Galway: Local Innovation Systems Workshop

Galway: Local Innovation Systems

Converting waste fishing nets into products

Stakeholder workshop

22nd January 2020
Galway
Ireland

Workshop co-organised WDC and The Centre for Sustainable Design ®, UCA Business School within the Blue Circular Economy project

Background

There is a growing recognition of the problems associated with waste fishing nets, ropes, components and peripherals (FNRCPs) worldwide. In March 2019, the European Union (EU) passed the Single Use Plastics Directive that included the requirements for Member States in Europe to establish ‘producer responsibility’ schemes to take back and recycle fishing nets. The workshop aims to bring together stakeholders from both business and fishing communities in Galway (and outside) to interact, and then discuss the opportunities and challenges related to converting waste FNRCPs into business opportunities in Galway (and outside).

Objectives

To present, discuss and enable
Local innovation ecosystems and fishing community/networks in Galway
Interaction between stakeholders in Galway
Business opportunities related to converting waste FNRCPs into products and start-ups in Galway
BCE_Lab: an innovation lab concept aimed at generating products from waste FNRCPs
Programme

09.30 Introduction

Professor Charlie Spillane, Director, Martin Ryan Institute, NUI Galway *

09.35 Overview of Blue Circular Economy

Richard Glavee-Geo, Associate Professor, NTNU in Ålesund

09.45 Keynote

Alena Petrikovicova – de Chevilly, DG MARE, European Commission

10.00 FNRCPs: Overview, research and products

Professor Martin Charter, Director, The Centre for Sustainable Design ®, Business School for the Creative Industries, University for the Creative Arts (UCA)

10.15 Stakeholder platform: discussion, interaction and networking

12.00 BCE_Lab Concept (an innovation lab focused on converting waste FNRCPs into products)

12.30 Working lunch & networking

13.15 Creative session: developing value from FNRCPs

14.15 Development of a business model for a BCE_Lab in Galway

15.30 Discussion

15.50 Action plan for Galway

16.10 Lessons learnt

16.30 Close

* To be confirmed

Blue Circular Economy

Blue Circular Economy is funded by Northern Periphery & Arctic (NPA) Programme (European Regional Development Fund) that is being organised between 2018-2021). Free mentoring on eco-innovation related to waste fishing gear is available for eligible companies with less than 250 employees based in the NPA region (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland west coast of Republic of Ireland, northern areas of Scotland, Northern Ireland (except for Belfast), Greenland and Faroe Islands). For more information on SME support for companies in Ireland email Stephen on stephenmccormack@wdc.ie.

Registration

To book your place download registration form and email Ros on rcarruthers@uca.ac.uk

Further information

For more information contact:
Ros Carruthers
The Centre for Sustainable Design ®
Business School for the Creative Industries
UCA
+44 (0) 1252 892772

Blue Circular Economy is funded by Northern Periphery & Arctic Programme (European Regional Development Fund) that is being organised between 2018-2021.