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ICABR Celebrating 30 Years with a New Logo

Our Consortium is celebrating 30 years of coming together as an international community of Applied Bioeconomy Research. While our goals and focus remain in the application of bioeconomy research, it felt fitting that as we enter the next chapter of the ICABR, our logo should too.

The ICABR represents an Interwoven World based on the research and individuals of our network, while paying respect to our past design and colours, our new logo highlights global collaboration and interconnected bioeconomy systems.

📰 Quarterly ICABR News Volume 5, Issue 1

The latest edition of the ICABR Quarterly introduces the Consortium’s newly appointed Board members, highlighting the distinguished expertise and diverse perspectives they bring to ICABR’s leadership as the organization enters its next chapter of growth. Their biographies reflect the breadth of scholarship and experience guiding ICABR’s continued mission to advance research and dialogue on the global bioeconomy.

This issue also provides updates on preparations for the upcoming 30th Annual ICABR Conference, to be held in Ravello, Italy, in July 2026. As ICABR approaches this milestone event, readers will find important conference information alongside reflections on the Consortium’s continued expansion and future direction.

From new leadership to preparations for a landmark gathering, this issue captures the momentum driving ICABR into its fourth decade.

📰 Call for Papers: ICABR 2025 Special Issues Now Open!

Following the success of the 29th ICABR Conference in Saskatoon, researchers are invited to submit manuscripts to two exciting Special Issues. The International Food and Agribusiness Management Review (IFAMR) is accepting papers on “Bioeconomy and Sustainability” with a submission deadline of October 31, 2025. A second opportunity is available through the Circular and Cleaner Bioeconomy journal, focusing on “Circular Bioeconomy and Systems of Sustainability,” with submissions due by November 30, 2025. Both issues welcome high-impact research exploring innovation, policy, and sustainability strategies within the bioeconomy. Don’t miss your chance to contribute to these influential publications!

Four Asilomar 50th anniversary articles

Fifty years ago, scientists developed a regulatory framework for the safe use of recombinant DNA that focused on potential biosafety risks associated with the products of genetic engineering (GE). This morphed into an expensive and lengthy premarket risk assessment requirement for GE agricultural biotechnol- ogy products triggered solely by the fact that modern molecular technologies were involved in the development of those products.