New BioBoosters publication highlights three years of accelerating circular innovation across the Baltic Sea Region

The BioBoosters partnership has released a new publication, “Boosting Circular Transition: Insights from BioBoosters,” showcasing the key achievements and lessons learned from three years of piloting business-driven open innovation to advance the circular transition in the bioeconomy sectors of the Baltic Sea Region.

Bringing together nine regions with smart specialisation strategies, BioBoosters has created a joint open innovation platform that connects regional innovation ecosystems and enables companies to tackle real-life circularity challenges. Through this approach, the project has strengthened interregional cooperation and demonstrated the value of combining business needs with cross-border expertise.

The publication summarises the outcomes of the BioBoosters model, drawing on an extensive knowledge base generated through project activities:
– 18 challenge provider companies,
– nearly 100 mentored innovation teams, and
– over 500 industry and research specialists engaged across the region.

An international team of 30 specialists continuously developed, tested, and refined the model throughout the piloting process, ensuring a strong foundation for long-term cooperation.

Beyond presenting the impact of the hackathon model, the report provides insights into how the piloting was organised, how collaboration across regions was facilitated, and how the project has transitioned from a time-limited consortium into a broader innovation network. It also highlights best practices and the added value generated through shared learning and cross-regional knowledge exchange.

As the BioBoosters project concludes, the publication emphasises that the methods, expertise, and partnerships built over the past three years will continue to support circular innovation within the BioBoosters community and beyond.

Read the full publication here

The BioBoosters Hackathons are part of the BioBoosters project led by Jamk University of Applied Sciences and co-funded by the Interreg Baltic Sea Program. BioBoosters, which brings together nine bioeconomy innovation networks from the Baltic Sea countries, including Finland, Sweden, the Baltic States, Poland, and Germany. The project organizes 18 Hackathons that support the responsible business and circular economy transition of bioeconomy companies.

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