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Biopolymers Europe will be taking place in London, UK, on the 7^th & 8^th December 2016. The two-day event has been designed with the key objective of uniting collaborations across the entire bioplastic value chain to come together to learn more about the innovations emerging in a host of markets as biopolymers begin to play a broader role in multiple sectors.

It also provides a unique platform to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, and concerns as well as getting involved in practical challenges, solution strategies and problem-solving for the road ahead. With a strong emphasis on the increasing role of a harmonious strategy, this event has been designed to facilitate the action that is needed to plan ahead for forthcoming obstacles within the industry.

Key Topics:

• The Biobased Economy – Meeting the Needs of All Parties: Achievements & Obstacles
• Where is Environmental Policy Going?
• How to stay in the UK Market in a post- Brexit world?
• Growing Global Biobased Markets: Blends, Applications, Limitations & Bio Refining
• Biodegradable & Biobased Materials Development: Lessons Learned and Preparing for Future Challenges (practical strategy building)
• Next Generation Polymers: Biopolymers with Advanced Functionalities for High-Performance Applications
• Future Perspectives and Advances in Processing & Application of Polymers
• Polymer Fundamentals: the Best Performing Features of the Design and Properties of Biodegradable Polymers
• Pioneering New Processes & Technologies
• Emerging Polymer Technologies: Nanotechnology for Bioplastics: Opportunities, Challenges & Strategies
• Emerging Polymer Technologies: Transformational potential of 3D printing and Nanotechnology
• Applications and Commercialization of Biopolymers
• The Retailer Interview: Retailer Perspective on Biobased Products
• Sustainability Programmes & Composting Infrastructure: Bridging the Gap Between Interest & Action
• Life Cycle Assessment
• Scaling Up Smartly and Overcoming Barriers for Investments

Please see a copy of the full agenda.

For more information and to register your attendance, please contact Mohammad Ahsan and quote booking reference CBCe4MKT on +44 (0) 203 141 0606 or email mahsan@acieu.net.

Zing Organic Semiconductors
22nd – 25th September 2016
Dubrovnik, Croatia

We are pleased to announce the first Zing Conference on Organic Semiconductors. A key element of this Conference is to identify future opportunities, emerging challenges and a discussion of the intellectual frontiers and technological vision for this class of materials. Topics include structure/property guidelines for relevant applications, including organic photovoltaics, spintronics, biological interfaces, light-emitting diodes, field effect transistors and biosensors. One special session will be dedicated to an inclusive and mediated discussion of desirable targets and outcomes envisioned for five and ten year increments of research and development. Contributions are invited in each of these themes interpreted broadly to permit inclusion of the most novel and emerging themes.

Plenary Speakers
Sir Richard Friend, University of Cambridge, UK
George Malliaras, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint Etienne, France
Jean-Luc Bredas, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
Takao Someya, University of Tokyo, Japan

Register now!

Zing Functional Energy Materials Conference

28 Sept – 1 Oct 2016

Hotel Croatia Cavtat
Cavtat, Dubrovnik, Croatia

This conference will consider advances in research on materials for energy harvesting and storage with a special emphasis on photosynthesis, organic and inorganic photovoltaics, batteries and fuel cells, thermoelectric materials, magneto-, mechano- and electrocaloric materials and catalysts.

A goal of this international conference is to bring together experts in advanced experimental and characterization techniques with theorists and specialists in numerical simulation. The plenary and invited speakers will be chosen to present the state of the art in energy materials with an appropriate balance between fundamental and applied sciences.

The JEPO meeting enables Young Researchers in polymer science to present and share their work with their peers (young and senior colleagues) in a privileged environment. The congress in open to any contribution related to polymer science, ranging from synthesis and physico-chemical properties to applications, and from industrial and academic background.

Invited speakers

Pr. Stefan A. F. Bon (Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick – UK): Supracolloidal Chemical Engineering: playing with gels & catalytic swimmers and shakers

Pr Neil R. Cameron FRSC (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Monash University – Aust.): Sugar-decorated nano- and microstructures

Dr Adeline Jasselin (Manufacture Française des Pneumatiques Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand – France): From vulcanization to new rubber networks

Dr Alba Marcellan (UPMC – ESPCI, Paris – France): From gel reinforcement to gel adhesion using polymer adsorption onto nanoparticles

Dr Guillaume Michaud (Bostik – Arkema, Venette – France): Functionalized polymers obtained by metathesis applied to adhesives and sealants

Dr Frédéric Prochazka (Laboratoire IMP –  Université Jean Monnet – France): Polymer blends and biomaterials

Dr Michael Shaver (School of Chemistry – University of Edinburgh, UK): Catalyst driven advances in sustainable polymer synthesis

European Symposium on Biochemical Engineering Sciences (ESBES) 2016

11-14 September 2016, Dublin, Ireland

ESBES 2016 is shaping up to be an exciting conference with a packed programme of

• plenaries
• invited keynotes
• over 117 presentations in four parallel sessions
• over 100 poster presentations
• pre-conference workshop – QBD Related Modelling and Control Strategies
• Raw Materials Forum
• writing workshop
• BEJ Young Investigator Award
• Jobs Forum – companies can see their employees of the future and students will have the opportunity to share their CV and engage with future employers

Plenary speakers are:

Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies, chief executive officer, Steve Bagshaw, who pose the question of a global bioeconomy and what is our role?

Professor Massimo Morbidelli from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich will be highlighting efficiency gains and cost savings in the biopharmaceutical sector.

Professor Lisbeth Olsson, from the department of Biology and Biological Engineering at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, will examine current challenges and opportunities associated with designing new processes for a bio-based economy.

View the full programme and register now to secure your place

BEJ Young Investigator Award

The editors of the Biochemical Engineering Journal, in cooperation with the ESBES Society, are very pleased to announce the selection of Peter M Tessier as the recipient of the 2016 Award.

Sponsoring and exhibiting

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Date: 15 – 16 June 2016

Venue:  Intercontinental London – The O2

Chemistry Means Business is our annual two-day event for industry, uniting SMEs, multinational organisations, investors, academic entrepreneurs and decision makers from across the UK and Europe.

View more details and full programme

Over two days:

1 Discover the best ways to commercialise new technologies, build a sound financial strategy and develop your business skills through more than 20 talks, workshops and panel discussions.

2 Find out what GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, P&G, Unilever, Croda and Mondelēz are looking for from SME and academic partnerships when they share their technology and supply chain needs on day 2.

3 Hear innovative small companies and university entrepreneurs’ present new technologies in health & wellbeing, energy & environment, food & water and materials sectors to expert panels as part of our Emerging Technologies Competition final – find out who wins in the evening.

4 Use structured networking sessions and one-to-one meetings to form new partnerships, discuss potential relationships and make connections to strengthen your business.

5 Discover new services, specifically created to support scientific companies and early stage businesses. Save time, improve efficiency, and find out what others are doing in four key industry sectors.

Tickets are available until 30 May, so there’s still time to secure your place.

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