September 21, 2017

European Paper Week 2017

Location: Brussels, Belgium Date: 28 – 30 November 2017 More information available here

4th European Forest Week 2017

4th European Forest Week 9-13 October 2017, Warsaw, Poland The fourth European Forest Week will take place 9-13 October 2017.  It will be held in conjunction with Las2017 (‘las’ means ‘forest’ in Polish), the Joint Session of the UNECE Committee of Forests and the Forest Industry (COFFI) and the FAO European Forestry Commission (EFC). European […]

August 22, 2017

What a wood can do? Concrete solutions for sustainable bioeconomy

Hosted by MEP Henna VirkkunenKeynote speech by European Commission Vice-President Jyrky Katainen Global megatrends such as resource scarcity, urbanisation, changing population structure, conscious consumption and digitalisation create permanent changes in the world we live in. How can wood-based products answer these challenges?  The exhibition of Finnish Usi puu – New Wood, an initiative of various […]

August 2, 2017

PTS Coating Symposium

With some 350 participants, the PTS Coating Symposium is internationally the largest and most prominent meeting place for the surface finishing of paper and board. It will be held on 5-6 September 2017 at the Leonardo Royal Hotel in Munich.  The event aims to provide an impetus for innovation and initiate interdisciplinary and cross-sector co-operations between […]

90% indoors: Solutions for healthy and energy efficient buildings

Venue: Leopold Hotel Brussels Address: rue du Luxembourg 35, 1050, in Brussels Up to 90% of our lives is spent indoors, yet the air quality inside buildings has been shown to be 2 to 5 times poorer than outdoors. This can also true for modern energy efficient buildings due to increased insulation levels and greater air […]

41st FTP Advisory Committee meeting

The 41st FTP Advisory Committee meeting will take place in Vienna on Thursday, 29 June 2017.   Please confirm your attendance to Ms Heini Hyrkkö, heini.hyrkko@forestplatform.org Practical details: Date: Thursday, 29 June 2017 Time: from 10:30 to ca. 15:00 Venue: Festsaal, Austrian Research and Training Centre for Forests, Natural Hazards and Landscape (BFW) Address: Seckendorff-Gudent-Weg8 , 1131, Vienna, […]

Increasing impact from publicly funded research – Lessons from the bioeconomy

Dinner Debate hosted by Lieve Wierinck, MEP At European Parliament, Brussels Join to discuss how to ensure that publicly funded bioeconomy research has a positive impact on society in the European Parliament on Wednesday, 28 June 2017.  The dinner debate will be hosted by MEP Lieve Wierinck, member of the Industry, Research and Energy Committee, […]

EuroNanoForum 2017

The EuroNanoForum conference series has grown to be the most significant European nanotech forum in its field for discussions amongst scientists, industrialists and policy makers. Organised in Malta on 21-23 June 2017, the event  will focus on how nano and materials technologies can strengthen competitiveness across all European industries. The discussion will also extend to framework conditions […]

Packaged. The 6th Global Summit

Discover the latest innovations to enhance your brand’s success, ensure sustainable growth and lower your costs. The agenda features the newest innovations, technologies, designs and bands at the forefront of the packaging industry. Case studies from the world’s leading packaging designers and engineers will explain how you can increase the perceived commercial and brand value of […]

VERAM Experts’ Workshop

What does the future of European raw materials research and innovation look like? Partners of the EU project VERAM – Vision and Roadmap for European Raw Materials will explore opportunities and develop solutions which will help shape the landscape of European raw materials research and innovation towards 2050. Save the date of 13 June 2017 […]