Biomass-based systems, particularly agricultural and food systems, can benefit greatly from circularity approaches for improving production and processing efficiency, recovering and reusing lost resources, and reducing the adverse consequences on natural resources and the Earth’s ecosystems. Our challenge is to adopt principles of circularity observed in the complex natural ecosystems for practical applications in bioeconomy value chains, thereby transforming away from the current near-term intensive linear systems to long-term sustainable circular systems for productivity, profitability, and environmental stewardship. Establishing circularity in agri-food systems will require systems thinking with various perspectives and value chain levels represented. Following a 2-year study that included an interdisciplinary Roundtable and discussions with the National Science, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) 's Board on Agricultural and Natural Resources and other disciplinary thought leaders, the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) is working towards partnerships with sister professional societies to facilitate convergence and innovations for developing a more circular bioeconomy.  This presentation will summarize a broad effort to initiate collaborations among professional societies and related industries in developing road-maps and identifying and overcoming technical and economic hurdles towards near-zero wastes and pollution by creating more sustainable circular bioeconomy systems (CBS). The presentation will focus on the idea that professional disciplinary societies and members should partner, develop activities, and create systems-level solutions to advance sustainable circular bioeconomy systems. We hope to share these efforts with the Institute of Food Technologists, and food industry thought leaders and encourage them to engage with ASABE and other disciplinary societies to become central drivers of this important initiative. Speaker: Ziynet Boz, PhD