Renewable Horizons: Biogas & Circular Economy

26.5.2025
Event Sustainable Technology
Alere10
Date: 26.5.2025
Time: 10.00-16.00
Place: Online or Vaasa

The project SF-BIOVAC invites you to a informative mini fair and hybrid seminar focusing on the exciting topics of biogas and circular economy! This event promises a fantastic opportunity to learn, network, and grow new insights. You can attend on site in Vaasa or online. 

Registration for attending on-site.

Registration for attending online. 

Program

Location: Auditorium Florence, Alere, Wolffintie 31, Vaasa and Online

10:00 – 12:15 – Biogas & Circular Economy Mini Fair (physical)

  • Participants: (final list still to be set)
  • Biometaanin tuotantolaitos
  • Boost Nordic Biogas
  • Hajautettu biokaasun Tuotanto Lapissa
  • Mirka 
  • MAP-UP-P2X
  • Nature Refines
  • ProAgria
  • SF-BioVac

11:00 – 12:15 – Light Lunch, enjoy some finger food while networking and having a look at the Mini Fair

12:30 – 16:30 – Seminar (physical and online)

Session 1: Welcome and greetings

  • Cynthia Söderbacka, Novia – Project Leader, Main Coordinator of SF-BioVac
  • Patric Granholm, Novia – Dean, Faculty of Technology and Seafaring

Session 2: Research Projects

  • Cynthia Söderbacka, Novia – Project Leader Nature Refines & SF-BioVac
  • Petri Hietaharju, University of Oulu – Postdoctoral researcher
  • Andreas Willfors, Novia – Project Leader Boost Nordic Biogas

Session 3: Biogas

  • Ari Haapanen, Gas1 – Ecosystem developer 
  • Johan Saarela, Stormossen – Chief Product OfficerSession

4: Circular Economy

  • Christoffer Ingo – Member of the Finnish National Parliament
  • Nora Berglund, MTK – Project Leader
  • Priscilla Dinga Msiska, Zambeef products PLC – Head of Sustainability

 

The programme can still be updated. For most recent information see SF-BioVacs webpage. 

 

SF-BioVac (Sustainable Futures - Biogas Value Chain for Circular Economy Competence Growth in Zambia) is a project financed by the HEP programme funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland and administered by the Finnish National Agency for Education. The project partners include four Higher Education Institutes from Finland and Zambia: University of Zambia (UNZA), Copperbelt University (CBU), Novia University of Applied Sciences (Novia UAS) and University of Oulu (UOULU).