Contributors Acknowledgements Nidhi Adlakha Associate Professor, Regional Center for Biotechnology, NCR-Biotech Cluster Basma AlBuhairan Managing Director, Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Saudi Arabia Jelena Bojović Director, Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Serbia Kathryn Brink Associate Director, Strategy and Bioeconomic Development, BioMADE Kasper Bruun Knudsen Senior Public Affairs Manager, Novonesis Ina Bulat Head of Southeast Europe, Merck Patrick Cai Yizhi Chair, Synthetic Genomics, Chemical Biology and Biological Chemistry, Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, University of Manchester Matthew Chang Executive Director, National Centre for Engineering Biology Santanu Dasgupta Honorary Professor, Amity University; President, Bioeconomy Ecosystem, 4NBIO Ugnė Dirdaitė Science and Innovation Adviser, Research Council, Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of LithuaniaJonathan S. Dordick Vice-President for Strategic Alliances and Translation and Institute Professor, Departments of Chemical and Biological Engineering, and Biological Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Garrett Dunlap Associate Director, Policy and International Engagement, Engineering Biology Research Consortium Viswanadham Duppatla Vice-President, Biomanufacturing, IKP Knowledge Park Julius Ecuru Manager, BioInnovate Africa, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) Katherine Foster Supervisory Board Member and Finance Innovation Lead, EIT Food Paul Freemont Co-Director, UK Innovation and Knowledge Centre for Synthetic Biology, Imperial College London Branislava Gemović Data and Bioconvergence Program Manager, Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Serbia Udah Onyango George Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Save Environment Hub Anisha Goel Regional Strategy and Business Development Lead, MEIA, NovonesisLead authors Mariia Borsuk Project Specialist, Bioeconomy, World Economic Forum Valeria D’Amico Strategic Integration Specialist, Bioeconomy, World Economic Forum Fiona McAndrew Managing Consultant, frog, Capgemini Invent Cassandra Padbury Associate Director, Cambridge Consultants, Capgemini Invent Brynne Stanton Thematic Lead, Bioeconomy, World Economic Forum Christopher Yates Senior Consultant, Cambridge Consultants, Capgemini Invent Hannah Welsh Consultant, Cambridge Consultants, Capgemini Invent From Policy to Practice: Actionable Recommendations for a Commercial Bioeconomy 33

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