Green economy and bioeconomy: Which way to go?

THE ROLE OF FORESTS, AGRICULTURE AND LAND USE IN SHAPING FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AGENDAS

Wednesday 19 August, 2015
University of Helsinki, Infocenter Korona (Lecture Hall 2), Viikinkaari 11

 Program

Time Topic Speaker
8:30 – 9:00 Registration
9:00 – 9:15 Seminar opening Marketta Sipi, Dean, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Helsinki
9:15 – 10:15 Green economy in shaping future development agendas Markku Ollikainen, Professor, Department of Economics and Management, University of Helsinki
10:15 – 10:45 Coffee Break
10:45 – 11:45 Green economy and international forest policy processes Heikki Granholm, Director, Natural Resources Department, Finnish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
11:45 – 13:00 Lunch break
13:00 – 14:00 The growing Finnish forest-and-wood-based bioeconomy and sustainable forestry Jyrki Kangas, Professor, University of Eastern Finland
14:00 – 15:30 Panel discussion Panelists, including:
Jyrki Salmi, Managing Director, Indufor Oy
Damrong Pipatwattanakul, Professor, Kasetsart University, Thailand
Sithong Thongmaniwong, Professor, National University of Laos, Lao PDR
15:30 Closing

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