“CIRCULAR ECONOMY: Call for COLLABORATION CHALLENGES 2017” Conference successfully held

BIOVEGEN, in collaboration with the MEIC and other Technology Platforms, organized last Thursday, September 28, the Information Day “CIRCULAR ECONOMY: Call for COLLABORATION CHALLENGES 2017”, which took place at the Headquarters of the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (Paseo de la Castellana 162 . Madrid).

The objective of the event was to promote the participation of researchers/companies in the 2017 COLLABORATION CHALLENGES call through different activities:

• An informative part about the details of the call that included the public presentation of different R&D proposals and that took place in the MINECO Assembly Hall with a capacity of 300 people. Attendees had the opportunity to show their interest in the proposals presented at the event.
• In parallel, bilateral meetings were held with MEIC technicians in which applicants were able to review and receive advice on aspects related to their R&D proposals. During the day, Biovegen managed the meetings related to Challenge II of Horizon2020: Food security and sustainable agriculture and bioeconomy.

Program and presentations of the day

09:30 a.m. Record

10:30 a.m. Welcome

• Ms. Clara Eugenia García García. General Director of Research, Development and Innovation Policy. Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness

10:45 a.m. Call for Challenges-Collaboration 2017 of the State R&D&I Program

• Mrs. Mª Ángeles Ferre González. Head of Scientific-Technical Thematic Programs Subdivision. State Research Agency (Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness)

11:30 a.m. Question Time

12:00 p.m. Project ideas: towards a Circular Economy

• Use of wine waste to obtain carbonaceous materials with added value. Félix Antonio López Gómez. CSIC State Agency

• REFIBER Project: Recovery of carbon fibers from waste from the aeronautical industry and its reuse in the manufacture of new composite materials. Félix Antonio López Gómez. CSIC State Agency / IMDEA MATERIALS.

• Natural pre-emergence herbicides for organic farming. Antonio Rigueiro Rodríguez. University of Santiago de Compostela – USC

• CONSLAG – Recovery of steel slag in the construction sector. Victoria Masaguer Torres. ArcelorMittal Research – AMI 3

• Development and validation of a virtual advisor to help make decisions about fertilization strategies (FERTI-ASESOR). Diego Intrigliolo Molina. CEBAS-CSIC

• FABEC – Factory of Advanced Services in Circular Economy. David Sanchez Bote. MIK – Faculty of Business at the University of Mondragón

• The Circular Economy for Tourism. Oscar Alonso. ITH – Hotel Technology Institute

• Improvement of olive oils with bioactive nut extracts. Jesús Simal Gándara. Uvigo – UCLM.

• New tools for studies of microbiological biodiversity and detection of pathogens in vineyards. Ignacio Belda Aguilar. Biome Makers Spain SL

• Intelligent supervision for predictive maintenance of hydroelectric turbines. Marta López Arias. Eurecat

• Valorization of sawdust after processing the wood in a sawmill. Ander Arias González. NEIKER

• Flexibility in industrial processes; towards a changing electricity market. Ignacio Martin. CIRCE

2:00 p.m. Closing of the Day