Other events of interest outside the NIBBs
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 …
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 …
The Environmental Biotechnology Innovation Centre (EBIC) is running a webinar series Engineering Biology in Action! The first session Microbial Engineering: Tools & Genetic Modification Techniques is on 14 Nov 2025 13:30-14:30 UK. The speakers are Dr David Lea-Smith from the University of East Anglia, and Kawinharsun Dhodduraj of Cranfield University. …
EBNet is one of many groups highlighting the importance of scale-up issues in the design and implementation of Industrial Biotechnology (processes: see the outputs from our joint workshop with Carbon Recycling Network. So a big welcome to three events organised by the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC), for which booking …
The Renewable Energy Association (REA) is running two webinars, in conjunction with the Environment Agency, on the new Anaerobic Digestate and Compost Resource Frameworks (RFs), which were officially published today: . AD Resource Framework Industry webinar 22 Oct 2025 11-13:00 UK Compost Resource Framework Industry webinar 22 Oct 2025 14-16:00 UK To …
Date: 30 Oct 2025, 12-13:30 UK (13-14:30 CET) IEA Bioenergy is hosting a webinar on Progress and Challenges in Assessing Biomass Availability. The webinar reviews recent efforts to develop comparable estimates for sustainable biomass supply across different countries, and shares insights on how to better understand global biomass potentials. The …
Date: 3 Nov 2025, 12:00 UK Register HERE Accurate quantification of methane emissions from sites and processes is an issue for a range of environmental biotechnologies, from landfill to slurry lagoons and large-scale anaerobic digestion. Agricultural methane sources, such as livestock farming, pose the same problems and can be particularly …
Date: 31 Oct 2025, 11:00 UK Register HERE. A webinar organised by the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM) will discuss the most critical skills required for the transition from a linear to a more circular economy, identify when these are needed and explore how they can be secured. Prof …
Resources, Conservation and Recycling (RCR) is running a set of webinars every second Thursday of the month at 10 am Pacific Time. Advance registration is required for entry (virtual auditorium capacity 500). For those who cannot attend, or want a second chance to watch, webinars are also recorded and available on …
The Better Water for All Network+, led by Dr Bing Guo of the University of Surrey, was successfully launched on 3 Oct 2025 in an event that brought stakeholders together to discuss how we can achieve a sustainable water future and tackle the challenges of chemical and biological micropollutants. The …
The Bio-based and Biodegradable Industries Association (BBIA) has kindly made a recent webinar on Bioplastics available to EBNet members – watch it here. The presenter is Prof Jhuma Sadhukhan of the University of Surrey, who is UK Lead for the Global Center for Sustainable bioproducts (GCSB). The webinar covers the following …
