EBSF 2025 

Joensuu campus in summer, University of Eastern Finland

The University of Eastern Finland, as the 2025-2026 Chair of the EBU Presidency, welcomes all interested parties to Joensuu, Finland, for the European Bioeconomy Scientific Forum 2025 – EBSF2025 which will be held on 11-13 June 2025.

The forum programme

Workshops

Registration

– Registration form for participants not affiliated with the University of Eastern Finland (payment of the participation fee through Paytrail is required): https://registration.contio.fi/uef/Registration/Login?id=9326-T_9326-10771
 
– Registration form for staff members of the University of Eastern Finland (payment of the participation fee through invoicing is required):
https://registration.contio.fi/uef/Registration/Login?id=9326-T_9326-10770
 
– Eligible participants for free registration (sponsored by the University of Eastern Finland) will receive a personal registration link via email.  

Additional information

The European Bioeconomy Scientific Forum is the biannual official event of all EBU’s representatives, and the 2025 event will focus on “Boosting regional and international bioeconomy collaboration and skills”. The objective of this scientific forum is to shed light on the multi-scalar international collaboration in bioeconomy. The forum will discuss the various forms, promises, required skills, and critical success factors of such international collaboration, including sub-national, national, continental, and inter-continental levels. The event will bring together scientists, experts, policymakers, industry representatives, youth, and other stakeholders from across Europe and beyond.

Two first days of the Forum, with keynote and thematic sessions, poster exhibition, Forum Dinner, as well as innovation and youth special sections will take place at UEF’s Joensuu Campus. The third day will feature a 1-hour bus transportation to Koli, where an excursion to the Finnish National Scenery at Koli Hill will set the spirit for focused workshops diving deeper into bioeconomy collaborations and skills. Buses will take the returning participants to Joensuu train station and the airport. Participants are kindly advised to arrive on Tuesday, 10 June 2025, and depart on Friday, 13 June 2025.

Please note that the call for poster abstracts is closed. Additional abstracts sent by email will not be taken into evaluation.

Important Dates

  • Event Announcement: 19 November 2024
  • Call for Abstracts: 15 January 2025
  • Abstracts due date: 3 March 2025 (extended)
  • Notification to authors: 14 March 2025
  • Registration opening: 28 March 2025
  • Registration deadline: 21 May 2025
  • Forum: 11-13 June 2025

FAQ

City of Joensuu, Finland

Sustainable Development

The University of Eastern Finland has agreed to promote the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in all its operations, including scientific conferences. See more on the commitments and measures at https://www.uef.fi/en/sustainable-development.