The RUSTICA Global Workshop “Roadmap for circular Bio-Based Fertilisers: bridging innovation and market adoption” aims to gather experts to discuss the project’s achievements, challenges, and future directions in bio-based fertilisers, fostering valuable dialogue between research, policy, and industry sectors.
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AGENDA:
08:45 Registration
09:00 Welcome and round table
Tessa Avermaete, KU Leuven
09:30 Setting the scene & brief explanation of the RUSTICA project
Dominik Jasinski, PAR (HR)
(tbc) Nathan Deman
DRANCO (BE)
Daan Kuiper, CROPEYE (NL)
RUSTICA approach, achievements related to the technology side and the market development side, learnings from working across different regions
10:30 Coffee break
Exhibition visit
10:45 European versus Global South context
Mirjam Pullman, CIAT (CO)
11:15 Pitch by companies/organisations
Dominique Helaine, Suez (FR)
Katja Hora, SQM Europe (BE)
Justine Brouns & Isolde De Beule, VCM (BE)
(tbc) Omar Zidarich, GITC (IT)
Guiding questions:
What are you doing from a practical perspective to drive innovation and impact towards the adoption and scaling of bio-based fertilisers and nutrient recovery?
What are the main goals? What are the challenges? From a technology development perspective?
From a market/business perspective? What do you do to overcome them?
Both success stories and “fail” stories are welcome!
12:30 Lunch
13:30 RUSTICA policy briefs and recommendations
Tessa Avermaete, KU Leuven (BE)
13:45 Reflections from lunch seminar with DG AGRI
(tbc)
14:10 Stakeholder reflection debate on opportunities
Lucia Piani, University of Udine (IT)
Peter Paul van t Veen, TNO (NL)
Mohamed Eida, FAO (IT)
14:45 Q&A – discussion
15:00 Coffee break
15:30 Focus on what’s next? Where is support needed? What kind of support? What are the opportunities? How to bundle forces?
(tbc) Liesbet Vranken, KU Leuven (BE)
17:00 Closing of the workshop
