With a keynote speech by Gunter Pauli, author of the book Blue Economy and the “´father” of the Circular Economy!

We would like to invite you to the Closing Conference of the 30th Anniversary Celebrations of our Centre for Biotechnology and Fine Chemistry (CBQF/ESB/UCP). It will be a special moment where we will bring together our community to listen to a keynote speech by Gunter Pauli, author of the Blue Economy book, and to celebrate together the past achievements, as well as to launch the agenda for the future.

The event will be held on October 28, 2021, between 5:00pm and 7:00pm, at Católica in Porto, namely at the Carvalho Guerra Auditorium, with online transmission.

We hope to see you there!

The Board of Directors
Centre for Biotechnology and Fine Chemistry (CBQF)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa – Porto

AGENDA

5:00pm | Opening

Isabel Braga da Cruz | Pro-Rector | Porto Regional Centre – Universidade Católica Portuguesa

5:10pm | CBQF: Inspired by the future

Manuela Pintado | Director | Centre of Biotechnology and Fine Chemistry (CBQF/ESB/UCP)

5:25pm | Enabling science to create high value through circular solutions

Gunter Pauli | Author of the Blue Economy Book

6:40pm | Closing Session

João Rocha | Coordinator of the Executive Committee of the Council of Associate Laboratories