23 – 24 October 2024, Nairobi, Kenya
The Global Bioeconomy Summit 2024 will take place from 23 to 24 October 2024, in Nairobi, Kenya.
The overall theme of GBS 2024 will be: “One Planet – Sustainable Bioeconomy Solutions for Global Challenges”.
GBS 2024 will once more gather leaders of bioeconomy from all hemispheres and will highlight a sustainable bioeconomy as the key to decarbonisation and sustainable transition to less fossil fuel dependent, rural and urban green economies; while building resilient and sustainable food systems, reversing biodiversity loss, meeting health challenges, and using innovation as a driver for new economic opportunities, especially jobs for the youth.
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.
For more information, visit the GES 2024 website.
ESASTAP is a collaboration between the Department of Science and Innovation, partnering member states and the European Commission. The programme’s main objective is to strengthen ties within the field of science, technology and innovation. Funding for projects, mainly sourced from both the Department of Science and Innovation of the Republic of South Africa and the European Commission.