The concept and agenda of the second bioeconomy forum in uzbekistan

Lunch

13:30 - 15:30	Plenary session: Introductory presentations: 1. Best practices and novel approaches in management of bio-waste and bio-resources residuals – EU experience. 2. Needs and challenges of Uzbekistan in sustainable exploitation of bio-waste and bio-resources residuals. residual and waste management, circular production, diversifying plants and agricultural biotechnologies. Representatives of the EU and Uzbekistan. Each presentation is 20 minutes = 40 minutes + 10 minutes for the breakdown into groups.
	Working sessions: case studies on the relevant topics of the sessions for further work in groups (including familiarization with the issues of local bio-resources based bioeconomy, inter alias circular bioeconomy: energy efficiency, food, beverages, textile and other production and processing, and use of waste, small and medium sized initiatives related to the biomass based renewable energy, …, greening of the industrial sector, sustainability of agriculture, production of new food. In each section there will be several directions, examples and groups. After each group is ready, there will be a comparison and recommendations inside the section.
	1: Novel technologies for improvement of use of bio-resource and biomass in agriculture (to select one or two: automation, artificial intelligence, precision agriculture etc.) the management of biological processes in the agricultural and processing sectors from the point of view of the biomass use Moderator: …	2: Knowledge and technologies for efficient management of household/industrial biodegradable waste Main types, methods and forms of the biomass use management in Uzbekistan Moderator: P1 LBTU
	3: Production and processing knowledge and technologies for efficient use of bio-resources and side-streams (biorefinery, …) Improvement of technologies and conditions for the use of the main biomass types (biotechnology, institutional issues, personnel). Moderator: …	4: Forms of cooperation for increase of efficiency and added value of bio-resources/biomass based products and services ye Organizational and economic efficiency aspects of the biomass use management (bioclusters, cooperation, processing, marketing, etc.). Moderator: P5 VMU
15:30 – 16:30	Presentation of the results of the working session Each session representative presents options for identifying the main problems, directions and recommendations for decision-making in the development of various aspects of biomass management in Uzbekistan, in accordance with the topic of the session. Questions/discussions
16:30 – 17:30	Closing ceremony. Presentation of certificates, photos

2nd day
Study visits to the sites of the bioeconomy stakeholders:
to be specified (several objects related to vegetable and fruit production, livestock, fishery and cotton sectors)