Category: <span>Other Events</span>

Agri-TechE: 2021 VOYAGE offers soft introduction to the North American agri-food ecosystem

Apply by 30th August 2021 VOYAGE offers funding for travel to Saskatchewan and discounted enrolment in the Global Agri-food Advancement Partnership (GAAP) incubator. GAAP brings together the resources of the Global Institute for Food Security, the Saskatchewan Food Industry Development Centre and Innovation Place. The three-month incubator program supplies greenhouses, …

Microbial Cycling of Volatile Organic Compounds: Biogeochemistry to Biotechnology

07-08 Feb 22, Norwich, Abstract deadline: 4 Oct 21 Microbes are the organisms primarily responsible for degrading, modifying and producing Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds (BVOCs), which are: Responsible for altering the climate and atmosphere Sources of energy, carbon, nitrogen and sulfur Signalling molecules Stress protectants Biomarkers Valuable for biotechnology This …

HBBE Annual Summit 2021 – Biotechnology for the Built Environment, 6-9 July

This free, online, four day event will host international speakers who are leaders in biotechnology, design and fields related to the built environment, as well as showcasing the early work emerging from the HBBE. Organised around our four research themes – Microbial Environments, Living Construction, Building Metabolism and Responsible Interactions …

Can biomass displace petrochemicals as a feedstock for manufacturing?

Can biomass displace petrochemicals as a feedstock for manufacturing? The world is committed to decarbonising human activities to mitigate the worst effects of climate change. If we are to restrict global temperature rise to 1.5-2.0 by the end of this Century, we will have to eliminate the use of fossil-based …

CIWM WEBINAR: EQUALITY, DIVERSITY and INCLUSION IN THE WASTE INDUSTRY, 31 Mar 21

The purpose of the webinar is to explore whether the waste industry is doing enough to meet the need for equality, diversity and inclusion.  Presentations will cover the scope of EDI within a membership driven organisation, what EDI means in the workplace environment, unconscious bias, the presence and experiences of …

E3BNet: Seminar – “UK to get the world’s first commercial precious metal bio-refinery from e-waste”

Join Ollie Crush and Andy Hanratty, Mint Innovation on 16 March 2021 at 18.30. Mint Innovation is a cleantech start-up founded in Auckland, New Zealand in 2016. Mint’s mission is to develop and deploy new technologies to aid the recovery of valuable materials from urban mine feedstocks. A core current …

National Biofilm Innovation Centre (NBIC) Events

Many of the microbial consortia utilised in environmental biotechnology for environmental protection, bioremediation and resource recovery are a subset of a larger biofilm community. Visit NBIC News and Events and Noticeboard for their latest activities. DON’T MISS: NBIC Software Carpentry workshop (Python) organised by the Software Sustainability Institute, teaching writing, …

CIWEM Events

The Chartered Institute of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) holds events and courses which may be of interest to EBNet members. Selected current events include: Flood and Coast 2020: Digital sessions continue throughout the remainder of this year and into 2021. Fabricated Soils (FABSoil) Project Webinar, 8 Dec 20, 5:30-6:30 …

Yorkshire as a national focus for innovation in food manufacturing sustainability

Webinar, 12th November 2020 Join BioVale for this free workshop to  discuss opportunities for added value from food manufacturing side streams and co-products in Yorkshire. This event will bring together: food manufacturers with technology providers and researchers who can add value to those products. The webinar will be followed by …

International development and renewable energy access through academic and industrial collaboration, 14 Mar 20, Aston

The Supergen Bioeenergy Hub invites you to this networking event to explore successes and opportunities in international development and renewable energy access on Tuesday 24 March, 12-4.30 pm at Conference Aston, Aston University. This event is part of the Innovate UK Energy Catalyst project Rice Straw to Biogas (R2B) which …