Site-visit Kalundborg

THIS SITE-VISIT HAS A FEW VACANT PLACES - contact bioeconomy@alive.dk to get one of them

Venue: Helix Lab Research and Education Center in Kalundborg and Kalundborg Symbiosis
Date: Monday 1 December 2025
Time: 9:00–17:00 (meeting time: 8:45)

Site-visit Biosolutions hands-on in connection with the conference Boosting and mainstreaming the bioeconomy

Join us for a day focused on BIOSOLUTIONS – baseline, challenges & needs, future solutions – where researchers and Industry will present the newest knowledge and discuss current challenges and needs.

The day will be highly interactive with both presentations and discussions as well as hands-on experiences of biosolutions products, and a tour of the Kalundborg Symbiosis.

The Kalundborg Symbiosis is the world's leading industrial symbiosis founded 50 years ago with the purpose of creating profits through a circular approach to production. Link: https://www.symbiosis.dk/en/

You will find a more detailed program below. Please note that there are a limited number of spots.

8:45

Bus pick-up – Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen, South Campus. Metro stop: Islands Brygge)

9:00

 Departure from Copenhagen
Presentation of program and Short talks and interactive session during trip featuring Jakob Wested, UCPH LAW; Andreas Worberg, DTU BRIGHT & Laura Valtere, UCPH LAW

10:30

Arrival in Kalundborg

11:00

 Helix Lab & Campus Kalundborg
Welcome by
a) Annette Birck, Helix Lab
b) Michel van der Linden, Kalundborg Municipality
c) Christian Beenfeldt, Knowledge HUB Zealand - Campus Kalundborg 

11:30

 Lunch at Absalon

12:30

 BIOSOLUTIONS – baseline, challenges & needs, future solutions
Short presentations from experts from both research and industry
Moderated by Andreas de Neergaard, KU SCIENCE

Presenters:
Linda Nielsen, LAW, University of Copenhagen
Serafim Bakalis, SCIENCE, University of Copenhagen
Sotirios Kampranis, SCIENCE, University of Copenhagen
Sara Landvik, Novonesis

13:15

 Coffee break including Touch & feel
Companies and Helix Lab students presenting concrete products & projects

13:45

 Panel discussion
Researchers & companies

14:30

 The Kalundborg Symbiosis
Short presentation by Bjarke Skaaning followed by guided tour (in bus) of Industrial Kalundborg and the Symbiosis  

15:40

 Heading back to Copenhagen
Outtro - short wrap up of day & quiz

17:00 

 Arrival - Copenhagen
Metro station Islands Brygge