Blue Mission BANOS’ 1st Mission Arena will take place on 14-16 November in Gothenburg (Sweden). The event will inspire, engage and support a wide range of stakeholders across the Baltic and North Sea in making the Blue Economy carbon-neutral & circular by 2030, in line with EU Mission Ocean’s objectives.
Through a wide range of interactive sessions, workshops, pitching events, demonstrations and study visits, the 1st Mission Arena will serve as a laboratory to (1) pave the way to innovative solutions, (2) showcase local, regional and national approaches to create a transition to a circular, carbon-neutral blue economy in the Baltic and North Sea, and (3) provide concrete pathways to Mission Ocean’s success in the area.
The 1st Mission Arena will focus on the local and regional communities of Germany (Baltic | Schleswig-Holstein), Denmark (East) and Sweden (South). It will address the following main themes:
- Blue food, bioresources, biotechnology
- Low-trophic Aquaculture & Products
- Ocean and coastal plans in the Region
- Multi-Use Solutions
- Renewable Energy
- Citizen Engagement
Together, stakeholders will explore the following:
- Existing Technical Solutions & Innovation Gaps
- Finance & Funding / Suitable Business Models
- Regulations & Decision-Makers / Who decides what and where?
- Matchmaking, Networking, Showcasing / B2S, B2B, B2G, C2B&G&S
During the Mission Arena, the following will take place:
- Innovative solutions demonstrated indoors, outdoors and in the water
- Co-creation and collaboration activities like Hackathons, workshops etc.
- Pitching sessions and investor calls
- Presentations on enablers for the blue transition to carbon neutrality including EU programmes, testbeds and startup support.
- Citizens’ engagement activities
All stakeholders active or interested in the Baltic and North Sea are welcome to join, contribute and learn from these experiences.
The ERA-Net Cofund Blue Bioeconomy (BlueBio) is co-organising the Mission Arena in Gothenburg as part of its work to strengthen Europe's position in the blue bioeconomy. To identify new and improve existing ways of bringing bio-based products and services to the market and find new ways of creating value from in the blue bioeconomy, collaborative effort is needed on sea basin level.
Therefore BlueBio is contributing to the session on "Understanding industry and regional authority needs: 'Reverse pitching' by key players on their 'wish list' from start-ups, research" and leading the session "From research solutions to disruptive innovation - tools and gaps". Part of the contribution will be the presentation of a new policy brief on the commercialisation support BlueBio has done for the funded projects.
Many BlueBio partners and funded projects will be present at the arena and we are looking forward to seeing you there!
Registration for the event is open, you find the agenda, timetable, speaker and event location will available there. Once registered, you will have an account to be informed about the first arena, but also for the Arena events upcoming in the next three years.