Category: <span>Event</span>

IChemE webinar: Pilot Plant Protocol and Scale-up – 18 Nov 2025

Date:  18 Nov 2025 13-14:00 UK, online The Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) is hosting a webinar on Pilot Plant Protocol and Scale-up: “Aerobic fermentation is the most common way to produce products by bioprocessing. Mechanically agitated systems are the most common way of dispersing gasses into liquids, due to …

NBIC online event – Women in Science: Building Careers, Shaping Futures

Date: Tues 25 Nov 2025, 14-15:30 UK Venue: Online The National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC) is holding its first online Women in Science: Building Careers, Shaping Futures event which aims to bring together leading experts to share their personal journeys, professional insights, and the challenges and triumphs they have experienced …

IConBM26 – call for abstracts

Abstract deadline:  31 Oct 2025 Conference: 24-27 May 2026 Bologna, Italy The International Conference on Biomass (ICONBM2026) is calling for abstracts for its next session. The conference is organised by the Italian Association of Chemical Engineering (AIDIC), and selected papers are published in the journal Chemical Engineering Transactions.  Topics relevant …

BBIA/GCSB webinar: Bioplastics from Biomass – 8 Sept 2025

Date: Mon 8 Sept 2025 12-13:00 UK Venue: Online The Bio-based and Biodegradable Industries Association (BBIA) and the Global Center for Sustainable Bioproducts (GCSB) are hosting a webinar on Bioplastics from Biomass: Innovative Pathways for Sustainable Conversion.  Topics include: Global Center for Sustainable Bioproduct overview Biocomposites overview: Environmental drivers and policy incentives Integrated …

August BES Webinar now available – and September one on the way

The latest webinar in our new BES series, from 4 Aug 2025, is now available here on the EBNet Youtube channel. The topic was Microbial electrolysis cells for H2 production and CO2 microbial electrosynthesis. The speakers were Dr Sovik Das, Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the …

Biofilm Alliance Conference – 21 Oct 2025

Date: Tues 21 October 2025, 09:00-17:00 Venue: Conference Aston, Birmingham The Biofilm Alliance Conference 2025 will bring together key stakeholders from academia, industry, regulatory bodies, and standards organisations to explore the interface between cutting-edge biofilm research and regulatory science. The Biofilm Alliance is a government-funded network from the National Biofilms …

CIWM Webinar: Closing the Loop on Food Waste – 3 Sept

Date: Wed 3 Sept 2025 12:30 – 13:30 UK Venue: Online The Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM) is hosting the next in its ‘Hard to manage materials’ Technical webinar series. The panel will consider food waste and organics, how to manage contamination and decarbonise bioprocessing. With net-zero targets and decarbonisation goals driving …

Amazing Science webinar: Methanotrophs to the Rescue?

Date: Wed 17 Sept 2025, 14-15:00 UK The Carbon Technology Research Foundation (CTRF) is hosting an online session Nature to the Rescue: Amazing Science Supercharging the Planet – Unlocking Methane Removal.  The event is one in a series of high-level briefings designed for funders, policymakers, and research leaders working at …

Exploring environmental biotechnology as a field – UK AsSIT presentation

A new video presents the results of a small study carried out by EBNet’s Environmental Biotechnology and Social Sciences WG (EBSS), led by Prof Adrian Ely of the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) at the University of Sussex. The work aimed to explore the past, present and future of environmental …

Next BES Webinar – Interfacial Bioelectrochemistry, 8 Sept 2025

Date:  Mon 8 Sept 12-13:00 UK, online Topic: Interfacial Bioelectrochemistry: Enzymatic NO and CO₂ Reduction and H₂ Evolution Don’t miss the next webinar in the outstanding new series from our Bioelectrochemical Systems WG, led by Dr Sharon Velasquez Orta of Newcastle University. The speaker is Dr Cristina Cordas, an Assistant …

CIWEM/Severn Trent – Minworth WWTW tour 25 Sept 2025: don’t miss!

Minworth WWTW on the outskirts of Birmingham and is operated by Severn Trent Water and is one of the UK’s largest, serving around 2 million people.  The West Midlands branch of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) has arranged a site visit on 25 September 2025 which …

Electrochem 2025 – Working Table confirmed, abstracts invited

EBNet’s Bioelectrochemical Systems WG, led by Dr Sharon Velaquez-Orta, is organising a Working Table on the Present and future of environmental bioelectrochemical systems at the Electrochem 2025 conference. The event will take place from 17-18:30 on Tues 2 September. See HERE for proposed aims and topics of the Working Table:  …