Symposium Chairman

Prof. Lorna Anguilano

Symposium Description

The quest to Net Zero, sustainability and resilience is more and more creating a bridge between biology and material science. Bio-inspiration for novel engineering solutions, bio-derived chemicals, bio-processing is growing exponentially to tackle a variety of sectors, from chemicals to pharmaceuticals to construction. The use of algae, enzymes, bacteria and plants to develop sustainable biopolymers, to fix nitrogen and sequester CO2, to recover critical minerals from low grade ores and to produce reinforced construction materials and insulation. This symposium aims at mapping a series of innovative developments in biotechnology and material development to offer an insight into the potential, challenges and solutions that can fast forward our industries towards more sustainable practices. The symposium will look at materials development, ecosystems, industrial solutions and challenges for uptake and upscaling with speakers from industry and academia working with a variety of technical bio-based solutions to tackle issues in aquaculture, packaging, construction and critical minerals supply chain.

Confirmed speakers