Advanced Biofuels, Biorefinery and Bio-economy: A challenge for Central and East European Countries

International initiatives and programs in ABB (EU, CEI, JRC, OCSE, UN ECE, Danube Region initiative, etc.)
State of the art and challenges in the R&D in ABB
Bioenergy and advanced biofuels
Biorefinery, biobased chemicals, bioplastics, biomaterials
Value chain, biomass availability, agriculture impact, etc., specificity of CEE region; lesson learned from Bloomberg report
Technologies and Industrial scale-up of ABB (status, problems, future prospects) - Situation in the world and in Europe, situation in CEE (industrial representatives)
Sustainability issues in ABB development: economic, environmental and social aspects
Bio-Economy, policies, legislation, role of governments, knowledge society
Country reports (R&D, Industry, biomass availability - CZ, SK, H, PL, other selected CEE countries)
Working groups discussion and preparation of recommendations on way forward
Plenary discussion, presentation of working groups recommendation