SurfToGreen and SURFs UP organize the workshop Building public trust in bioeconomy: Safe and Sustainable by Design approaches
10th December 2025, 11:30 – 13:00 CET, online
The EU projects SurfToGreen and SURFs UP will address how to strengthen public trust in biobased innovation, by considering safety, environmental and societal impacts since the early stages of development.
The goal is to compare needs, methods, tools and practices for Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD) and impact assessment, to discuss the role of stakeholder engagement in building public trust in the bioeconomy, and to increase awareness of barriers and opportunities to develop biosurfactants across the value chain.
We will present testimonials from experts in biobased research, safety, sustainability and public engagement.
The workshop is free of charge – Registration is mandatory
Agenda
Moderators:
Federica Binello, Consorzio Italbiotec, and Andrea Porcari, Italian Association for Industrial Research (Airi): Biosurfactants development for several applications
- 11:30-11:35 | Welcome & Introduction
- 11:35-11:45 | Projects presentations
- The SURFs UP Project: Next generation of Safe and Sustainable by Design biosurfactants on the market, Esthèle Goure, Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant, project coordinator
- The SurfToGreen Project: Bio-based sustainable surfactants to foster green industry, Piero Baglioni, Center for Colloid and Surface Science (CSGI), project coordinator
- 11:45-12:15 | SSbD approaches and other impact assessment methods and practices in SURFs UP and SurfToGreen
- Implementing the SSbD concept in biosurfactants develop for several applications – Socorro Vázquez-Campos, LEITAT
- Social Life Cycle Assessment to measure the social and sociological aspects during the entire biosurfactants’ life span – Davide Marcinnò, Consorzio Italbiotec
- Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis for the aggregation of safety, environmental, economic, and social assessment – Elena Semenzin, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
- 12:15-12:55 | Panel discussion
- Irantzu Garmendia Aguirre, Joint Research Centre, European Commission, Italy
- Alessandra Zamagni, EcoInnovazione
- Petar Vrgovic, University of Novi Sad
- Luisa Crisigiovanni, Euroconsumers
- 12:55-13:00 | Closing Remarks
Info & contacts
The workshop is aimed at experts in safety and sustainability assessment and public engagement, researchers, industry professionals, policy makers, and consumers interested in bio-based innovation.
SURFs UP: Federica Binello, Italbiotec federica.binello@italbiotec.it
SurfToGreen: Olmo Guagnetti, Airi info@surftogreen.eu