EUBCE 2024: France to host the world's largest conference on biomass and the bioeconomy in Marseille, 24-28 June

Event 19 June 2024
The largest international conference on research, technologies and applications in the biomass and bio-economy will take place from 24 to 28 June at Parc Chanot in Marseille. This year, the 32nd EUBCE will bring together 1,500 participants, 60 partners, 20 exhibitors and 20 European Horizon Europe projects to discuss the latest developments and innovations in the field, promote meetings and establish partnerships. Guillaume Boissonnet, Research Director at the CEA's I-Tésé Institute, is this year's General Chairman. CEA will be well represented alongside IFPEN, INRAE, CIRAD, CNRS, the academic world, ADEME, FranceAgriMer and the Ministries of Agriculture and Environment.

The BioStar project is working with agrifood SMEs in West Africa to produce bioenergy from the organic waste they generate © T. Ferré, CIRAD

The 2024 conference programme, coordinated by the European Commission Joint Research Center, with nearly 800 presentations, will be an opportunity to discover the latest scientific, technological and commercial trends, and to review the latest research and developments from institutes, universities and companies around the world, as well as energy policies. It will be an opportunity to answer the questions that arise now that a large number of technologies have reached technological maturity and the feasibility of industrial processes has been demonstrated: how to develop the best use of biomass in sectors that need to be defossilised but are difficult or impossible to decarbonise? How can we harmonise the approaches and interests of the various research, industrial and economic communities at European and national level? What legislation should be put General Chairman of the Conferencein place to ensure that increased use respects ecosystems and biodiversity and addresses LULUCF (Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry) issues ?

The opening morning of the conference will take place on Monday 24 June 2024, from 9:00 to 12:30, and will be attended by scientific, industrial and institutional leaders.

It's time to make it clear that biomass has a key role to play in Europe's energy future, while preserving its role as a carbon store and sink.

It's time to show that biomass can be advantageously combined with other decarbonised energy sources and vectors (electricity, heat, hydrogen).

It's time to show that the circular carbon economy is a concept for the future, applicable to both biomass and CO2.
Guillaume Boissonnet
General chairman of the conference & research director at CEA
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