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Bioeconomy Ireland Week is an annual, week-long event held each October to highlight and raise awareness of Ireland’s rapidly growing bioeconomy. The celebration is a collaboration of events and awareness raising initiatives involving industry, primary producers, universities, researchers, local authorities, students, and local communities throughout Ireland. The awareness raising week is coordinated by the Irish Bioeconomy Network around a central theme.
Bioeconomy Ireland Week 2024 takes place from Monday 14 October to Sunday 20 October 2024. This year's theme is ‘Demonstrating Biobased Solutions for a Greener Ireland’.
Through a broad range of over 20 activities and events happening throughout the country, Bioeconomy Ireland Week will showcase the benefits of growing a bioeconomy in Ireland.
The week will be officially launched at the offices of the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications on Monday 14th October. The theme of this launch event is ‘Utilising Organic Waste Streams within the Circular Bioeconomy’.
A full list of events and activities happening throughout the week can be found at irishbioeconomy.ie/events/ .
Bioeconomy Ireland Week 2024 is supported by the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, in association with UCD BiOrbic, Teagasc, Marine Institute, Bord Iascaigh Mhara, Munster Technological University, Circular Bioeconomy Cluster, Irish Bioeconomy Foundation, Southern Regional Assembly, Climate KIC, Rediscovery Centre, BioConnect, CAP Network Ireland and the East and Midlands Regional Assembly.
In November 2024, as part of Science Week, DAFM’s Research, Bioeconomy & Codex Division hosted an information webinar to explore the science around new bioeconomy opportunities for grass.
James Gaffey, from the CircBio research group at Munster Technological University, showcased research and demonstration activities around grass biorefining – a process which extracts compounds from grass. Work to date shows the potential to extract feed grade protein for animals, or even protein for human foods.
A recording of the webinar, as well as James Gaffey’s slide deck, can be found below.
Exploring New Bioeconomy Opportunities for Grass_Slide Deck
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The Irish Bioeconomy Network, through the Irish Bioeconomy website, features a dedicated Events page for all past and upcoming Bioeconomy-related events. Please visit: irishbioeconomy.ie.