All events of interest to members
Abstract Deadline: 15 Dec 2025 Date: 9-12 July 2026 Venue: Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad, India Building on the success of an inaugural conference in Johannesburg in 2023, this event aims to bring together a global community of researchers, practitioners and policy experts to advance knowledge and innovation in non-sewered …
Dates: 11 and 17 Dec 2025, online On 11 Dec 2025 an online European Commission Info Day will present the topics in the Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area (WIDERA) Work Programme 2026-2027. Call types will include both Coordination & Support and Research & Innovation actions. On 17 …
Webinar date: Mon 1 Dec 2025, 12:30-13:15 UK The EPSRC-funded Better Water 4All Network+ is hosting its first webinar on Engineering for the challenges of Forever Chemicals (PFAS) in drinking water. The speaker is Dr Yanyan Zhang who leads the Analysis and Degradation Mechanism of Emerging Contaminants Laboratory in Westlake …
For info and registration details see HERE. The Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC) is holding its 12th Annual Conference in Glasgow on 10-11 March 2026, in conjunction with the BioBased Industries Association (BBIA). The theme of this year’s conference is BioSolutions for Tomorrow’s World. Sessions will explore topics from bio-similars …
Date: 2 Dec 2025 13-14:15 UK, online For more details and to register, see HERE. The Follow-on Fund (FoF) is BBSRC’s flagship translational programme and a central part of its commercialisation pipeline, translating research outputs into tangible products, processes and services. The FoF has invested over ÂŁ80 million in more …
Time:Â Fri 12 Dec 2025 10:30-11:30 UK, online For information on how to join the event see HERE. The next webinar in the series by our Bioelectrochemical Systems WG is a joint session with PhycoClub, with Dr Marin Sawa as the speaker. Dr Sawa leads design-led biotechnology investigations, establishing her …
Date: 18 Nov or 8 Dec 2025, online The Biofilm Alliance is funding a free training course on Fundamentals of Metrology. The course is intended for those involved in biofilm analysis and control who want a deeper understanding of how to ensure the quality, reliability, and comparability of measurement data. …
A recurring request from our ECRs is for workshops, webinars and other forms of guidance on writing – whether it is research proposals, reports or journal papers. The same is true in other NIBBs. We sometimes manage to put on something topic-specific, but we also remind people there is a …
The National Conference of the UK Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA) takes place on 10 Dec 2025 in London. The theme is Biogas: delivering sustainable growth, energy security and a circular economy. This year’s agenda has been developed in collaboration with a Content Steering Committee, made up of leading …
The National Biofilm Innovation Centre (NBIC) is holding this year’s Biofilm Week from 18-24 Nov 2025, to coincide with World AMR Awareness Week (WAAW), and highlight the relationship between Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and biofilms. BiofilmWeek is a great opportunity to share biofilm research or technology with the world through images, …
In a valuable and promising initiative, a joint Biorefinery and Biomethane event was held on 22 Oct 2025 at Wageningen University in the Netherlands. The event was organised by IEA Bioenergy’s Task 42 Biorefining in a circular economy and Task 37 Energy from Biogas as part of a two-day joint …
Date and time: 2 Dec 2025, 09:30-18:30 UK Venue: 30 Euston Square, London The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) is running a conference on A Fresh Water Future (AFWF) as a continuation of its ongoing work on this important area. CIWEM has also published an update to …
Dr Yue Zhang’s invited talk on The Anaerobic Fermentation Working Group, and the role of Anaerobic Fermentation in the circular bio-economy is now available here on EBNet’s Youtube channel. The talk was given at the 4th BBNet conference The Future Prospects for Biorefining: Feedstocks, Technologies & Products held on 15-17 Oct …
Date and venue: 9-13 June 2026 in Valencia, Spain Attention all EBNet members – not just those primarily interested in anaerobic digestion (AD). The 19th IWA World Conference on Anaerobic Digestion has a range of topics directly relevant to several of our Working Groups: Adding value to (bio)gas (AD, AF …
New date and time: 26 Feb 2026, 13-17:00 UK Venue: Royal Society of Chemistry, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BA The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) and the Bio-Based and Biodegradable Industries Association (BBIA) are hosting a session Towards a Biobased Chemical Future to consider the role of pioneering sustainable …
