09:00 – 09.30

Registration – Welcome coffee

09:30 – 10:00

Opening remarks and outline of the day

• Introduction to the “North-East Smart Specialization Strategy (RIS3)”, Gabriela Macoveiu, North East Romania Regional Development Agency, Director.          
• Introduction to the project "IS3 support in lagging regions and to the day methodology , Elisabetta Marinelli, Joint Research Centre

10:00 – 11:15

The international scene – Innovation in the agro-food sector

• Development of new products (i.e. genetics of the plants; augmented nutritional value; healthy  food) –Mr. Harri Malinen,Senior Expert,University of Lapland Project Manager, Arctic Smartness Excellence, Lapland S3 implementation, Registered Dietitian(VALVIRA)
• New practices/processes (i.e. second harvest, third harvest, circular economy) -    Luigi Bistagnino – Professor on Industrial Design, Politecnico di Torino
• New business models agriculture (i.e. traceability, linking producers to markets) Alessio Cavicchi – Professor of Economics of Food and Environmental Resources, Universita' di Macerata
• Non-food use of agricultural products (i.e. bioenergy, building with natural materials)
  • Anniina Kontiokorpi , Project Manager Regional Council of North-Karelia Finland
  • Mr. Ilari HavukainenProject, Manager Arctic Bioeconomy Cluster development, Regional Council of Lapland

11:15 – 11:30

Coffee break

11:30 – 14:00

Participatory Exercise

Division in 4 working tables:

• Development of new products (i.e. genetics of the plants; augmented nutritional value; healthy  food)
• New practices/processes (i.e. second harvest, third harvest, circular economy)
• New business models agriculture (i.e. traceability, linking producers to markets)
• Non-food use of agricultural products (i.e. bioenergy, building with natural materials)

14:00 – 15:00

Lunch break

15:00 – 16:00

Reports from the working tables and closing remarks

• Rapporteurs and international experts
• Gabriela Macoveiu, ADR Nord-East
• Elisabetta Marinelli, European Commission