For those who want to identify new business lines in agrifood, energy, biotechnology, sustainable materials, health, nutrition, and circular economy, to connect both with customers and technological and financial partners, to anticipate upcoming regulations and turn them into competitive advantage, and to position your company as a credible leader in sustainability with measurable impact.
Bioeconomy and competitiveness days
Challenges and opportunities for Europe
Exploring how bioeconomy can strengthen Europe’s competitiveness, industrial resilience and strategic autonomy.
Europe faces a decisive decade. Industrial competitiveness, climate mitigation, strategic autonomy and sustainable growth must move forward together. The bioeconomy offers a concrete pathway.
This conference will take place in parallel with the ACR+ Days, fostering additional opportunities for exchange and collaboration among key stakeholders.
The Bioeconomy and Competitiveness Days 2026 will bring together policymakers, industry leaders, investors, clusters, R&D and businesses stakeholders and members of the academic and institutional sectors to explore how bioeconomy can become a central driver of European competitiveness.
By transforming renewable biological resources into food, energy, materials and industrial products, bioeconomy connects innovation, sustainability and economic performance. It enables regions and companies to reduce dependency on external resources while building high-value industries rooted in local ecosystems.
Key topics
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Industrial competitiveness through bioeconomy
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Business models and market opportunities in the bioeconomy
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Scaling up bio-based innovations
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Investment and financing for bioeconomy companies
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Bioeconomy value chains and industrial ecosystems
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Strategic sectors of the bioeconomy
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Circular bioeconomy and resource efficiency
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Regulatory frameworks for competitive bio-based industries
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Success stories from bioeconomy companies
What to expect
- Talks by national and international experts, along with thematic sessions
- Real case studies from companies with bioeconomy-based business models or undergoing diversification
- Presentations of concrete applications across different sectors
- Pitch sessions for innovative projects and initiatives
- A showroom area to showcase products and solutions
- Networking opportunities and spaces to connect with other participants
Who should attend?
Designed for the whole value chain
Companies
Business Intermediaries
For those who aim to strengthen relationship with your members and reinforce your role as a strategic interlocutor, to convey the real needs of the sector to policymakers, to influence regulatory frameworks, to facilitate access to innovation, funding and international networks for your members, and to consolidate your leadership in the transition toward more competitive and sustainable production models.
Public authorities
For those public administrations that consider the bioeconomy as a lever for territorial development, capable of generating qualified employment and rooting their population in a balanced way throughout the territory, which seek to promote strategic, competitive and sustainable sectors, attract investment and innovative collaborative projects, position their territories in emerging value chains and articulate an effective public-private collaboration aligned with priorities and funds Europeans.
In short, a unique opportunity to share knowledge, experiences, and scalable solutions that foster the transition toward a sustainable and competitive economy, as well as to explore new avenues for collaboration among ecosystem actors
Baluarte Conference Centre
Pamplona, Spain
Located in the heart of Pamplona, Baluarte Conference Center offers modern facilities and a strategic setting within one of Europe’s most dynamic bioeconomy regions.
