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🗓️ I had the privilege to represent ULB at the 2026 annual conference organized by the European Biosolutions Coalition, in Bruxelles counting +200 stakeholders, MEPs, and policymakers. 🎓 Together with the PhD students Julien van den Eynde and Christian Pétré we could demonstrate the efficacy of lignocellulose derived plant elicitors bringing tomato plants from the ZELDA_EU project founded by the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU). 🌱 We learned that Biosolutions in Europe are real and in 2024 had a overall value of 60 billion Eur, generating 278k jobs. These numbers are expected to double by 2035. Stroger #Bioeconomy means stronger #Europe!
🚀 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗭𝗘𝗟𝗗𝗔 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲’𝘀 𝗯𝗶𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘀! 🌱 📅 #ZELDA had the privilege of being invited yesterday to participate at the 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵-𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲, organised by the European Biosolutions Coalition. 🎯 Our team from Université libre de Bruxelles joined discussions in both the 𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝟮𝟬 𝗯𝗶𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘀 and the 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵-𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝟮𝟬𝟬 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 - including European Commission policymakers, MEPs, industry leaders, and CBE JU representatives. ✅ Key discussions included the EU Biotech Act, regulatory frameworks, market opportunities, infrastructure, and scaling bio-based innovation. ..and we also had a small #exhibition #corner featuring our initial tests of ZELDA_EU biosolutions on tomatoes 🍅, which sparked great interest from visitors! ✨ Such a great opportunity to connect #research, #industry, and #policy and to contribute to shaping the future of bio-based innovation in Europe. ♻️ David Cannella Julien van den Eynde Christian Pétré #ZELDA #Biosolutions #Bioeconomy #Innovation #Sustainability #BiotechAct #CBEJU #EUInnovation . Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) . . Université libre de Bruxelles - David Cannella Dipartimento di Ingegneria Enzo Ferrari - Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Eurofins Agroscience Regulatory Consultancy, University of Graz, Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas de Extremadura (CICYTEX), Consorzio Italbiotec, Aermatica3D, FVA New Media Research, TIMAC AGRO Österreich, CIEMAT, Kineton, Universidade de Aveiro