The conference aims to highlight the current research innovations, trends and future of bioeconomy through the lens of digitalization and data utilization. The key focus is to highlight the paradigm shift digitalization can bring in the field of bioeconomy. To accomplish this, the event aims to bring different academics, researchers, stakeholders, policymakers, business representatives and the society todiscuss and understand the role and the impact digitalization can make in development of bioeconomy and hence towards a sustainable future.

Open bioeconomy Week will annually be built around the themes of utilization of digitalization in the development of bioeconomy research, innovations and business. However, the  subthemes will change annually. In the year 2020 the themes of the Open Bioeconomy Week will cover how to combine bioeconomy with:

• data collection, measurements and sensors,
• data transfer and processing,
• data analysis,
• data utilization: interpretation, decision making, process monitoring and control,
• artificial intelligence and IoT and
• open data, open interfaces and open technologies in the utilization of the bioeconomy
data.

The First Open Bioeconomy Week
in Hämeenlinna Finland, 29th – 30th September, 2020

This year, the themes in bioeconomy also include:

Food production chain
• Primary production and open data
• Primary production and digital tools
• Quality and process control in food production
• Digital solutions in food value chain management
•Digitalization in promoting circular economy in food production

Carbon footprint calculations
• Nature based solutions
• Control of carbon in bioeconomy processes
• Measurements and data utilization in intensifying carbon sequestration
• Data utilization in carbon sequestration monitoring and research

 Blue bioeconomy
• Digital solutions in water quality and quantity monitoring
• Use of open data in various kinds of water usage
• Digital tools in integrated water resources management

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

The call for abstracts is now open and proposals of 500 words maximum should be submitted to bioeconomyweek@hamk.fi by 31 July 2020 at the latest. The approval will be announced before 31 August 2020. The final oral presentations should arrive at bioeconomyweek@hamk.fi on 15 September 2020 at the latest.

The Scientific Committee will evaluate the presentations and selected presentations can be submitted to the following journal (through peer-review):

• Technology Innovation Management Review special issue on smart bioeconomy, 2020 (https://timreview.ca/)

• Agriculture and Food Science (AFSci) (https://journal.fi/afs)

• HAMK Unlimited (https://unlimited.hamk.fi/)

The scientific committee of the conference will evaluate the presentations and select the ones to be invited to write the final version to be proposed to the journals’ editors.

The conference accepts posters as well. The proposals (an abstract of max. 300 words) should arrive to bioeconomyweek@hamk.fi on the 31 July the latest. Please, indicate the interest in poster presentation in the title of the e-mail.

At least one of the authors both in oral presentations and posters must be registered in the conference.