On August 26-29th 2025 prof Ruslana Rachel Palatnik presented at the XVIII EAAE 2025 Congress in Bonn, Germany – Food System Transformation in Challenging Times at the special session on Environmental Challenges in AgriFood Systems aimed to strenghten the recent collaboration started between the two associations EAERE and EAAE. The topic of her talk was “Evolution of Innovation and Production Supply Chains: The Case of Microalgae-Based β-Carotene” based on the recently published paper.
in addition, Prof Palatnik organised a panel discussion on Advancing Sustainable Supply Chains for a Climate-Smart Circular Bioeconomy, where she presented her research on The Economic and Potential of the Algae Bioeconomy alongside prof Zilberman from
UC Berkeley who gave the introduction on •the Climate Smart Circular Bioeconomy, and some of the opportunities it presents to agricultural economists. Jan Borner from the university of Bonn oulined The Challenges involved in the sustainable development of tropical forest-based bioeconomies. Professor Justus Wesseler, Wageningen University, The Netherlands, talked about The Carbon Cycle and the Agrifood Supply Chain, emphasizing opportunities in using bioeconomy to sequester carbon.
UC Berkeley who gave the introduction on •the Climate Smart Circular Bioeconomy, and some of the opportunities it presents to agricultural economists. Jan Borner from the university of Bonn oulined The Challenges involved in the sustainable development of tropical forest-based bioeconomies. Professor Justus Wesseler, Wageningen University, The Netherlands, talked about The Carbon Cycle and the Agrifood Supply Chain, emphasizing opportunities in using bioeconomy to sequester carbon.The discussion with the audience followed the presentations, allowing attendees to engage with the presenters and explore cross-cutting themes, future research directions, and policy implications
