Event: 10 -11 March 2026, Glasgow This year the Annual Conference of the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC) will be held in partnership with the BioBased and Biodegradable Industries Association (BBIA). The theme of this year’s conference is BioSolutions for Tomorrow’s World. Sessions will explore topics from bio-similars in manufacturing …
Date: 29 Jan 2026 14-15:00 UK, online The Bio-based and Biodegradable Industries Association (BBIA) and MiAlgae are hosting a webinar exploring how industrial by-products can be transformed into sustainable value through advanced microalgal cultivation. MiAlgae’s core platform harnesses heterotrophic microalgae, grown on nutrient-rich by-products from the whisky industry, to enable …
Organisations across the UK’s fermentation and biomanufacturing sectors are invited to contribute to a survey mapping existing fermentation and downstream processing infrastructure for non-health applications. The aim is to gather information on current capability, technical specifications, utilisation, and access models across the industrial biotechnology, food and feed, agriculture, materials, chemicals …
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 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 …
The Bio-Based and Biodegradable Industries Association (BBIA) is hosting three free online sessions introducing key concepts in Bio-based and Biodegradable Materials for the circular bioeconomy. These sessions may be of interest to all EBNet members, especially ECRs and those interested in the activities of our Anaerobic Fermentation WG. Demystifying the …
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 …
Date: 1 July 2025, 10:30-16:30 Venue: The Milner, York Join the BB-REG-NET for a full-day interactive workshop on developing tools and standards to assess the impact and performance of bio-based, biodegradable, and compostable materials. The workshop, entitled Creating a favourable regulatory environment for bio-based materials, aims to help develop new tools, …
Application deadline:Â 10 June 2025 Date: 30 June 2025, 10:30-16:45 Venue: The Grand, York BBIA, HVB, the Biorenewables Development Centre and Biomass Connect are organising a workshop to investigate opportunities and challenges for UK bio-based supply chains to high value chemicals and materials. The workshop will examine the potential of …
9 December 2024, 15:00 – 16:00. Join the BBIA, in partnership with University of Sheffield, NNFCC, Perspective Economics, Higginson Strategy and Resource Media, for the launch of the ÂŁ500,000 Innovate UK project, creating a UK Bio-based and biodegradable materials regulatory science and innovation network (BB-REG-NET). BB-REG-NET implementation will establish a …
13-16:00 GMT, Thursday 22nd February 2024, House of CommonsJoin the BBIA and Lord Deben for a frank discussion about the role of the bioeconomy in creating a sustainable future for the UK. As they launch their BBIA Strategy: 2024-2027, they invite key stakeholders from across the bioeconomy to join them …
