Financing for industrial hemp innovators in Horizon Europe and CBE-JU

CBE JU program finances research and innovation activities to exploit renewable biological resources in sustainable bio-based products, including industrial hemp, and alternatives to fossil ones. The webinar is initiated by the HempCluBe project to increase the competitiveness of hemp actors by providing recommendations and guidelines on how to take advantage of the best partnering and funding opportunities. The presentation of the main novelties of the program, tips for applicants and success stories funded by CBE JU will open the debate and create new partnering opportunities.

The HempClub project, funded by the COSME Programme of the European Union, brings together 7 clusters and associations operating in the bioeconomy, advanced manufacturing and hemp production sectors to create interconnected and interregional supply chains between primary producers and green chemistry manufacturers in the hemp sector.

The webinar aims at empowering and mobilizing innovators in the industrial hemp sector through new funding opportunities launched by the CBE JU program in June 2022.

PROGRAMME

• 10:00 – 10:10 | Welcome and Opening

Sara Daniotti, Project Manager at Consorzio Italbiotec and Cluster Manager at Lombardy Green Chemistry Association, and coordinator of the HempClub

• 10:10 – 10:40 | Discover the new CBE JU programme: tips & tricks for a successful proposal

Serena Borgna Head of Institutional Activities Department at APRE - Agenzia per la Promozione della Ricerca Europea

• 10:40 – 11:25 | Success stories in the industrial hemp sector

GRACE Project - Stefano Amaducci, Professor at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

SSUCHY Project - Vincent Placet, Professor at Université de Franche-Comté

BEONNAT and EUCALIVA Projects - Manuel Roman, CEO-Funder at enviroHEMP

• 11:25 – 11:35 | Networking Opportunities within the HempClub project

Sara Daniotti, Project Manager at Consorzio Italbiotec and Cluster Manager at Lombardy Green Chemistry Association, and coordinator of the HempClub

• 11:35 – 11:45 | Q&A session