Consumption and Nutrition Division, IFPRI - International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC |
| 1993-1997 | Professor, Food Economics, Food Policy, and World Food Issues; and Director, Institute for Food Economics and Consumer Analyses, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Kiel |
| 1997-2002 | Director; Chair of Department and Professor, Economics and Technical Change, ZEF - Center for Development Research, University of Bonn |
| 2002-2009 | Director General, IFPRI - International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC |
| since 2009 | Director; Chair of Department and Professor, Economics and Technical Change, ZEF - Center for Development Research, University of Bonn |
Dr. Ulrich SCHURR
Professor and Head, Plant Sciences, Institute of Bio- and Geosciences, Forschungszentrum Jülich; Chairman, BioSC - Bioeconomy Science Center, Jülich
| 1982-1988 | Studies Biology, University Bayreuth |
| 1988-1991 | Ph.D., University Bayreuth |
| 1991-2001 | Group Leader, Institute for Botany, University Heidelberg |
| 2001 | Habilitation, Botany, University Heidelberg |
| since 2001 | Forschungszentrum Jülich |
| 2001-2011 | Director, ICG - Institute for Chemistry and Dynamics of the Geosphere, ICG-4: Phytosphere |
| since 2011 | Director, IBG - Institute for Bio- and Geosciences, IBG-2: Plant Sciences |
| 2004-2011 | Member, Executive Board, EPSO - European Plant Science Organization |
| 2006-2008 | Research Director, Research Area Earth and Environment, Forschungszentrum Jülich |
| since 2006 | Member, Executive Board, European Technology Platform Plants for the Future |
| 2006 | Founder, JPPC - Jülich Plant Phenotyping Center |
| 2007-2012 | Member, Steering Committee, European Technology Platform Biofuels |
| since 2007 | Member, Directorate, KoGa - Competence Center for Horticulture |
| 2008-2011 | Vice President, EPSO - European Plant Science Organization |
| since 2009 | Spokesman, IPPN - International Plant Phenotyping Network |
| since 2010 | Chairman, BioSC - Bioeconomy Science Centers |
| since 2011 | Coordinator, Cross-Program Activity Sustainable Bioeconomy, Helmholtz Association |
| since 2012 | Coordinator, EPPN - European Plant Phenotyping Network |
| German Head, LABEX Germany of EMBRAPA (Brazilian Agro Research Organization) | |
| Member, Science Advisory Board, German Association for the Support of Private German Plant Breeding | |
| Chief Executive Officer, QS Science Fund - Fruits, Vegetables and Potato | |
| Member, CEPLAS - Center of Excellence in Plant Sciences | |
| Coordinator, DPPN - German Plant Phenotyping Network | |
| since 2013 | Senior Official, EU-CELAC - workgroup Bioeconomy in the cooperation process between Latin America and Europe, Government of the Federal Republic of Germany |
| Programme Speaker, Helmholtz Programme Key Technologies for the Bioeconomy | |
| 2014-2018 | Chairman of the European Technology Platform Plants for the Future |
| since 2015 | Chairman of the International Plant Phenotyping Network (IPPN) |
| since 2016 | Chairman of the ESFRI-project EMPHASIS: European Plant Phenotyping Infrastructure |
| since 2019 | Member of the Excellence Cluster CEPLAS (Plant Sciences) and member of the steering committee |
| Member of the Excellence Cluster PhenoRob (Robotics for Phenotyping and Digital Agriculture) and member of the board of PhenoRob |
