CIRAGRO SUMMER SCHOOL
Circular Economy in the Agroindustrial Sector:
Promoting sustainable practices through education
7-11 July 2025
Department of Agricultural Sciences
University of Naples Federico II
Portici (NA), Italy
This project received funding from the European Commission through the Aurora 2030 project.
This project received funding from the Green ERA-Hub, a Coordination and Support Action (CSA), funded through the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation (R&I) programme under Grant Agreement No. 101056828.”.
AURORA is a consortium of research-intensive universities deeply committed to the social impact of their activities.
The AURORA 2030 project includes 10 work packages and works towards four objectives:
Among the planned activities, Work Package 5 aims to foster a solid environment for Research and Innovation within the Aurora community
In this framework, a call was launched in 2024 to promote collaboration among AURORA institution.
We participated to the Call by proposing the organization of a “Thematic summer school” on “Circular Economy in the Agroindustrial Sector” (CIRAGRO)
Our project received funding and it is our pleasure to host you all in Portici!
DAiry Waste and REsidues upCYcling into Microbial ProtEin
The CIRAGRO summer school is further supported by the EU project DARE2CYCLE, aiming at valorizing excess dairy waste and residues into high-quality bioproducts.
This project started in April 2024 and received funding through the Green ERA-Hub, a Coordination and Support Action (CSA) funded through the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation (R&I) programme.
CIRAGRO – AN INTERNATIONAL EVENT WITH >60 PARTICIPANTS FROM 13 INSTITUTIONS
PROGRAMME
MONDAY 7-7 Round of 5-min pitch by early stage researchers
Welcome snacks & drinks
TUESDAY 8-7 TECHNICAL SESSIONS
“Waste pretreatment and valorization”
“Green Agriculture”
WEDNESDAY 9-7 TECHNICAL SESSIONS
“Innovative biotechnologies”
“Sustainability”
THURSDAY 10-7 TECHNICAL SESSION
“Alternative protein sources”
“Dare2Cycel Workshop”
GALA DINNER
FRIDAY 11-7 GUIDED TOUR TO AD PLANT