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REGISTRATION AND ABSTRACT SUBMISSION ARE OPEN!

The European Congress on Biotechnology ECB2024 will be held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, at the De Doelen International Congress Center, from 30 June to 3 July 2024. The theme for the 2024 Congress will be “Grand Challenges for Biotechnology: Health, Food Security and Global Warming”.

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ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Friday 12 April 2024.


KEYNOTE SPEAKERS FOR "FRONTIERS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY"

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REGISTRATION AND ABSTRACT SUBMISSION ARE OPEN!
Registration and abstract submission are open for the upcoming 7th Applied Synthetic Biology in Europe (ASBE7) conference. The event will be held on 6-8 November 2024 in Brno, Czech Republic.

REGISTRATION: Register before 21 July and save up to €90 on your delegate pass!

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION: Share your latest research findings, innovative projects, or compelling ideas in the field of engineered biology by submitting an abstract for oral or poster presentation. Topics:
  • Sustainable agriculture and food security
  • New technologies for better health and environment
  • Responsible production and consumption, sustainable energy
  • Engineered proteins and cell-free systems
  • Synthetic biology tools and future directions
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
  • Tobias Erb │ MPI Marburg (DE)
  • Sabine Flitsch │ University of Manchester (UK)
  • Ángel Goñi-Moreno │ Technical University of Madrid-UPM (ES)
  • Michael Jewett │ Stanford University (USA)
  • Hilde Nelissen │ Ghent University (BE)
  • Zbyněk Prokop │ Masaryk University (CZ)
  • Velia Siciliano │ Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia-ITT (IT)
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REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!
In the biological transformation of industry, biotechnology is a powerful tool for enabling new value chains. The establishment of new technologies and processes, however, represents a great challenge especially for SMEs.
The Biocat4Value – Biocatalysis Conference for Biological Transformation along Renewable Value Chains aims to connect leading bioeconomy regions in Europe to foster knowledge exchange, collaborative partnership, and networking.
Market leaders in biocatalysis will share their insights with confirmed speakers from DSM-firmenich, AstraZeneca, Novozymes, Covestro, BYK, Adisseo, Michelin, and Givaudan.
The event is organized by the European Federation of Biotechnology (EFB) Biocatalysis Division and will be held on 18-20 November 2024 in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Make sure to benefit from the early bird registration discount and register now until 30th June!

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
  • René M. de Jong │ DSM-firmenich (NL)
  • Martin Hayes │ AstraZeneca (UK)
  • Magnus Wiman │ Novozymes (UK)
  • Lukas Reisky │ Covestro (DE)
  • Tina Radespiel │ BYK (DE)
  • Virginie Neugnot-Roux │ Adisseo (FR)
  • Sébastian Hulin │ Michelin (FR)
  • Daniel Auriol │ Givaudan (FR)
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THANK YOU!
We would like to thank all the participants and speakers for attending and making the "Plastics: challenges and biotechnological solutions" conference a success!
We especially thank our gold sponsor Pfeifer & Langen for your support.

PfeiferandLangen
Pfeifer & Langen is one of Europe's leading sugar manufacturers. At six production and refining sites in Germany and a further 13 factories in Europe, the company processes sustainably grown sugar beet and produces a wide range of sugar specialities.
The company also produces animal feed from sugar beet and develops quality products for the non-food industry. These ranges from granulated sugar in a wide variety of granulations to liquid sugar, icing sugar, caramel sugar syrups, candy farine, organic sugar, gelling sugar, colours, fondants, flavoured sugars and many other functional sugars. The strategic focus is on beet sugar.
Pfeifer & Langen was founded in Cologne in 1870 and employs around 2,500 people in production, finishing and sales locations in Europe.

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EVENT CALENDAR
EFB Events
European Congress on Biotechnology
organised by EFB
30 June - 3 July 2024 │ Rotterdam, NL

Applied Synthetic Biology in Europe (ASBE7)
organised by the EFB Bioengineering & Bioprocessing and Microbial Biotechnology Divisions
6 - 8 November 2024 │ Brno, CZ

Biocat4Value
organised by the EFB Biocatalysis Division
18 - 20 November 2024 │ Düsseldorf, DE











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