Circular Choices: EU leadership in bioeconomy as a driver for carbon sequestration
On Monday 17 March, from 15:00-18:30, the bi-annual Circular Choices event will be held in Brussels.
In the context of the next five-year EU mandate and the upcoming COP30, the event will serve to present long-term scenarios of the forest-based bioeconomy sector’s potential contribution to reduce carbon emissions in the EU.
Agenda
15:00: Opening by moderator
15:05: Keynote speech by (TBD)
15:20: Bioeconomy Talks: Cycle of carbon sequestration
- Presentation from Hardo Becker (RMK)
- Presentation from Dr Pasi Keinänen (Liquid Sun)
- Presentation from Anna Ervast Öberg (Folkhem)
16:00: Coffee break
16:15: Panel discussion – EU leadership in bioeconomy as a driver for carbon sequestration: Are we on right track?
- Christian Holzleitner, Head of Unit for Low Carbon Solutions (Unit C.3), DG CLIMA, European Commission
- Marco Eikelenboom, CEO of Sappi Europe and Cepi Chairman
- Representative tbc from Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)17:00: Meet the experts Q&A17:30: Networking cocktail
18:30: End of the event
17/03/2025
