The 8th FTP conference, held in Barcelona on 12-13 March, saw the launch of the forest-based sector’s revised Vision for 2030 and renewed Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda for 2020 (SRA). The updated Vision document sets its sights on a changing world with an ever increasing need for sustainable and resource-‐efficient production of biomass and products, whilst the SRA will map the way to achieving this objective; the forest-‐based sector is strongly positioning itself as a key actor and enabler of the evolving biobased society.
Over 200 experts, researchers, industry representatives and policy-‐makers, from 25 countries, participated in this 2-‐day event to debate and discuss the future of the forest-‐based sector, what kind of contribution it could and should make to the biobased economy and to discover new trends in research and innovation.
Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda for 2020