Blue Bio Value scales up marine biobased solutions to global market applications in different industries, resorting to science-based and biotech innovations, while helping to tackle important societal challenges. New, innovative marine bio resources industries are emerging, changing the old maritime...

The Roadmap will identify the sector’s future regulatory, research, financial assistance and product needs. It will identify critical enablers and the blockages that need to be removed to ensure further development in the market. It will therefore also describe the steps required to transfer...

The first workshop of our working groups will be held in September 2018. If you want to join, do not hesitate to get in touch! There will be four working groups:Policy, Environment and RegulationFinance and Business DevelopmentValue Chain and MarketsScience, Technology and InnovationIf you want to...

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Steering GroupThe Blue Bioeconomy held its first Steering Group meeting on 21 May. In order to represent a wide range of interests in the blue bioeconomy, business, finance, research and (local) authorities, we have asked a range of prominent experts in this field to advise us in our activities...

Blue Invest 2018 was the first-ever EU-wide matchmaking event organised by the European Commission. It brought together innovators and the financial community to boost the economic potential of the oceans while protecting marine resources. The event attracted hundreds of attendees, illustrating the...

Authorities like the Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics and World Health Organisation warn of an emerging crisis if new antiobiotics are not found fast. Nature has delivered the ingredients for past discoveries like Alexander Fleming’s penicillin from mould. It can do it again, as advances...

So much of the planet’s vast oceans and seas have yet to be fully explored, especially the so-called mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) located between 30 and 150m deep. And yet the potential discoveries lying hidden in these depths is huge, according to the EU-funded TASCMAR project. Today...