BIOSWITCH at the Projects2Projects workshop
John Vos, from BTG Biomass and Technology Group, was in charge of presenting BIOSWITCH at the Projects2Projects workshop organised by the European Bioeconomy Network, in collaboration with the European Commission and the projects Transition2Bio, BIOEASTsUP, BIObec and BioGov.net. On October 5, this event took place …
BIOSWITCH in the “Bio-based products: The key to climate neutrality?” webinar
CTA had the opportunity to participate in the “Bio-based products: The key to climate neutrality?” webinar organized by ECCP’s initiative “EU Clusters Talks”. BIObec was introduced in the event, which allowed to address the possibilities for the green transition, existing solutions, and the roll-out for …
Jeisel Goyanes and Carla Sebastiani, from Sustainable Innovations, partner of the BIOSWITCH project
What’s your role within the BIOSWITCH project? In this project, we have two different and interlinked roles. On one hand, we are the leaders of communications and dissemination activities, meaning that we have designed and implemented a Communication Plan with different activities aimed at spreading …
Emma Sidgwick, from Flanders’FOOD, partner of the BIOSWITCH project
What’s your role within the BIOSWITCH project? Flanders’ FOOD is the spearhead cluster for the agri-food industry in Flanders. In that capacity, it is mandated and funded by the Flemish government, via its agency Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship (VLAIO), to take up a pivotal role …
James Gaffey, from Munster Technological University, partner of the BIOSWITCH project
What’s your role within the BIOSWITCH project? Our role in BIOSWITCH is to lead Work Package 1, which involves mapping and analysing brand owner and consumer perspectives on bio-based products. Within that, we conducted a Pan-EU brand study, and a regional consumer study to understand …
BIOSWITCH has come to its end!
On May 17, from 10:00 to 14:00 (CEST) the BIOSWITCH project hosted its online final event & train-the-trainer workshop with more than 50 attendees. The event started with the welcome and introduction from the communications manager of the project, Jeisel Goyanes, from Sustainable Innovations. The …
Interview with Marta Macias, Innovation Manager at CTA
CLUSTER PARTNERS 1. What’s your role within the BIOSWITCH project? CTA (Technological Corporation of Andalusia) coordinates the work package aimed at replicating the project results at the European level. The main activities are the organisation of regional workshops to promote the knowledge transfer and the …
Interview with Thorkild Frandsen, leader of bioresources team at fbcd, one of Bioswitch’s clusters
1. What’s your role within the BIOSWITCH project? Food & Bio Cluster Denmark (FBCD) is one of the four cluster organisations in BIOSWITCH and as such FBCD contributes to the involvement of brand owners in the project activities. FBCD is involved in the development and …
Heli Kangas and Kaisa Vehmas, from VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, partner of the BIOSWITCH project
What’s your role within the BIOSWITCH project? We are involved in the BIOSWITCH project in three different ways. First, we are developing and validating an LCA tool. Secondly, we’re researching for a better understanding of the consumer perspectives and future expectations related to bio-based products …
John Vos, from BTG Biomass Technology Group BV, partner of the BIOSWITCH project
What’s your role within the BIOSWITCH project? I have a very diverse role in this project. I’m helping to make connections with similar earlier projects, and the results these generated. I’ve contributed to the approach and the questions used in the brand owner and consumer …