At the Global Bioeconomy Summit (www.GBS2015.com) in Berlin, more than 700 participants from around 80 countries met to define how bioeconomy would best contribute to green growth, the sustainable development goals and to climate change mitigation and adaptation. The Bioeconomy Council of the German Government organized this first Global Bioeconomy Summit to be held in Berlin from 24 - 26 November. During GBS 2015, the Bioeconomy Council presented two comprehensive studies on the development of the bioeconomy: an analysis of the political importance of the bioeconomy in more than 40 countries [1] and a Delphi study identifying future flagship projects of the bioeconomy [2]. More than 100 international speakers presented policy concepts, lessons-learned and concrete examples in a series of plenary sessions as well as in parallel roundtables and poster sessions. The UN FAO, the OECD, the European Commission, the International Energy Agency and the Botanical Gardens Conservation International hosted workshops at the Summit.

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