Category: <span>Event</span>

Engineering Biology Innovation Network – Launch

Date: 19 June 2025, 10-12:00 BST Venue: Online Innovate UK’s Engineering Biology Innovation Network aims to connect innovators and researchers in Engineering Biology to end-users and investors, developing supply-chains and creating a commercially focused community. It will facilitate knowledge sharing, collaboration and consortia building, accelerating the adoption and commercialisation of …

Current and Future Directions in AGS – presentations now available

Presentations from the webinar on Current and Future Directions in Aerobic Granular Sludge Systems are now available on EBNet’s YouTube channel  –  see here. The session includes two presentations, on Nereda‘s technical developments, experience of meeting current industry needs, and new developments regarding harvesting of biopolymers from granules; and on …

Green Fuels summer school – biomethanation and electromethanogenesis

Date: 27-29 August 2025 Venue: Hersonissos, Crete Organised by the CarbonNeutralLNG project, this course looks at green fuels, including synthesis of methane from green H2 and biogenic CO, and innovative processes to convert biomass residues into bioLNG. Through lectures and interactive workshops participants will explore the role of green fuels …

Sustainable Chemicals – speakers invited for Virtual Café Series

The Sustainable Chemicals Innovation Network is seeking speakers for a virtual Café Series. Are you driving innovation in sustainable chemicals, green manufacturing, or carbon-efficient technologies? This is your chance to share insights, showcase your work, and collaborate with like-minded peers across industry, academia, and government. Each café will feature a …

European Biosolids conference – abstracts

Abstracts deadline:  6 June 2025 Conference: 11-12 November 2025, Manchester The organisers of the European Biosolids & Bioresources Conference (EBBC) are inviting abstract submissions for oral and poster presentations on the following themes: Advanced Thermal Conversion & landbank challenges The Circular Economy (From Source to Land & Sea) The Industrial Emissions …

Webinar: Manure to Biogas – Global Lessons

Date: 13 May 2025, 12-13:30 BST (13-14:30 CEST) IEA Bioenergy Task 37 is running a webinar on Manure to Biogas: Global Lessons and Challenges in Unlocking Farm-Based Potential.  This webinar builds on a recent report and aims to explore the untapped potential of manure-based biogas systems in a global context.  …

Workshop: Environmental Biotechnology for PFAS management

Date: 6 June 2025 Venue: Cranfield University The PFAS WG, led by Dr Tao Lyu, is organising a workshop on ‘Environmental Biotechnology for the management of PFAS and beyond‘.  Keynote speakers Prof Peter Jaffé, and Prof Joshua Atkinson from Princeton University, USA will give talks on natural bacterial strains for …

Modelling complex fluids – what do we need to know?

A 2-day workshop led by Prof John Bridgeman of the University of Liverpool brought together specialists in fluid mechanics with microbiologists and water industry end users to discuss best practice and new opportunities in hydrodynamic modelling of anaerobic digestion of wastewater biosolids. These complex multi-phase non-Newtonian fluids present a range …

Webinar on Synergies of green hydrogen and bio-based value chains

Title: Synergies of renewable hydrogen and biobased value chains deployment: Environmental performance and promising value chains Date:  6 May 2025, 15-16:30 Central European Summer Time (CEST) Location: Online via TEAMs This webinar aims to shed light on promising biobased value chains that could exploit synergies between the hydrogen sector and the …

1st International Conference on Photogranules

Date: 17-19 September 2025 Venue: IHE Delft, Netherlands This event aims to bring together researchers in microbial ecology and physiology, environmental biotechnology and engineering working in the emerging field of phototrophic aggregation. The conference will cover topics from fundamental research to innovative applications in wastewater treatment and ecosystem restoration. The conference …

Biochar and Biogas webinar

Date: 12 May 2025 Time: 13-14:00 (GMT) Location: Online (Registration required) Carbogenics is presenting a free webinar on Biochar and Biogas – A winning combination. The webinar aims to provide A comprehensive understanding of biochar and its impact on AD Solutions for common challenges in AD processes Insights into CreChar …

#EnvBiotechAware week

For information on our activities, see our #EnvBiotechAware week which ran from 3-7 March 2025 Celebrating our Network members and their work, with lunchtime webinars, reports, animations, case studies, outreach and more.   Friday contains some real treats. An Escape Room game to save our water supply, an audiobook, an upcoming podcast with the …