BIOVEGEN, in collaboration with the MEIC and other Technological Platforms, organized an informative session on “CIRCULAR ECONOMY: COLLABORATION CHALLENGES 2017 Call” last Thursday, September 28, which took place at the headquarters of the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (Paseo de la Castellana 162, Madrid).
The objective of the event was to promote the participation of researchers/companies in the COLLABORATION CHALLENGES 2017 call through various activities:
- An informative section about the details of the call, which included a public presentation of different R&D proposals held in the MINECO auditorium with a capacity of 300 people. Attendees had the opportunity to express their interest in the proposals presented at the event.
- Simultaneously, bilateral meetings were held with technicians from the MEIC, where applicants could review and receive advice on aspects related to their R&D proposals. Biovegen managed the meetings related to Challenge II of Horizon 2020: Food security and sustainable agriculture and bioeconomy during the session.
Program and presentations of the session
09:30 h. Registration
10:30 h. Welcome
- Dña. Clara Eugenia García García. General Director of Research, Development, and Innovation Policy. Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness
10:45 h. Call for Collaboration Challenges 2017 of the State R&D+i Program
- Day. Mª Ángeles Ferre González. Head of the Subdivision of Thematic Scientific-Technical Programs. State Agency for Research (Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness)
11:30 am. Q&A session
12:00 pm. Project ideas: towards a Circular Economy
- Utilization of wine industry waste to obtain value-added carbonaceous materials. Félix Antonio López Gómez. State Agency CSIC
- PROJECT REFIBER: Recovery of carbon fibers from aerospace industry waste and their reuse in the manufacture of new composite materials. Félix Antonio López Gómez. State Agency CSIC / IMDEA MATERIALS.
- Natural pre-emergence herbicides for organic agriculture. Antonio Rigueiro Rodríguez. University of Santiago de Compostela – USC
- CONSLAG – Valorization of steel slag in the construction sector. Victoria Masaguer Torres. ArcelorMittal Research – AMI 3
- Development and validation of a virtual advisor to assist in decision-making on fertilization strategies (FERTI-ADVISOR). Diego Intrigliolo Molina. CEBAS-CSIC
- FABEC – Factory of Advanced Services in Circular Economy. David Sanchez Bote. MIK – Business Faculty of Mondragon University
- Circular Economy for Tourism. Óscar Alonso. ITH – Hotel Technology Institute
- Improvement of olive oils with bioactive extracts from nuts. Jesús Simal Gándara. Uvigo – UCLM.
- New tools for studies of microbiological biodiversity and pathogen detection in vineyards. Ignacio Belda Aguilar. Biome Makers Spain S.L
- Intelligent supervision for predictive maintenance of hydroelectric turbines. Marta López Arias. Eurecat
- Utilization of sawdust after wood processing in sawmills. Ander Arias González. NEIKER
- Flexibility in industrial processes; towards a changing electric market. Ignacio Martín. CIRCE
14:00 h. Closing of the Event