Deadline: 9 August 2024
The Global Bioeconomy Summit (GBS) is a forum that fosters dialogue between widely different actors to promote sharing of best practices and to identify opportunities for global innovation and collaboration for a sustainable and circular bioeconomy. GBS2024 will take place from 23 – 24 October 2024 in Nairobi, Kenya.
This is to announce that the European Commission will provide a limited number of travel stipends for experts actively participating in the GBS2024. If you have an active role at the Summit and need travel support, you can apply for the GBS2024 travel scholarship for bioeconomy experts. The deadline for application is 9 August 2024. Successful applicants will be notified by 31 August 2024.
I. Application
Visit here to apply for GBS2024 travel scholarship for bioeconomy experts.
For more information about this announcement, please, reach out on email at: [email protected] or [email protected].
II. about Global Bioeconomy Summit (GBS)
The Global Bioeconomy Summit (GBS) is a high-level, international gathering of leaders of bioeconomy from all hemispheres and from diverse backgrounds that represent the interdisciplinary and diverse features of the bioeconomy. The Summit will be hosted for the first-time outside Europe in Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa. GBS2024 will emphasise resilient and sustainable food systems, bioeconomy as a key model for sustainable transition to less fossil dependent economies, conservation of biodiversity, and using innovation as a driver for new economic opportunities, especially jobs for the youth. You are welcome to Nairobi, Kenya, where the first ever GBS in Africa will be held.
The GBS series was started in 2015 and it is devised to be a global and inclusive summit. It brings together bioeconomy experts from all hemispheres and from diverse backgrounds to represent the interdisciplinary and diverse features of the bioeconomy. The overall aims of the GBSs are to:
- Provide a platform to discuss global bioeconomy issues in an inclusive manner.
- Foster communication and understanding of global bioeconomy.
- Integrate bioeconomy issues in global discussions on innovation, climate, biodiversity and achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- Provide guidelines and recommendations for the way forward.
GBS2024 will discuss:
- Cross sectoral topics (e.g., agri-food systems, forestry, ocean/aquatic, biomanufacturing, biopharma, biotechnology, biomaterials, and bioenergy)
- Ecosystems (e.g., nature / ecology, consumer products, construction, and urban design)
- Supporting mechanisms and enablers (e.g., policies, finance, standards, measurements, certifications).The GBS is a forum that fosters dialogue between widely different actors to promote sharing of best practices, to identify opportunities for global innovation and collaboration, and to gather champions in promoting the bioeconomy concept across disciplines and sectors amongst policy makers and financiers